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GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU DEPLOYS AIRCRAFT FOR AERIAL MAPPING OF LAGOS STATE
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has deployed a Cessna 406 aircraft for aerial mapping of the state in line with the government’s determination to ascertain the actual figures of buildings and the infrastructural strength of the State. Speaking during the inspection of the Aerial Survey Aircraft (ASA) for the 2023 Mapping and Update of …
SEC warns investors about 4 blacklisted Italian e-commerce firms
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the Nigerian investing public to desist from dealing with four blacklisted Italian e-commerce companies. This was contained in a statement issued by the regulator on its website and obtained by Nairametrics. The warning follows a report that the Italian securities regulator blacklisted the four e-commerce firms over fraudulent trading …
NIN Deadline: Telcos Deny Blocking SIM Cards
Mobile network operators in Nigeria including Airtel and MTN have dismissed claims by subscribers that their SIM cards are being blocked before the deadline set for the linkage with the National Identity Number.
ICYMI: WhatsApp to stop working on Older version of phones from January 1.
A social media messaging App , WhatsApp, a US-has announced its app will stop working on millions of phones as from January 1, 2021 due to an update aimed at phasing out older devices. In the report monitored on the Independent UK, older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of …
#EndSARS: Nigerians Show Concerns As Twitter Shut Down for Hours
#EndSARS protesters tremble in fear as Twitter shutdown for over two hours on Thursday night.
Google to acquire Fitbit, valuing the smartwatch maker at about $2.1 billion
By Obi Obumneme Google parent company Alphabet will buy Fitbit, according to an announcement Friday, putting the tech giant head-to-head with Apple in the fitness tracking space. The deal values Fitbit around $2.1 billion at a fully diluted equity value, according to the release. Fitbit’s stock surged 16% in the premarket after shares resumed trading …
PMB IN RUSSIA- TCIC, TMH Sign MoU on Devt of Railway Infrastructure, Supply of Rolling Stock in Nigeria
Gbeleyi Abayomi Trans-Continental Infrastructure Company (TCIC), a Nigerian based infrastructure development company, Trans- continental company (TCIC) has signed an MoU with JSC Transmashholding (TMH), the largest rolling stock engineering company in Russia, on the development of railway infrastructure and supply of rolling stock in Nigeria. TMH, alongside its strategic partner, RZD Russian Railways, jointly develop …
American based company set to invest over $10 billion in coastal rail line
Shah Mathias, the Founder of Ameri Metro Inc, based in the United States, said on Monday that the company was ready to invest over $10 billion in the coastal rail project from Lagos to Calabar and Calabar to Port Harcourt. He told journalists after paying a courtesy visit on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi …
Amaechi in China to ‘inspect locomotives built for Nigeria’
Gbeleyi Abayomi The minister for transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is currently in China inspecting some of the locomotives (trains) built for Nigeria by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCRC). Below are the pics showing some CCRC officials, the Nigerian minister test running one of the two motored cars at the company’s premises in Qisuyan district, …
Nokia Edge Xtreme Max 2019 Specs & Release Date!
At the moment, there is no information on the Nokia date and the Price of the Nokia Edge Xtreme Max can hit the market in the last quarter of this 2019. On the other side Regarding the cost, the Nokia Edge Xtreme Max price fall around $800, which is rough to RS. 57, 029. Nokia …