A University of Brighton student has won a grant to build a nightclub and music studio in his native Kenya. Jesse Mugambi graduated with a degree in architecture and is now studying for a master’s degree in sustainable design at the university’s Moulsecoomb campus. The project, called Studio Can-V, will receive €50,000 (£39,000) from Jägermeister…
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has blamed the blackout in parts of Abuja on the activities of vandals, explaining vandalism of the transmission line makes it the fifth of such incident within February and March this. On Sunday, parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into darkness, crippling activities for over 24 hours…
President Bola Tinubu will launch the Student Loan Scheme on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, has said categorically on Sunday during a live TV programme on TVC on Sunday monitored in Abuja. The programme titled ‘Counting the Cost of Presidents Tinubu’s Reforms,’ Ngelale…
Experts and crypto enthusiasts have lamented the current ban on Binance naira operations in Nigeria, stating it may increase youth unemployment in the country. Crypto traders and economic experts called on the government to look for better means of managing the country’s current foreign exchange challenges. An economist with Lotus Beta Analytics, Shedrach Israel, said…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been accused of inserting over N3 trillion in the 2024 budget. Chairman, Northern Senators Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), has revealed Saturday, stressing the forum has resolved to meet the President over the discovery. Ningi disclosed this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. The chairman alleged…
The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage. The NLC noted that it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the National Minimum Wage charged with fixing a new minimum wage for workers. President…
Preparations for the burial of the late former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe in his hometown, Omueke in Isiokpo, Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday (today), are in final stages. Many community members already adorn black attire to welcome Wigwe’s body, while Isiokpo married women gathered at the…
Residents of the Pipeline area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have raised alarm over the activities of drug hawkers. Checks revealed that the most notorious spots include 33 Junction, Mango Tree and Near Transformer. The dealers, mostly teenagers, were seen boldly marketing all sorts of hard drugs. Patrick…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the governing board of the FGN Power Company tasked with implementing the accelerated performance agreement with Siemens Energy. This comes four months after the governments of Nigeria and Germany signed the Presidential Power Initiative agreement designed to ultimately inject 12,000 MegaWatts of electricity into the national grid….
Reacting to the recent abduction of students and teachers in Kaduna state, Statement by UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, said, “I am deeply saddened and concerned by the reports of yet another abduction of students in Kaduna State. The alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signals a crisis that requires immediate and…
