Buhari accuses NASS of distorting 2022 Budget
…with new insertions, outright removals …to submit Amendment Bill President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed strong reservations on the ‘worrisome changes’ made by the National Assembly to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. He announced that he would revert to the National Assembly with a request for amendment as soon as the Assembly resumes to ensure that critical ongoing projects cardinal to this administration...
Buhari signs N17.127trn 2022 Budget into law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The President signed the documents in the Presidential Villa in the presence of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other members of the Federal Executive Council. Speaking at the event, the President said the 2022...
Abducted Plateau monarch, Mato, regains freedom
The Sum Pyem and Paramount Ruler of Gindri in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau, Mr. Charles Mato, has regained his freedom from his abductors. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Jos. Major Takwa did not say whether or not a ransom...
NERC: 63% electricity consumers on estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.67 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were still on estimated billing as at September 2021. NERC made this known in its Key Operational and Financial Data of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) for Jan. 2019 to Sept. 2021. The regulatory agency noted that the huge metering gap for end-use customers...
Again, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya loses twin sister
Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya has lost his twin sister, Kehinde Hassan. Kehinde’s death comes weeks after the death of Odukoya’s second wife, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya. Nomthi died of cancer at the age of 47 on November 9th, 2021. This was announced by the deceased’s niece, Tolu Odukoya Ijogun via Facebook on Thursday, December 30th. “My...
Lai Mohammed: How Buhari is fighting insecurity, growing economy, emplacing infrastructure
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has applauded various interventions and achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021. The minister stated that despite the security and economic challenges, President Buhari has made remarkable progress in fighting insecurity, growing the economy, reforming the oil sector to spur more investments, emplacing world class infrastructure, and providing social safety net for...
5G Industry Solutions: Huawei’s Electric Power VPN ranks among Top 10
Communications World Weekly (CWW) Omnimedia, a leading ICT information service provider, has announced the Top 10 5G Industry Application Solutions. The list showcases 5G's disruptive influence on vertical industries and its essential role in accelerating industry digitalization. The 5G Electric Power Virtual Private Network solution deployed by Huawei and China Mobile for China Southern Power Grid (CSPG) ranks among the...
U.S. Consulate funds projects in 17 Nigerian states with $1.02m
Between January and December 2021, the United States Consulate General in Lagos awarded $1.02 million to civic organizations to implement projects across the 17 states in the southern Nigeria. The funded projects addressed the themes of bolstering outreach to underserved communities, promoting respect for human rights and transparency in government, empowerment of women and youths, and teacher training and STEM education. Other themes...
Obaseki to APC: Under your watch, Nigerians are slaughtered, maimed everyday
The Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State Government has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for superintending over a Federal Government “under which Nigerian lives are slaughtered and maimed on a daily basis all across Nigeria.” Obaseki, who upbraided the Edo State chapter of APC over its call for a declaration of emergency in the state, said the ruling party has reduced...
Huawei, partners release white paper on Deterministic Networking
Huawei, alongside industry partners have jointly released the Future Network White Paper on Deterministic Networking Technologies. The white paper details ways in which deterministic networking technologies can be leveraged to build future-oriented networks; it also introduces ways in which deterministic networks will help vertical industries to become digital, intelligent, and linked together in the information age. Transcending the limits of conventional...
