Newscenter Media News The Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, has expressed optimism that the $617.7million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) Programme would redefine the nation’s digital and creative landscape. The post i-DICE programme …
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NEMA deploys search, rescue equipment for rainy season preparedness
Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, has ordered the immediate deployment of the agency’s newly acquired search and rescue equipment and consumables in readiness for the containment …
Read More »US govt backs Nigeria’s creative economy through TV scriptwriting
The United States’ government recently revealed its willingness to collaborate with the Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy to introduce initiatives aimed at enhancing individual skills in music and …
Read More »Nigerian navy discovers illegal fuel depot in Lagos, arrests five
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft has uncovered an illegal fuel depot at No 3 Silver Bird Road, Ilasun Lekki, Lagos State. NNS Beecroft spokesperson, Hussaini Ibrahim, said it arrested …
Read More »Telecoms union suspends planned strike
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has suspended its planned strike which was to begin on Thursday. The post Telecoms union suspends planned strike appeared …
Read More »EFCC arrests Bobrisky for currency mutilation, abuse of naira
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky for currency mutilation and abuse of the Nigeria Naira. Bobrisky was arrested at Pinnock Estate …
Read More »Wife of detained Binance executive appeals to Tinubu: ‘Free my husband’
Wife of one of the detained Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan, Mrs Yuki Gambaryan has cried out to the federal government to release her husband to ease the untold hardship the …
Read More »Foundation move to curb maternal mortality rate in FCT
Piqued at the statistics indicating that more than 30,000 women die daily during childbirth, the Pregnancy Support Foundation (PSF) has scaled up sensitization of pregnant women in the FCT. The …
Read More »2m households to pay N225/kWh as prepaid meter may hit N300,000
About two million households, representing 15 per cent of the 13 million electricity customers in Nigeria, are set to bear the burden of an inefficient power sector as the Nigerian …
Read More »Transparency, eligibility concerns unsettle new attempt at student loan scheme
Prospective beneficiaries who are anxiously waiting for the student loan scheme of the Federal Government may have to wait much longer as issues of eligibility, amount to be disbursed, and …
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