The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says there was an increase in active internet subscribers from 151.5 million in the third quarter to 154.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said this on Thursday in Abuja in its just published “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2020).” According to the report, this represents a 1.84 per cent growth in internet subscriptions Quarter-on-Quarter. The report also said there was a -0.32 per cent decrease in active voice subscribers in the Q4 from 205.2 million in Q3 to 204.6 million. The NBS said…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari says as far as Libya remains unstable, illegal arms and ammunition will continue to flow in the Sahel region of the African continent. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, in a statement, said Buhari stated this when he hosted outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, on Thursday at State House, Abuja. He said Muammar Gadaffi held a grip on power in Libya for 42 years by recruiting armed guards from different countries, who then escaped with their arms…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Ekiti government are collaborating with other critical stakeholders to tackle the scourge of drug abuse in the state. This was disclosed in a communiqué issued at the end of a one day townhall meeting with the theme, “Walk away from drugs”, organised by the state Ministry of Justice in collaboration with NDLEA in Ado Ekiti on Thursday. While the guest speaker and Chairman of the agency, Buba Marwa attended the meeting, Governor Kayode Fayemi was represented by his deputy, Otunba Egbeyemi and the state deputy speaker, Hakeem Jamiu, first class monarchs,…
A Professor of applied mathematics with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Mr Olusegun Olotu has observed that Nigeria may soon be faced with acute shortage of teachers of mathematics with dire consequences for education, science and technology. He sounded the warning while delivering the 123rd inaugural lecture of the university in Akure on Tuesday. According to the don, the shortage of teachers and lecturers of pure mathematics is not peculiar to Nigeria and its university system but a global phenomenon that must be addressed very urgently. He warned that “pure mathematics will soon vanish as time progresses if…
The Minister of state for Education, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajiuba, on Thursday said Nigeria has more than 10 million out-of-school children, the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Nwajiuba made this known at the launching of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) by Jigawa Government in Dutse. “With an estimated 10,193,918 children out-of-school, Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in Sub-Saharan Africa. “For us to address these challenges adequately therefore, we must strengthen the quality of basic education in Nigeria by confronting head-on those factors that deny our children access to basic education,” the minister said. To this end, Nwajiuba…
As the Hijab controversy rages on in Kwara state, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on stakeholders to call the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to order. Violence erupted on Wednesday at the Baptist Secondary School in Ilorin reportedly following the refusal of the school authorities to allow female Muslim students to use hijab. Parents of the students were also reported to have engaged the school authorities in a hot argument which resulted into a stone-throwing between Christians and Muslims. However, MURIC in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola called on CAN to observe restraint and allow…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says only adequate resources will tackle challenges of insecurity, widespread poverty and hunger in the country. The South West Zone of the Christian body said this in a communique issued at the end of a 2-day first quarterly meeting held at the Pope John Paul 11 Pastoral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday. The communique was signed by Rev. Fr. Raphael Osegboun and Rev. Luke Bamigboye, the Zonal Chairman and Secretary, respectively. It therefore called on Nigerian leaders to channel more resources to address the threats facing the nation. The association expressed the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday that some countries in the European Union (EU) temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure. In a statement, the WHO said this decision was based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine. It said, however, that other countries in the EU – having considered the same information – had decided to continue using the vaccine in their immunization programmes. “Vaccination against COVID-19 will not reduce illness or deaths from other causes. Thromboembolic events are known to occur…
Holders Bayern Munich cruised into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons. This was after beating Lazio 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to secure a 6-2 aggregate victory. Leading 4-1 from the first leg in Rome, Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring for Bayern Munich from the penalty kick spot in the 33rd minute. It was his 39th goal of the season in all competitions. The German champions took their foot off the gas before substitute Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, having replaced Lewandowski, added the second goal in the 73rd minute. Marco Parolo…
Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014. Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach Thomas Tuchel’s rejuvenated team a 3-0 aggregate win. Substitute Emerson made sure of victory by scoring in the fourth minute of added time for Chelsea’s second goal. Atletico Madrid were left to rue referee Daniele Orsato’s decision not to give a penalty kick when scores were 0-0. This was when Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta underhit a back pass and put his arm around Yannick Carrasco who went down in…