The National Broadcasting Commission has directed all broadcast stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. This directive is contained in a Statement signed by the Director General of the Agency, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba on Monday in Abuja.…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.2 million Nigerians into the National Identity Database and has issued them with the National Identification Number (NIN) in Bauchi. Malam Isa Abdulmumin, NIMC Bauchi state coordinator, made this known…
By Ogaga Ariemu & Uthman Salami …FG should worry about collateral damage to businesses — LCCI …National interest outweighs economic implications — ALTON President Nigeria is expected to lose N65.3 billion or $180.4million per month and N2.18billion or $ 6.01million…
By Kayode Tokede Banks and telecommunication companies have excluded airtime and data purchases from the newly introduced N6.98 Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) charges that commenced on Friday. “Welcome to USSD Banking,” one by Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) a…
From Basssey Williams, Yenagoa The Minister of State Petroleum Resources,HMSPR, Chief Timipre Sylva, has tasked African-oil producing countries under the African Petroleum Producers Organisation, APPO, on the need to develop their local content legislations so as to optimally maximize the…
By Dakuku Peterside It began with a tweet on June 1, 2021, from President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter handle @MBuhari. He reprimanded angry youths “misbehaving” and alluded to his role in the civil war promising to treat secessionists “in the language they understand”. This…
By Kayode Tokede As Nigeria marks 22 years of unbroken civilian rule, leading innovative financial institution, Wema Bank, is celebrating the occasion with its customers by rewarding them with cash gifts, airtime, and other mouth-watering prizes through its *945# Democracy…
By Kayode Tokede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that foreign exchange buffer dropped by $1.14trillion in five months of 2021. The foreign reserves opened 2021 at $35.37billion and closed May 28, 2021 at $34.23billion. Analysts have attributed…
By Kayode Tokede The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has called for collaboration among the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check illicit financing flow in the country. As part of the…
KAYODE TOKEDE writes on the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele’s seven years (June 5, 2014) in office that has witnessed economy and banking sector restoration. When the governor of CBN first resumed office in 2014, his…
