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Google, United Nations’ and  Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are working together to make high-resolution satellite data in managing global  natural resources. The collaborative effort between the companies is already yielding results as the innovation allows resource managers and researchers in many countries to gauge changing land uses of individual field-sized plots seen by eye-in-the-sky satellites … The post Google, UN, FAO to harness satellite data to manage world’s natural resources appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

Pass.ng a web, desktop and mobile-based examination preparatory and testing platform in Nigeria has emerged among the three finalists in MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia. The three finalists emerged after a rigorous selection process, involving more than 700 applicants from 26 countries across Africa, according to the event organisers. The challenge, which aims to boost … The post Nigeria’s Pass.ng makes MTN entrepreneurship challenge finals appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

Royal Dutch Shell has failed to halt production at the Gbaran Ubie oil and gas facility in Bayelsa State, contravening a court order for the site to be sealed and raising the prospect of legal action, government officials said on Wednesday. The facility, in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta, supplies the Bonny liquefied natural gas […] Shell defies order to halt production at facility Source: Business

A meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum held on Wednesday to discuss the state of the nation’s economy ended in a deadlock. The meeting which was held inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ran late into the night. The Chairman of the NGF, Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, who briefed State House correspondents […] Economy: Governors’ meeting ends in deadlock Source: Business

Shareholders of Dangote Refinery Plc on Wednesday approved the N6 billion dividend proposed by the board for the year ended December 31, 2015. The dividend, which translated to 50 kobo per share, was approved at the 10th annual general meeting (AGM) held in Lagos. The dividend is 48 per cent of the profit after tax […] Dangote Sugar Refinery shareholders approve N6bn dividend Source: Business

The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim has disclosed that the total deposit liabilities of all the deposit money banks (DMBs) in the country amounted to N17.3 trillion as at December 2015. He also stated that of the total amount, which had 67 million depositors tied to it, the corporation […] NDIC puts total bank depositors’ funds at N17.3tn in 2015 Source: Business

Olaleye Aluko and Afeez Hanafi Festus Omotosho, aka Ijaya, the police inspector with Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command, has been fired by the leadership of the force for his alleged connivance with a suspected robber, Akeem Popoola. The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, confirmed Ijaya’s dismissal on Wednesday to PUNCH Metro, adding that he had been transferred to the Ogun State Police Command, which arrested Popoola, for criminal investigation. The decision of the force came after a series of exclusive reports by PUNCH Metro on Popoola’s mention of Ijaya as his boss, which led to the…

VACANCY– IITA has Internal and External vacancies in the following: Mobile Technology Officer, Junior Technical Analyst, Project Data Officer, and CKAN Repository Officer and Programmer. Interested applicants should complete the online application, attaching detailed curriculum vitae with their names in Microsoft word formal to IITA website: http://www.iita.org/careers not later than 2 weeks from the date of this publication. VACANCY– Federal University Oye Ekiti has Vacancy for the position of External Auditor. All applications with full pagination should be in ten (10) spiral bound copies. All applications for the post of External Auditor should be addressed to The Registrar, Federal…

Olalekan Adetayo and Ifeanyi Onuba The Federal Government has decided to stop the deductions for loan being made from the monthly allocations of each state of the federation in order to allow them to meet their obligations of paying workers’ salaries. The stoppage of the deductions is for the month of April in the first instance. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents  on  the outcome of the National Economic Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The minister was joined at the briefing by the Nasarawa State…

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has said that the over N2.7tn in the Treasury Single Account will not be shared by the three tiers of government. Idris said in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday that the funds belonged to agencies of the government for their operations and not for sharing as was being insinuated in some quarters. The statement read in part, “The Accountant-General of the Federation has put the amount so far collected in the Treasury Single Account platform to be slightly above N2.7tn. He further stated that the money…