The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N17.4 billion for the provision of Broadband infrastructure for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and tertiary and higher learning institutions across the six geo-political zones with the supply of IT communications equipment and furniture for communications centres in the nation’s …
Read More »Reasons FG Lifts Suspension Of Twitter Operations After Seven Months
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operations in the country effective from 12 midnight, 13th January 2022. This was contained in a statement signed by Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Inuwa who is also Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. …
Read More »FEC Approves $11.17 Billion Rail Project to Link Coastal Cities
Owing to Federal Government’s commitment to expanding and consolidating on the rail project, the Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of $11.17bn to link all of Nigeria’s coastal cities by rail in six years. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, briefed State House correspondents after the virtual FEC …
Read More »CBN, Bankers’ Committee Signs MOU for National Theatre Renovation
The Bankers’ Committee led by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Government for the handover of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. In July 2020, the federal government handed over the National Theatre to the …
Read More »FG Stops Subsidy on Digital Switchover
The federal government has declared that “there will be no more subsidies, either for set-top boxes or Signal carriage” as it plans to resume the rollout of Digital Switchover, a transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this yesterday in …
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