Day: October 24, 2023

11 Months After Launch, 5G Subscriptions Hit 1.8 Million

Ganiyu Amodu

Fifth-generation subscriptions have risen to 1.8 million eleven months after launching in Nigeria. This is based on data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission portal. According to the data, 0.83 per cent of the total mobile subscriptions (220.36 million) as of August 2023 were on 5G network. When calculated, this amounted to 1.83 million mobile subscriptions. On a month-on-month basis, 5G subscriptions grew by 537.95 per cent from 286,698.4029 as of July 2023 to 1,828,997.8438 as of August 2023, despite a 0.079 per cent decline in the total number of…

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Coup: US Suspends Assistance To Gabon

Ganiyu Amodu

The United States has suspended most assistance to the government of Gabon. In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, said the suspension was in line with section 7008 of the Department of State’s annual appropriations act. “The United States has concluded that a military coup d’état has taken place in Gabon. Pursuant to section 7008 of the Department of State’s annual appropriations act, the United States is suspending most U.S. assistance to the Government of Gabon. READ ALSO 2023 AFCON: CAF Unveils…

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2023 AFCON: CAF Unveils Official Match Ball

Ganiyu Amodu

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official match ball for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. The official match ball is named after Ivorian legendary forward Laurent Pokou. The official ball, POKOU, features the three main colours of the Cote d’Ivoire flag—white, orange, and green—while incorporating the latest technology that will revolutionise the game on the continent and beyond. READ ALSO Nigerian Oil Industry Is On Steady Growth Trend – Wabote Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies Why We Moved 2023…

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Nigerian Oil Industry Is On Steady Growth Trend – Wabote

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian oil and gas industry is growing steadily across several fronts despite reduced investments due to the global quest for cleaner energy and divestments of some onshore and shallow assets by a few international oil companies, the Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. He gave the assessment on Monday while delivering the keynote address at the 3rd Biennial International Conference on Hydrocarbon Science and Technology, organised by the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Abuja, with the theme “The Future of the…

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‘He Raped his Wife’s Niece,” Lagos Doctor Bags Life Imprisonment

Precious Ibekwe

“The victim is just 15 year-old,” Court gives reasons Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation should rot in jail + PHOTOS   The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Olaleye was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. READ ALSO: Pastor Commits Suicide…

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Pastor Commits Suicide After Leaks On Church’s WhatsApp Group

Ganiyu Amodu

A Christian cleric of the United Methodist Church identified as Oscar Mukahanana reportedly committed suicide following the leakage of his adultery scandal on the church’s WhatsApp group. The cleric who was a Reverend at the Harare East District Superintendent in Zimbabwe, engaged in an extra-marital affair with a female youth in the church. There were reports that the audio of his secret sexual engagement with the said lady leaked on the WhatsApp group of the church. READ ALSO Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies Rashidi Yekini: Google…

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Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has retained its position as the best Federal Agency in transparency and efficiency in business, continuing the streak of excellence in the delivery of its mandate. Platforms Africa reports that in the 2023 Half Year Executive Order 001 Compliance Ranking, which covered from January to June 2023, NCDMB scored 83.06% to clinch the top position in the Federal Government’s ranking of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), the second straight year it was clinching the award. The report was released on Monday, and…

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