Disbelief as Pilot Lands Plane on a Road
A pilot made an emergency landing on a New York City highway in front of shocked drivers after the plane developed engine trouble while on a Statue of Liberty tour….
Akwa Ibom Govt boosts morals in Schools
Akwa Ibom state Government has voted the sum of N20.3 million for the development of chaplains to 60 public secondary schools to restore moral rectitude among the students in the…
2015: Tukur may resign this month
To save his political life which is fast slipping away, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have concluded plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,…
Editors decry poor state of roads in South East
Nigerian editors under the auspices of Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have decried the poor state of federal roads in the South East and South South, urging the government to…
N27bn Halliburton fraud: Jonathan set to prosecute politicians
Over three years after 80 persons including foreigners and Nigerians were indicted by US law enforcement officials in the N27 billion Halliburton bribery scandal, fresh pressure has been mounted on…
Akpabio Chairs NCC Telecom Stakeholders’ Summit
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has announced conclusion of arrangements for the hosting of the maiden edition of an annual Telecom Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria. The event is slated for…
German Firm Pays N5 billion Fine for Bribing Nigerians in Gas Project
While Nigerian government continues to keep mum over the sticky bribe –for-contract scam, Mannheim, Germany-based Bilfinger SE, an engineering and services company in the energy sector, has agreed to pay…
Telecom: Jonathan dangles incentives at investors
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured international investors in the Nigerian telecom market of a bouquet of incentives ranging from tax rebate to clement regulatory climate. The President made the promise…
How USPF is creating telecom access, by Maikano
Abdullahi Maikano is the Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) in the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Recently he spoke to some journalists on the new focus of the…
Nigeria Stakes Broadband Claim in Bangkok
A strong Nigerian delegation would make it to this year’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World holding in Bangkok, Thailand from November 19 -22. Feelers from the Nigerian Communications Commission…