After gulping over N4.4 billion in 12 years, the 10 megawatts (MW) Katsina Wind Farm could be completed and ready for commissioning in the next eight weeks, the handler of the project has said. The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, who inspected the plant last weekend at Lambar Rimi community,
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Despite the scourge of Coronavirus raving activities in the oil and gas industry, Nigeria’s rig count took a significant jump, rising 64 percent to 23 in February, as against 14 recorded in January, 2020. This is coming at a time the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, recorded 0.7 percent rise
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The global data center construction industry is booming, as increasing cloud adoption fuels new opportunities in big data and IoT investment, leading to the birth of more hyperscale data centers. That’s according to ResearchAndMarkets’ Data Center Construction Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025 report, which predicts that the global data center
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Samsung has developed a 900wh solid state battery that provides electrical vehicles with a range of 500 miles on a single charge - and has a life cycle of over 1,000 charges. The South Korean firm noted that the technology is half the size of a conventional lithium-ion battery, which was
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Apple reportedly has canceled an event to launch the latest iPhone amid growing fears about the coronavirus. The splashy reveal of a new, lower-priced version of the iPhone — possibly to be called the iPhone 9 or iPhone SE2 — had been slated for March 31, but was called off in
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The challenges of digital transformation are well documented. Delays, setbacks, scaled back expectations, and even failure, seem to come hand-in-hand with initiatives – every organization is different, there is no one-size-fits all approach. Few organizations would disagree that digital transformation is now vital, but part of the problem is that progress
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The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled another phase of the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) worth $200 million to provide electricity to over 500,000 people across 105,000 households. The Minister of State, Power, Goddy Jeddy Agba at the launch in Abuja commended the AfDB for the
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In the past few years, Afrobeats has grown from the local music enjoyed by Nigerians, Ghanaians, and other Africans to global dominance, appearing in top positions on charts all over the world. Nigerian Afrobeats artistes like Burna Boy, Davido, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, and Wizkid tour different cities around the world
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In the age of digital, one of the most important regulatory crossroads is that of data privacy for online users. Getting data privacy regulation right creates trust in online digital infrastructure which relies heavily on the collection of data for key decision making. It is why the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency
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Some weeks back when Netflix Naija launched on Twitter, we speculated an increase in Nollywood originals on the video streaming platform. However, we have since confirmed that of the 14 personalities featured on the image displayed in their first tweet some are board members and others, actors of Netflix Naija. In essence,
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