3 Nigerian firms get oil licence in Uganda

Uganda has picked three Nigerian companies and one from Australia for its oil exploration licensing round, inviting them to negotiate for production sharing agreements, it said on Monday. It announced its first competitive bidding round for six exploration blocks, covering…

Facebook Launches Hausa Language on Its Platform

Popular social media platform, Facebook, with over 1.8 billion users worldwide is now available in Hausa language. To switch your language setting to Hausa navigate to your settings, click on “Language” on the left menu and then edit the “what…

FAQ about #YellowFever

Where does yellow fever occur? Yellow fever occurs in 47 endemic countries in Africa in Central and South America. Around 90% of cases reported every year occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infected travellers from areas where yellow fever occurs can export…

Bank Manager Commits Suicide Over N350million Loan

As reported yesterday, a manager with First City Monument Bank, Olisa Nwakoby, has shot himself to death over a toxic loan of  N350 million he approved for an unnamed customer. Nwakoby was said to have killed himself on Friday in the presence of…