rural electrification
15 Aug 2023
Ogun State government has said that provision of electricity to rural areas will be a continuous one to stem the tide of rural-urban drift.
1 Aug 2023
No fewer than 34 civil society organisations have announced that they will embark on an inspection tour of the Rural Electrification Agency's (REA) projects across the country. The group, under the auspices of the Coalition for Probity and Accountability (COPA), said this is the first in a series of expeditions to ministries, departments and agencies.…
23 Jun 2023
The livewire of every developed or developing economy is the expansion of its middle class. When a nation talks about bringing people out of poverty, it usually is not about increasing the number of those in the upper class but increasing those in the middle class by improving the lives of those in the lower…
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested a father for impersonating son during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
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The Rwandan government has said it welcomes the decision by the British parliament to approve its migrant deportation bill.
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European Union, (EU), and it's partners, are seeking ways to mitigate persistent farmers/herders conflicts over natural resources in communities of Adamawa and Taraba states.
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A Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) the suit filed against First Bank Holdings by the bank's shareholder, Olusegun Samuel Onagoruwa, seeking to stop the yearly General Meeting of the bank.
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Weak digital public infrastructure has been identified as a significant factor that hampers the government's ability to effectively and equitably deliver services to its citizens.
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Ahead of the September Edo state governorship poll, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo has pledged to transform the state into an economic powerhouse in Nigeria.
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Tanzania has shut down five hydroelectric stations to reduce excess electricity in the national grid, the prime minister Kassim Majaliwa has said. According to Majaliwa, the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, has alone generated enough electricity to power major cities. Among the cities that are being powered is Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial…
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Everton secured their first win in a Merseyside derby at Goodison Park since 2010 to leave Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations in ruins after a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday.
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KPMG has announced the cancellation of job offers to some foreign graduates in the United Kingdom (UK). KPMG took this step following the decision of the UK government to tighten visa rules for overseas workers in a bid to cut record immigration. The Financial Times reports that one of the UK’s biggest graduate employers, the…