What’s NIGCOMSAT Business With Buying, Launching Satellites? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

The Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd, (NIGCOMSAT), the commercial arm of Nigeria’s space agency, shocked some Nigerians when it recently announced that it was targeting 2025 for the acquisition of two satellites, to boost its global profile as a satellite operator. Its Director and Chief Executive Officer, Abimbola Alale, had told stakeholders at a forum in […]

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Over 2,000 Bandits’ Informants, Others Arrested In Zamfara – Commissioner

Security operatives have arrested over 2,000 bandits’ informants and their food suppliers, following the ongoing military onslaught against bandits in Zamfara State. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Ibrahim Dosara Dosara, said this during a news conference in Kaduna State on Thursday. He also said that some highly placed persons in the state are among […]

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400 Exhibitors, 50,000 Products As 16th Abuja Fair Begins Today

About 400 exhibitors with 50,000 products are expected to participate in the 16th Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF) which will kick off on Wednesday. The President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, in a statement on Tuesday, said already businesses within and outside Nigeria were converging on Abuja in […]

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Three Governors Beg W’Bank To Complete MCRP In Northeast

Governors Babagana Zulum, Ahmadu Fintiri and Mai Mala Buni of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states (BAY) have begged the World Bank to speed up complete the Multi Sectoral Crisis Recovery Projects (MCRP). The projects sited in the Northeast, was affected by 12-year insurgency; killing over 40, 000 people with destruction of property worth $9.2 billion […]

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Over 20 People Feared kKilled In Borno NAF Airstrikes

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have killed over 20 farmers and fishermen on the shores and waters of Lake Chad in Borno State. The people were mistakenly bombed by three fighter jets, while they were farming and fishing on the shores and waters to the Lake. Confirming the incident yesterday (Wednesday) in Maiduguri, […]

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IGR: Nami Calls For Value For Taxpayers Money

Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has encouraged governments at all tiers to ensure that tax-compliant citizens enjoy the value for the taxes they pay. In his goodwill message to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s 7th Internally Generated Revenue Learning Event in Abuja on Wednesday, Nami said that tax-compliant citizens legitimately […]

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