Covid-19: Senate wants UK Government to Remove Nigeria from Red List

The Nigerian Senate has condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in their COVID-19 red list without justification. The chamber, accordingly, called on the British authorities to consider removing Nigeria from the red list. The United Kingdom had on Saturday, 4th of December added Nigeria to a red list over Omicron, a variant of Coronavirus…

Climate Change: Huawei Rallies Telcos’ around Low Carbon 5G Solutions

As global attention shifts towards halting and reversing the impacts of global warming, Technology Company, Huawei, has recently concluded an Energy Efficiency Summit in Dubai with the theme “Maximizing Network Energy Efficiency.” The event brought together more than 100 energy experts from the world’s leading telecom carriers, including Etisalat, STC, Telefonica, and TI (Telecom Italia),…

Adamawa Govt. Bans Professional Hunters Association Over Abuse of Power

The Adamawa State Government has banned the operations of the Professional Hunters Association of Nigeria across the 21 Local Government areas of the State, especially in Demsa, Numan, Lamurde,  Guyuk and Shelleng. This follows reports of abuse of the rules of engagement and lack of regard to the traditional institution and security agencies. “The operations…

Heritage Bank Registers Farmers in 14 States with LCFE for N41bn Wheat Disbursement Project

Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria has set up plans to disburse a whopping sum of N41billion to farmers from 14 states for the expansion of wheat production project. The Bank, however, will register the wheat farmers with the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) for successful disbursement, as the…

Dangote Refinery Awards Scholarship to Students in Host Communities

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programmes, Dangote Oil Refining Company has awarded scholarships to 137 tertiary institutions and secondary school students from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. The company said the scholarship had become an annual event meant to contribute to the educational development of the people and position them…

Huawei Releases Sustainability Report, ‘Tech for Good’

Huawei has released its 2020 Sustainability Report explaining the major progress the tech giant has made over the year in its four strategies for sustainability: digital inclusion, security and trustworthiness, environmental protection, and a healthy and harmonious ecosystem. The company has been publishing the sustainability report over the last 13 consecutive years. One of the…

Now That PIA Has Eliminated Subsidy; Nigerians Must Face the Reality

By Adewole Kehinde On November 23, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited Mallam Mele Kyari projected that petrol would sell for between N320 and N340 per litre from February 2022. He stressed that Nigeria would be out of the subsidy regime in the first quarter of 2022. Mallam Kyari explained that the…

Huawei Ranks No. 1 in Global Modular Data Center Market Share

Research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has released its Global Modular Data Center Market Report. According to the report, market share for Huawei’s Smart Modular Data Center Solution has grown rapidly in recent years, increasing from 12.7% in 2017 to 20.5% in 2020, demonstrating the solution’s leadership position worldwide. The report also notes that…

SBI Media Emerges Nigeria’s Fastest Growing, Largest Independent Media Agency

The worlds’ only independent publisher of agency notation reports on a global scale, RECMA, in its 2021 reports has named SBI Media as Nigeria’s fastest-growing agency for a consecutive second year. In the latest report, SBI Media grew by 25% between 2019 versus 2020. The scale of the growth rate becomes more glaring when compared…