The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today the addition of four new branches to the 2Africa cable. The branches will extend 2Africa’s connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands, and Angola, and bring a new landing to south-east Nigeria. The new branches join the recently announced extension to the Canary Islands. 2Africa, which will be the largest subsea cable project in the world, will deliver faster, more reliable internet service to each country where it lands. Communities that rely on the internet for services from education to…
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The Nigerian IT start-up environment is capable of generating $3 billion annually, the Director-General of the Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, has said. The NITDA helmsman who disclosed this in an interview noted that the development translates to $30 billion revenue generation by 2030. Mr Abdullahi noted that realizing the projection will entail harnessing the power of the internet by Nigerian innovators, adding that the Nigerian government is creating an enabling environment for start-ups to thrive. The director-general described Nigeria as a country with great potential, going by its economic size, which, he said, makes up…
Adamawa state has recorded 60 suspected Cholera cases in the state, according to the Coordinator, Cholera Containment Committee in the state, Dr Selin La’ori. La’ori, who disclosed this at the Primary Healthcare Development Agency stakeholders’ meeting held on Sunday, in Yola, added that the meeting was to map out strategies to contain the spread of the disease. She identified the affected local government areas to include; Yola North, Yola South, Girea, Gombi, Mubi North and Guyuk, adding that all the 60 cases had been treated and discharged. She said that three cholera treatment Centres had been set up in Yola,…
The Nigerian military has so far received about 1,500 commanders and members of ISWAP-Boko Haram in a massive surrender orchestrated by a special intelligence-driven operation by the Army. A video clip obtained by PRNigeria shows mass of unidentified repentant terrorists, their family members comprising women and children, filing out (in a straight line) from dense vegetation. The returnees, then proceeded to surrender to troops at Mafa, it was further learnt. Some former top commanders of the terrorist groups, including Adamu Rugurugu, and their family members have so far surrendered to the Nigerian military at various designated locations in Borno state.…
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has said that the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday confirmed the country’s first Ebola case since 1994. Moeti advised that while pushing governments to concentrate on the COVID-19 response, they should also improve their preparedness for possible Ebola cases. She said that the virus was confirmed in samples taken from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial metropolis of Abidjan, after coming from Guinea, according to the Institut Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire. Moeti said that the patient had travelled to Cote d’Ivoire by vehicle and…
Mr Abhay Thakur, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria said on Sunday that India was working closely with Nigeria to tackle insecurity by fighting terrorism and radicalisation in the country. Thakur disclosed this while answering reporters’ questions on the side-lines of the commemoration of the 75th Independence Anniversary of India at the high commission in Abuja. He said India would continue to support Nigeria’s security and defense agencies in tackling banditry and other related crimes. According to him, India and Nigeria have enjoyed years of friendship dating back since independence of both countries. The Indian envoy said both countries would sustain the friendship…
The Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI) has called on government at all levels to be decisive in sending a message of deterrence to criminal elements in the country. The Secretary General of JNI, Dr Khalid Aliyu, made the appeal in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Aliyu said the JNI received with utmost grief the unfortunate Rukuba Road, Jos, Plateau, carnage over the weekend which resulted in the massacre of about 22 innocent, defenseless Muslims returning from Bauchi State on their way to Ikare, Ondo State, enroute Jos. “We however call on the Ikare Muslim community of Ondo State to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described former Permanent Secretary, Ahmed Joda, as a patriot and most valuable citizen, who gave his best for unity and development of the country. Joda, who was also the Chairman, Buhari administration’s Transition Team, 2015, died at the age of 91 on Friday in Yola, Adamawa. The president made his feelings known through a delegation led by Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, to commiserate with family, friends and associates of the elder statesman in Yola on Sunday. Buhari also condoled with the government and people of Adamawa over the passing of the…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has condemned the attack on travelers in Plateau state, describing the act as horrible and senseless. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the Forum, Abdulraque Bello-Barkindo made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. According to the governors, it had become a norm that some locals had become “inhospitable and unwelcoming to other Nigerians living in or passing through their domains. “The Nigeria Governors Forum condemns in its totality, the barbaric and very tragic incident that led to the loss of 23 travellers around Gada Biyu in Jos North local government area of…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack on innocent travellers on a major highway in Plateau and the killings in other parts of the country. Abubakar in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, on Sunday in Abuja commiserated with the families of the deceased. He acknowledged that security outfits were doing their best in the current circumstances to make all Nigerians safe. He however said skirmishes such as the killings and the pain accompanying it make citizens feel as though enough is not being done. He said that the country should continue to scale up…