Nigeria nears getting World Bank’s $3bn power sector loan -Minister
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Sunday said the Federal Government’s request for a World Bank loan to finance the power sector was at the verge of being…
Escaped Kano lion: Zoological Garden awaits arrival of reinforcement from Abuja for sedative
The Management of Kano Zoological Garden says it is awaiting the arrival of the reinforcement of a stronger sedative from Abuja with which to inject the escaped lion. The Managing…
CBN opposes MTN’s planned charges for USSD transactions
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opposed plans by MTN to charge their subscribers for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) access to banking services from Oct. 21. The Governor…
e-ID Card: NIMC urges Nigerians to report cases of extortion, says over 700, 000 cards yet to be collected
Hadiza Dagabana, General Manager Legal Service. National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says Nigerians should always follow due process and report cases of extortion while trying to collect their National Identity…
Hate speech: FG to implement upward review of fines from N500,000 to N5m
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that a committee has been set up to implement the recommendations approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on tackling hate…
Fallout from Trump’s trade wars felt by economies around the world
The collateral damage of the United States’ trade wars is being felt from the fjords of Iceland to the auto factories of Japan. Central bank governors and finance ministers traded…
Gov. Obaseki condoles with victims, families of those killed in convoy accident
An automobile crash has claimed the lives of at least seven people as the advance Protocol Team of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was involved in a head-on collision…
No responsible democratic gov’t will tolerate the existence of torture chambers in the name of rehabilitation – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will not support criminality under any guise, including the abduction of children and selling them off illegally. He commended the police for its…
Banking services: FG directs MTN, others to suspend N4 charge on USSD access
The Federal Government has asked MTN Nigeria and other mobile operators to suspend the four naira (N4:00) charge per 20 seconds on USSD access to banking services. The directive was…
Western Delta Varsity inks e-payment partnership with Wema Bank
The Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State, has signed a far-reaching Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with Wema Bank Plc, to introduce the institution to the Electronic Bills Payment (…