•UI The University of Ibadan (UI) has been plunged into total darkness following the non-teaching staff unions’ strike. The strike was embarked upon yesterday by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) as directed by their national bodies, ...
•Malian flag Thirty-one people were killed in Mali yesterday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the Transport ministry said. It added that the accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. “A bus that was […]
•An old transformer Eleven communities of Ali-Ara in Wara, Osin, and Egbejila wards of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara state have been plunged into darkness. It was learnt that the outage which happened six months ago was caused by the dysfunctional state of the 20 years old transformer supplying electricity to the affected [&hellip...
The value of Nigeria’s non-oil export revenue recorded a marginal decrease to $4.5bn in 2023, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said. The drop represents a $300m or 6.3 per cent decline from the $4.8bn revenue accrued to government coffers in 2022 and $500m less than the $5bn target set by the council for the […]