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NIGCOMSAT plans to deploy 5G through new satellite to boost coverage

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd.(NIGCOMSAT) said it plans to deploy 5G, using a new satellite, NIGCOMSAT 2. It also said that the NIGCOMSAT 2 would be launched into orbit by the first quarter of 2023 to enhance coverage. Dr Abimbola Alale, Managing Director of NIGCOMSAT, made these known during a stakeholders...

Cooking energy: Varsity develops “bettacoal” for low-income earners –VC

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Prof. Richard Kimbir, the Vice-Chancellor of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi, says the university has developed “bettacoal” to help low-income earners to cut cost of cooking energy. Kimbir said this on Thursday in Makurdi, explaining that “bettacoal is smokeless as well as affordable cooking fuel made from dried agricultural waste....

FG directs MDAs to comply with data protection regulation

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The Federal Government on Thursday issued a circular directing all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the provisions of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) for citizens’ data protection. Mr Babatunde Bamigboye, Head, Legal Enforcement and Regulations of the National Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), said this in a...

NACETEM wants STI to address grassroots development

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), has urged that Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), should be used to address development at the grassroots level. Dr John Omimakinde, Overseeing Director General of NACETEM, made this known in his address at the two-day STI Management Forum it organised in Ile-Ife on...

2023: Enugu PDP guber candidate pledges rural transformation, inclusive development

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The PDP governorship candidate in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has assured the people that he will ensure the transformation of the rural areas. Mbah, who gave the assurance at a town hallmeeting with the communities in Nike in Enugu East Council Area on Thursday, said he would also ensure...

We are happy G-5 governors are still in PDP- Campaign council

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has expressed delight that the G5 group of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are still in the party, in spite of their demand regarding the party’s leadership. The Director of Strategic Communications of the organisation, Dele Momodu, said while addressing newsmen in Abuja,...

Ignore Uzodimma at your own peril, Tinubu tells South-East leaders

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has told business and political leaders in the South-East to ignore Imo’s Gov. Hope Uzodimma at their own peril. Tinubu spoke in Owerri on Thursday at a town hall meeting with South-East private sector drivers, including manufacturers, investors, traders,...

Voter register: INEC to investigate confirmed cases of infractions

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will thoroughly investigate cases of infraction in the ongoing display of register of voters across the country. INEC gave the assurance in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye also...

ActionAid canvasses more youth engagement to tackle electoral violence

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Action Aid Nigeria has called for more youth engagement to tackle election violence in the country. Mr Anicetus Atakpu, Resilience Programme Coordinator, Action Aid Nigeria, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna. He spoke on the side lines of a Stakeholders’...

2023 Election : Peace commission urges stakeholders to prevent disturbances in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The Kaduna Peace Commission, has urged stakeholders to help prevent public disturbances during the 2023 general elections in the state. Mr Saleh Momale, Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, made the appeal on Thursday in Kaduna at the Stakeholders Engagement on Conflict Prevention of Election Related Violence. The News Agency...