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The management of NigComSat Limited has appealed to the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology to prevail on the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve the utilisation of $500 million (N59 billion) concessionary loan for the construction of NigComSat 2 and 3 advanced series.
Glen View 5 Primary School in one of Harare's high-density suburbs is deserted. Classrooms are empty, desks and chairs are piled up in corners and instruction charts are peeling off the walls. Yet, the school's third term is in full swing.
A total of 28 families in the district have received new houses from Habitat for Humanity Uganda and Money Gram International.
REPAIRING of the Gulu-Lacor road will continue, Gulu municipality mayor Christopher Acire has said.
Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic under-development, a disaffected youth, and increasing lawlessness.
Capital Oil & Gas Industries Limited, a fast growing operator in the downstream sector of the nation's petroleum industry, says it has so far invested over N100billion in the development of basic facilities meant to help affective distribution of petroleum products in the country.
The Federal Government says it has spent a about $57.9 million on the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the Kaduna Refinery, which was temporarily shut down last week.
Bulawayo was for a long time regarded as the cleanest city in the country and it was a marvel to visitors from all walks of life.
According to Millicom, Rwanda will become the company's 8th country of operation in Africa. Millicom already operates in DRC and Tanzania giving potential to create synergies between the three businesses over time.
Nigeria's second national carrier, Globacom, has emphasised its readiness to launch its international submarine cable, Glo 1, touted as the solution to Nigeria and West Africa's bandwidth requirements, in March 2009.
TELKOM's operating profit fell 9,3% in the first half to September, showing the financial imperative for the company to restructure and reposition itself.
BOTH Telkom and Vodacom have issued what should be their final results as unhappily married companies, but for once analysts were far more interested in their futures than in their performances of the past.
THE telecoms industry regulator is on a collision course with companies that are ready to build their own networks, by instigating a long-winded process to issue licences that the high court has declared they are already entitled to.
Director of mission direct told Concord Times that his organization was constructing a new home at the city of rest in Grafton to accommodate 70 more people.
Concord Times managing director has told a press briefing yesterday that celebrated Nigerian film star Stephanie Okereke would grace this year's Miss University as special guest of the event.
In its efforts to clean-up the city of Abuja and improve on its environment, the FCT Executive Committee has directed the immediate resumption of the removal of all squatter settlements in the Federal Capital Territory.
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the supervising minister for the FCT, Mr. Remi Babalola, to ensure that pedestrian bridges are strategically located to avert avoidable accidents in the FCT.
Alot has been said about the state of the roads in Nigeria and this will not be the last. In fact after this piece, proper research will be done, investigations carried, and the right people talked to in order to know what lies beneath the nature of the ever horrible-looking roads in the country which those in power, who are supposed to be in charge of, have neglected, and the way forward.
Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has commended the State Bureau of Electrical Engineering Services (OGSEP), for its efficiency and high sense of responsibility.
Telecom subscribers in the country are jittering over the news of planned hike in telecom tariff by the telecom operating companies, thus blaming the situation on government and its agencies who erroneously think they could get their slice from telecom money.
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe, said last week in Lagos that Nigeria was set to achieve a 100 per cent teledensity by 2020. This will represent over 50 per cent from the current level of about 45 per cent. There are currently about 60 phone lines serving 140 million people.
The $311 million (about 32 billion) that Nigeria spent in launching the country's communication satellite two years ago may have gone into the drains. At the time of going to press, there were no sure indications that the satellite, which has been reported 'missing' in orbit was recoverable. Both the management of NigComSat and the Chinese agency that launched the communication satellite on May ...
An Abuja Magistrate's Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a former, Chief of Air Staff, AVM Ibrahim Alfa as a result of his refusal to appear in court and face trial over allegations bordering on illegal demolition of a petrol filling station belonging to one Kamisu Ahmed.
The Cross River State Executive Council has approved the contract for urban roadway lighting projects for Calabar metropolis at the cost of N908 million. Addressing newsmen at the end of the weekly State Executive Council meeting, the commissioner for Works, Hon Bassey Ekefre said the contract, which covers Atimbo Road, Akai Efa, Eta Agbo, Ekorinim would be completed before Christmas this year and ...
Kaduna State commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Hon. Yohanna Chindo, has assured Nigerians that most industries in the state that have been closed down long ago would soon come back to function. He said most of the problems that led to their predicament shall soon be overcome as all hands were on deck to find lasting solutions to the problems.
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