The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent decision to impose a cybersecurity levy on bank customers. In a statement released by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the forum expressed its dissatisfaction with the policy, citing the escalating costs associated with banking transactions as a…
A former Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Thursday at the High Court of the Federal Capitol Territory FCT denied the alleged corrupt practices involving about N4. 135 billion brought against him by the federal government. Sirika was arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji along with his daughter, Fatima, his son-in-law Jalal Sule Hamma and a…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has assured that governors are not opposed to the implementation of the new minimum wage for public workers, dismissing claims that governors are not cooperating with the federal government on the issue. Addressing journalists after meeting with Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the State House in Abuja, Governor Sule discussed…
The Abia State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has said that it has suspended the compulsory weekly ticket payments arrangements, which were to be introduced for operators of tricycle, popularly known as Keke NAPEP, commercial vehicle operators and motorcyclists in the state. The suspension, which was signed by Professor Udochukwu Ogbonna, the executive chairman of AIRS,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said the education system in Nigeria faces challenges in retention, transition and completion by students –particularly in the North East and North West regions of the country. Speaking during a two-day regional stakeholder meeting on out-of-school children and retention, transition and completion models in Bauchi, Gombe and Adamawa…
The House of Representative Committee on Local Content, led by Chairman, Boma Goodhead, has launched a probe into the alleged payment of the sum of $35 million, with 40 percent equity, to a company with a registration value of 10 million naira. The Committee said the former management team of the Nigerian Content and Development…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to officially open the Funtua Inland Dry Port located in Katsina State on May 9. The Assistant Director of the Public Relations Unit at the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Rebecca Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday. Adamu said the inauguration, scheduled…
A throwback post of Davido dragging Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie and her husband Prince Odi has resurfaced. Davido exposed his rift with the duo in the comments session of Eniola Badmus post after she joined the rest of her colleagues to congratulate Mercy Johnson on the supposed arrival of her 4th baby years ago….
Callistus Okolie, the viral Abuja barber better known as Kally’s Touch has continued to drag singer Davido as he makes fun of the singer’s bald head. The Afrobeats artist, Davido had berated the Abuja-based barber after he described him as the third biggest artist – a description which the singer took offense. Davido had expressed that he had wanted to patronize…
She tagged and dragged him on X over “Bad work ethics.” Nollywood actress Etinosa Idemudia has called out and issued a stern warning to BBNaija star Pere over alleged unpaid debts. On May 6, 2024, the thespian took to the X platform to announce that a particular Big Brother Naija star had been owing her money since 2023, but…
