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President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the senate approval of his nomination of Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, Sunday Dare, Aliyu Saida Abubakar, Clement Omeiza Baiye, Chief Okoi Ofem Obono Obia, Pastor Ezekiel Yissa and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Board Members of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC). Buhari request was presented at the plenary on Thursday by the…
October 6, 2016
Innoson Motors has employed 200 Niger Delta ex-militants, who recently completed their training in Automobile Technology and Plastic Manufacturing. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig General Paul Boroh, said the ex-agitators have been offered permanent employment by the company. The 200 beneficiaries of Amnesty Programme have…
August 31, 2016
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday said 200,000 average Nigerians will benefit from the 15 free-to-air television channels from April 30 launch of the pilot scheme of Digital Switch On (DSO) in Jos. Alhaji Mohammed said this when he paid a visit to Plateau Deputy Governor, Prof. Sonni Tyoden. Mohammed…
April 16, 2016
North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. The National Defence Commission, the North's ruling body chaired by state leader Kim Jong Un, said Obama was responsible…
December 28, 2014
Facebook is thinking about adding a way to "dislike" posts on its site, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, he said it was one of the most requested features the social network receives from its users. He said the site would need to find a way to make sure…
December 15, 2014
Nokia is launching an Android-powered tablet, marking the Finnish company's return to consumer electronics. The surprise launch pits the firm against Microsoft, which completed its takeover of Nokia's previous mobile-devices business in April. The N1 tablet is due to go on sale in China towards the start of 2015, ahead of other countries. Nokia said…
November 19, 2014
Cut in half by the equator, sunshine is one thing that Africa has in abundance. Now a growing number of African enterprises are tapping this under-utilised source to keep their businesses running. One of Kenya's largest tea producers, Williamson Tea, has installed a 1 megawatt (MW) plant at an estate in the Rift Valley, slashing…
November 13, 2014
UK drone experts are being sought by Amazon to help with its fledgling drone-based delivery service. Amazon's Prime Air will use small drones to deliver packages up to 2.3kg (5lb) in weight to customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed. Drone testing will take place in Cambridge at a site Amazon acquired when…
November 13, 2014
After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now stable and sending pictures - but there are concerns about its battery life. After two bounces, the first one about 1km back out into space, the lander settled in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its target site. It may be…
November 13, 2014
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President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the senate approval of his nomination of Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, Sunday Dare, Aliyu Saida Abubakar, Clement Omeiza Baiye, Chief Okoi Ofem Obono Obia, Pastor Ezekiel Yissa and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Board Members of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC). Buhari request was presented at the plenary on Thursday by the…
October 6, 2016
Innoson Motors has employed 200 Niger Delta ex-militants, who recently completed their training in Automobile Technology and Plastic Manufacturing. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig General Paul Boroh, said the ex-agitators have been offered permanent employment by the company. The 200 beneficiaries of Amnesty Programme have…
August 31, 2016
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday said 200,000 average Nigerians will benefit from the 15 free-to-air television channels from April 30 launch of the pilot scheme of Digital Switch On (DSO) in Jos. Alhaji Mohammed said this when he paid a visit to Plateau Deputy Governor, Prof. Sonni Tyoden. Mohammed…
April 16, 2016
North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. The National Defence Commission, the North's ruling body chaired by state leader Kim Jong Un, said Obama was responsible…
December 28, 2014
Facebook is thinking about adding a way to "dislike" posts on its site, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, he said it was one of the most requested features the social network receives from its users. He said the site would need to find a way to make sure…
December 15, 2014
Nokia is launching an Android-powered tablet, marking the Finnish company's return to consumer electronics. The surprise launch pits the firm against Microsoft, which completed its takeover of Nokia's previous mobile-devices business in April. The N1 tablet is due to go on sale in China towards the start of 2015, ahead of other countries. Nokia said…
November 19, 2014
Cut in half by the equator, sunshine is one thing that Africa has in abundance. Now a growing number of African enterprises are tapping this under-utilised source to keep their businesses running. One of Kenya's largest tea producers, Williamson Tea, has installed a 1 megawatt (MW) plant at an estate in the Rift Valley, slashing…
November 13, 2014
UK drone experts are being sought by Amazon to help with its fledgling drone-based delivery service. Amazon's Prime Air will use small drones to deliver packages up to 2.3kg (5lb) in weight to customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed. Drone testing will take place in Cambridge at a site Amazon acquired when…
November 13, 2014
After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now stable and sending pictures - but there are concerns about its battery life. After two bounces, the first one about 1km back out into space, the lander settled in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its target site. It may be…
November 13, 2014
