The Bafana Bafana of South Africa will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the semifinal of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament after the former thrashed Capo Verde 2-1 on penalties late Saturday night. The 90-minute ...
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Vandals Blow Up Electricity Transmission Line
Suspected vandals have destroyed a High Tension Transmission Line using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Unguwar Kanawa, a suburb of the Bauchi metropolis. Our correspondent reports that the power transmission, which passes through Bauchi State, supplies electricity to other ...
Read More »OPEC To Review Oil Cut Policy By March
A committee of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) ministers has proposed no changes to the group’s oil output plans at a meeting on Thursday. Leading Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, led ...
Read More »Airtel Africa Grows Customer Base By 9.1% To 151.2m
Airtel Africa recorded total customer base growth of 9.1 per cent to 151.2 million in its results for nine-month period ended December 31, 2023. The company’s results released on the Nigerian Exchange showed that penetration of mobile data and mobile ...
Read More »Broadband Penetration: IHS Rolls Out 10,000km Of Fiber Optic Cables
IHS Nigeria, through its subsidiary, Global Independent Connect Limited (GICL), has completed the rollout of more than 10,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) latest ...
Read More »Africa Magic Premieres New Local Series, Game Show In February
Africa Magic has unveiled two new local series, Grandpa Knows Best and Buri, as well as a new game show, Siblings Challenge, as part of its programme line up this February. The dramedy series Grandpa Knows Best premieres Saturday, February ...
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