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South Africa: No Plans to Privatise Eskom

South Africa: No Plans to Privatise Eskom

Deputy President David Mabuza has assured Parliamentarians that there are no plans to privatise the national power utility, Eskom. "Government's policy options and positions have not reached the point where privatisation is seen as an…

Xiaomi Redmi A1 to launch in Europe for a €99 beginning value

Xiaomi Redmi A1 to launch in Europe for a €99 beginning value

Reviews, News, CPU, GPU, Articles, Columns, Other Not Set Default Review Flagship Review Short Review Review Update Ultra Short Review Live Default Review Live Flagship Review First Impression Review Other Review Smartwatch / eBike /…

Zimbabwe: Load Shedding Threatens Wheat Manufacturing

Zimbabwe: Load Shedding Threatens Wheat Manufacturing

Mashonaland West Bureau — THE current load shedding being effected by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has been cited by farmers as threatening this year's winter wheat yield output. Speaking this morning during…

Akabueze: Why insist on punishing residents with telecoms tax?, By Fom Gyem

Akabueze: Why insist on punishing residents with telecoms tax?, By Fom Gyem

Both the vulnerable poor and well-to-do Nigerians are severely taxed and pay a lot presently. The vulnerable group in Nigeria comprises those citizens who don’t have money and do not have the means to generate…

Tennis Star Roger Federer Broadcasts Retirement

Tennis Star Roger Federer Broadcasts Retirement

Serena Williams' U.S. Open Loss: Oprah, Tiger Woods & More ReactRoger Federer is ready to step away from the tennis court. The beloved athlete, whose amassed 20 Grand Slam titles over the course of his career, has…

Buhari presides over safety council assembly

Buhari presides over safety council assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over the meeting of the National Security Council with service and security chiefs as well as some cabinet ministers in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that others…

Towards govt coverage, Lagos college imposes N3,500 price on BECE candidates

Towards govt coverage, Lagos college imposes N3,500 price on BECE candidates

Against the policy of the Lagos State Government, the management of a public secondary school in the state has imposed a mandatory levy of N3,500 on the candidates that took part in the 2022 diet…

TRENDING: New Tremendous Eagles ‘aso-ebi’ jersey divide followers

TRENDING: New Tremendous Eagles ‘aso-ebi’ jersey divide followers

Nike has released a new set of kits for the Nigeria national team and it has received varied responses from the public. The kits, particularly the jerseys that the Super Eagles would have worn if…

JUST IN: Nigeria’s inflation fee surges 17-year-high to twenty.5%

JUST IN: Nigeria’s inflation fee surges 17-year-high to twenty.5%

Nigeria’s inflation rate surged to 20.52% in August, the highest since September 2005. The inflation figure rose from 19.64% recorded in July, according to details of the inflation figures published by the National Bureau of…

South African cell community operator Rain valued at R17.9 billion by main shareholder

South African cell community operator Rain valued at R17.9 billion by main shareholder

African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments, the second largest of Rain, has attached a R17.9 billion (~$1 billion) valuation on the South African data-only mobile network operator. This figure is a 7.9% increase over last year’s…

Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Says Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola Blocked Her

Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Says Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola Blocked Her

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi BLOCKED by Sammi SweetheartEven the Jersey Shore crew isn't exempt from some family drama. As the cast of MTV's reality show continues documenting their lives, some viewers are wondering if original cast member…

Press wins spelling bee after politician flubs ‘whangdoodle’

Press wins spelling bee after politician flubs ‘whangdoodle’

They spelled dog breeds, cheeses, words derived from literary characters, words whose definitions include colors (who knew “sphinx” and “antelope” were colors?), commonly misspelled words (including “misspell”), and a couple other more amorphous categories.Then, with…