November 2025 – Page 43

Business

Meta completes 2Africa subsea cable with global partners

20.11.2025

Meta said on Wednesday that it has finished building the core section of 2Africa, the world’s longest open-access subsea cable system, connecting Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe in a single network designed to significantly expand global internet capacity. The project, which began in May 2020, is designed to improve connectivity for roughly...

MTN Nigeria unveils festive campaign

20.11.2025

MTN Nigeria has unveiled its festive campaign, ‘YelloTide’, a nationwide initiative aimed at spreading joy, kindness and community spirit as the year draws to a close, the operator said on Tuesday. The announcement follows a three-day teaser that sparked widespread speculation on social media, with users trying to decode the clues shared by the telecoms...

Genocide Allegation: U.S. Threats Have Emboldened Terrorist Groups In Nigeria

20.11.2025

The Federal Government on Wednesday blamed the rising incidents of attacks by terrorists and bandits across Nigeria on the recent pronouncements by President Donald Trump of the United States and other top officials of his government on the security situation in Nigeria. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, who...

Kwara Church Attack: Christian Genocide Claim Becoming Self-fulfilling Prophecy

20.11.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) said the killing and abduction of worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, is making the narrative of Christian genocide a self-fulfilling prophecy under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. ADC, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the Federal Government of being reactive and...

Rentiton Of Partisan Music At Judges’ Conference, Disgraceful, Scandalous

20.11.2025

Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described as scandalous, disgraceful and irresponsible the rendition of President Bola Tinubu’s partisan campaign music at the Nigeria Judges’ Conference last Monday. Atiku, in a statement on Wednesday, however, said the incident was not an isolated one, and accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government of...

Reps Summon Solid Minerals Minister, Others Over Illegal Mining

20.11.2025

The House of Representatives Committee on Mineral Exploitation, Security and Anti-Money Laundering has summoned the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake and the Director-General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office to appear before it. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem, gave the directive at the resumed meeting of the Committee on Wednesday....

Alkali Calls For Mutual Assistance To Achieve Sustainable Community Devt

20.11.2025

The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, has called upon his statesmen and Nigerians at large to be in one accord, help each other to tackle social needs and for sustainable development. The Minister made the call when he had in audience, Tangale East Progressive Union (TEPU) from his state, who paid him a courtesy...

NLC tells FG to stop victimising labour leaders in Africa

20.11.2025

Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, has called for an immediate end to what he described as the growing intimidation, arrests, and state-backed assaults on labour leaders across Africa, warning that the trend threatens democracy and the continent’s ability to deliver quality public services. Ajaero made the call recently while delivering a solidarity message at...

Guber Poll: I’ll Change Narrative Of Governance in Ekiti

20.11.2025

Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for next year’s Ekiti State governorship election, Ambassador Oluwadare Patrick Bejide, has promised to change the narrative of governance in the state if elected. Ambassador Bejide, who spoke on Wednesday at the certificate presentation ceremony as ADC candidate, said his focus would be on agriculture, which he...

Disregard Democracy Under Threat Allegations By PDP

20.11.2025

…Urges SSDC board to shun political distractions The Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has called on Nigerians and the international community to disregard the allegations made by the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP,) Tanimu Turaki, suggesting that Nigeria’s democracy was under threat. Wike disclosed this on Wednesday in...