The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Federal Government 48 hours to withdraw the 0.5% ‘cybersecurity levy’ imposed on Nigerians. This is contained in a statement on its official X handle on Tuesday. SERAP threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the “grossly unlawful” directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
The House of Representatives has called for a truce between the Academic Staff Union, ASUU, and the management of the University of Abuja, over the current strike. Rep Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, said this when he received the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah and a team of ASUU…
As Senators resume at the newly renovated Chamber for legislative activities, the National Assembly Sergeant-At-Arms has barred at least 10 Television stations in the country from having access to the gallery. A Sergeant-At-Arm operative who was stationed at the entrance of the Chamber told journalists that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio instructed the security unit to…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to embrace diversity, foster inclusivity and strive to make a positive impact wherever they were deployed. Adeleke gave this charge during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch A Stream II orientation course at the NYSC permanent orientation camp,…
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Osun State Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Bill into law. The bill was passed into law during plenary of the Osun State House of Assembly, presided over by the Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, on Tuesday. The bill provides persons with disabilities access to health, education, employment…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been sworn into office for the fifth term. Putin took his oath of office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony. In March, Putin won a landslide victory in a tightly controlled election from which two anti-war candidates were barred on technical grounds. Putin’s best known opponent, Alexei Navalny, died suddenly in…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised one of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its security wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN Commander, Tochukwu aka Ojoto, in charge of Ihietukwa Command in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. This was disclosed in a post via the Army’s official X handle on Tuesday….
The military arm of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, attacked the Israeli border, crossing Kerem Shalom with rockets on Tuesday. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) the Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks which triggered warning sirens in the area. It said there was no initial information on casualties. The…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, issued a new directive to all financial institutions, including commercial, merchant, non-interest banks, payment service banks, and mobile money operators in the country, mandating the implementation of a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions. The fresh charge is in addition to other existing levies Nigerians pay for making…
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has commended Second Lt. Oluchukwu Owowoh for emerging as the first Nigerian female cadet to graduate from the Royal Military Academy (RMA) in Sandhurst, United Kingdom. Mrs Tinubu received Owowoh, who was led by the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochia, at the State House on…
