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NCC: 3G, 4G Telecom Towers Deployment Hits 53,460

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has reached 53,460, up from its initial 30,000 in 2020, while fibre optic transmission cables expanded from 47,000 kilometres to 54,725km in the last five years. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, while receiving the new Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Festus Daudu, said the increase resulted in improved broadband/telecoms service delivery across networks. Danbatta spoke on NCC’s enabling laws, mandatesRead More

Air Peace Announces Resumption Of Flights To Dubai

Air Peace
Air Peace has announced that it would resume flights into Dubai via Sharjah on February 5, 2021. Spokesperson for the airline, Mr. Stanley Olisa said in a statement issued yesterdayRead More

Herdsmen Can’t Graze In Forest Reserves Without Permission, Ondo Insists

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN)
Afenifere, ACF, PANDEF, NEF clash over Akeredolu’s ultimatum Herdsmen will not be allowed to operate in Ondo State’s forest reserves without permission, the state government insisted yesterday. The insistence cameRead More

EAC: Nigeria Needs Macroeconomic Stability To Attract Investments

The Chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Dr. Doyin Salami
FG needs new economic model for faster growth, says bank chief The Chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Dr. Doyin Salami, has stressed the need for theRead More

Poultry Farmers Warn Of 5m Job Losses Over Sector’s Challenges

Poultry
Seek Buhari, govs’ support to redress situation Poultry farmers under the aegis of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) yesterday warned of the possible loss of over five million jobs inRead More

Access Bank Targets Eight More African Countries In Expansion Drive

Access Bank
Access Bank Plc has unfolded plans to expand to eight more African countries as part of a strategy to support trade and finance in the continent and take advantage ofRead More

Automobiles’ Import Levy Reduction Will Reduce FG’s Revenue, Report Warns

Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
Policy contradicts BPE-led committee’s recommendation The Federal Government’s decision to slash import levy on cars, tractors and mass transit vehicles as stated in the Finance Act 2020, will negatively affectRead More

ABP: 300,000 MT Of Maize For Release February

Maize
Price of maize set to crash About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) ofRead More

Zenith Bank Board Meets To Discuss Results, Final Dividend

Zenith Bank Plc
The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc will meet on Thursday 28, 2021, to discuss the audited financial statements (AFS) for the year ended December 31, 2020. It isRead More

CBN Unveils Quick Response Code Framework To Facilitate e-Payments

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Issues safeguards for innovative products By James Emejo The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday unveiled a framework for Quick Response (QR) code payments, directing all issuers, acquirers, switches, processorsRead More