Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta. This is part of a major rebrand. The change does not apply to its individual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, only the parent company that owns them. The name change comes as...
Four governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday held talks with the immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on his return to the party. Governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Nyesom Wike (Rivers),...
Hamstrung by huge deficit, Zamfara State is downsizing its 2021 budget from N142.7 billion to N126.8 billion, a reduction of about N16 billion. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Mu’azu-Magarya, said at plenary session on Thursday in Gusau...
Makurdi, the Benue State capital and its environs have been hit by acute water scarcity creating fears of possible outbreak of water-borne diseases in the town and other neighbouring communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent who went round...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday, presented the 2022 budget estimate of N100,753,993,241.60 christened "Budget of Legacy and Consolidation” to the State House of Assembly. The budget which, according to the governor, was a product of wider consultation...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has embarked on a $6.5 billion General Capital Increase (GCI) to expand its capacity to deliver on its core mandate and diversify its range of services. According to a statement from the bank on Thursday, the...
Embattled Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba, on Thursday presided over a sitting of the Legislature held outside the assembly’s complex, with the Mace in place. Eight members of the 24-member legislature had claimed to have impeached...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has presented a budget of N196.3 billion for 2022 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget on Thursday in Kano, Ganduje said that it was tagged budget of consolidation and...
Telecommunications group, Airtel Africa, has posted $2.272 billion revenue for the half-year ended September 30, 2021. This represents 25.2 per cent growth compared with $1.8 billion recorded in the same period last year, according to the financial results released on...
No fewer than 38 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists including ISWAP leader, Bako, have been eliminated by the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the last two weeks. Defence Headquarters also said a total of 1,199 terrorists...