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PPP way out for Out-of-Home advertising sector growth- Heritage Bank Director

  The Executive Director, Heritage Bank Plc, Jude Monye, has said that one of the ways out-of-home advertising industry can attain massive growth...

Nigeria boasts of 36bn barrels of crude oil reserves, 200 trn cubic feet of gas as NNPC commits to country’s energy sector success 

“With its strategic presence at the event, Nigeria is set to consolidate its position as one of Africa’s top oil and gas producers”...

Only 127 foreign fuel tanker drivers apply for UK visa – PM

Only 127 foreign fuel tanker drivers have applied for temporary work visas aimed at tackling shortages, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said....

Why did Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down

Facebook on Tuesday blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the over 6 hour outage on Monday. “To all the people and businesses around...

Bomb kills 5 at Kabul mosque – Taliban

At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque on Sunday, a Taliban official said. It was the...

Prisoner on death row commits suicide at Abuja prison

  A prisoner on death row at Kuje Custodial Centre (prisons) in the Federal Capital Territory, Obinna Echianu, has taken his own life...

Just in: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp experiencing downtime

  WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook crashed on Monday with about three billion online users worldwide stranded. The three apps – which are all...

Trump asks U.S. judge to force Twitter to restore his account

  Former president Donald Trump has asked a judge to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following...

NNPC disowns recruiting staff

“That the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is conducting a recruitment exercise IS NOT TRUE and the public should disregard it in its...

Buhari’s “impermissible conditions” imposed on Twitter: SERAP rejects conditions, urges status quo ante

  “The conditions imposed on Twitter while the ECOWAS case is pending constitute an interference with the right of SERAP and other plaintiffs...

Six days after, abducted Air Force General, Smith, set free

  After six days in the kidnappers den, retired Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Oladimeji Smith has regained his freedom. Smith, a cousin to...

Cop26: New campaign calls for worldwide ban on new petrol cars by 2035

  Think tank and delegates at the Cop26 climate summit seek an agreement to ban the sale of petrol cars worldwide by 2035,...

61st Independence anniversary broadcast: Buhari pins terrorism, secession sponsorship charge on NASS member, high profile Nigerians

  …says Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable   By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   As Nigerians commemorate the 61st independence anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari...