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Daily Archives: November 19, 2018

Ogun State government and MainOne are bringing 250km of fibre optic Internet to the state

In an unprecedented move, the Ogun State government is enabling MainOne bring about 250 km of fibre optic internet to the state. Here’s why this move is important. Techpoint.Africa [...]

November 19, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

The gathering of African tech talents in Europe, Berlin edition

On November 14, 2018, Techpoint, in partnership with TechStars, hosted the first African tech talent meetup in Europe. The aim was to create a platform where tech talents from different European countries can hangout and basically have a sense of [...]

November 19, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps
I’ll continue as Baba Go Slow

PDP blames Buhari for loss of $2.8 billion GE railway deal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fingered the “harsh economic policies” of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in the recent withdrawal of General Electric (GE) from a $2.8 billion railway concession deal. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its [...]

November 19, 2018 Government and politics

Queen Elizabeth II honours Nigeria’s Grace Ladoja

Nigerian talent manager and music executive, Grace Ladoja has been honoured with an MBE by the Prince of Wales. A Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) honour is an award given by the Queen to [...]

November 19, 2018 International

‘Power sector loses N1.287b daily’

Nigerian power sector said it lost approximately N1.287 billion on Saturday due to insufficient gas supply, distribution and transmission infrastructure.On the same day, average energy sent out was 4,157 megawatts/hour, which was down by 89.19MW from the previous day. This [...]

November 19, 2018 Power

EU, U.S. warn police, DSS, others on 2019 elections

2019 elections: The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and the United States of America have called on Nigeria’s security agencies to avoid actions that could jeopardise the success of next year’s general election.The warning came as campaigns for the polls [...]

November 19, 2018 Government and politics

Xraying the five-fold manifest of 2019 presidential contenders

2019 presidential contenders: The die is cast. Nigerians have entered into the first phase of the graduated excursion to the crucial 2019 election. With the embargo lifted, yesterday, November 18, 2018, today marks the kickoff of open campaigns for the [...]

November 19, 2018 Government and politics