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Tanzania achieves record-breaking coffee export earnings since independence.

  Tanzania's coffee exports hit a historic milestone, generating a record-breaking $231 million in revenue for the country's economy. This achievement is a result of Tanzania's ambitious goal of producing 300,000 tonnes of coffee by 2025 or 2026. Initiatives like...

Nigerians shouldn’t pay for economic mismanagement — Amnesty International

Amnesty International Nigeria has stated that Nigerians are terrified about how the removal will affect their daily lives. The Acting Director of the organisation, Isa Sanusi, made this known in a statement. According to him, the decision of the new...

According to the World Shipping Council (WSC), Nigeria and other countries transport approximately $7 trillion worth of goods by sea every year.

According to the World Shipping Council's report, over $7 trillion worth of goods are transported annually via international liner ship operators, who offer more than 2,000 regularly scheduled services. The Washington DC-based organization highlighted these findings on its website. The...

Ikeja Electric upgrades web app

  Ikeja Electric has introduced the Singleview 2.0 web application, an enhanced customer self-service package with consolidated account management features. In a statement, it said the web application would cater to different customer types, including prepaid, postpaid, maximum demand, non-maximum demand,...

Tokunbo vehicles’ prices jump by 100% over duty hike

The prices of imported used cars have spiked by 100 per cent in the last year, on the back of a tariff hike by the Nigeria Customs Service in 2022. When our correspondent visited some of the car marts in...

EKEDC appoints new corporate communications general manager

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced the appointment of Babatunde Lasaki as its new General Manager, Corporate Communications and Strategy. This follows the retirement of Godwin Idemudia, who previously served in the position. In a statement, the utility company thanked...

Telcos phase out old USSD codes

Telecommunication firms have begun to phase out old Unstructured Supplementary Service Data shortcodes for new harmonised ones as directed by the Nigerian Communications Commission. With this move, famous USSD codes such as *556# are now outdated. Customers of MTN Nigeria...

Report shows that Linkage Assurance experiences a significant increase of 16% in its gross written premium.

Linkage Assurance Plc has announced a remarkable 16% growth in its gross written premium, which reached N12.98bn during the 2022 financial year. Despite a challenging operating environment, the company demonstrated strong performance, as highlighted in their statement released on...

IPMAN opposes Tinubu subsidy removal plan, queues return

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has opposed the plan by President Bola Tinubu to enforce his predecessor’s decision to remove fuel subsidy by June ending. Tinubu had earlier on Monday, in Abuja, affirmed that his administration would not...

NGO empowers career women to re-enter workplace

CareerLife Nigeria, a renowned NGO dedicated to fostering career success, says it conducted the second cohort of its career moms mentorship programme. In a statement, it said the initiative was specifically designed to support mothers who had taken a career...
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Zulum orders probe of hospital staff over viral video showing accident victims rejection

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has directed the Ministry of Health to investigate and fish out medical staff...
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Nasarawa Assembly approves 20 Special Advisers for Gov. Sule.

"... as it proceeds on recess to pave way for state govt to renovate assembly complex..." Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved the...

Nasarawa Assembly names principal officers, inaugurates only female legislator, Hon Hajara Danyaro

Nasarawa State House of Assembly today named principal officers of the House. Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House named the...

10th Assembly: Tinubu appeals to Governors, Lawmakers-elect to deliver Akpabio/Barau, Abbas/Kalu

By Abdulateef Bamgbose President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reassured elected members of the incoming 10th National Assembly that his administration remains firm on the...

Senate shifts valedictory session to Saturday

By Abdulateef Bamgbose The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan announced on Wednesday that the Senate has rescheduled its valedictory session to Saturday, Lawan had...