archiveJune 2023

Point of Sale agents (POS) in Lagos State will soon begin to charge customers N500 for N10,000 cash withdrawals. This is after the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, announced a new price list for PoS transactions on Channels Television’s Business Morning programme by the...

Some Nigerians are expected to lose their phone numbers as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) published new guidelines for telecommunications companies (telcos). According to the NCC, these new guidelines are to improve customers’ experience. The commission said the publication was under section 57 of the NCC Act to allow stakeholders...

Immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, never requested his successor, President Bola Tinubu, not to investigate some officials of the former administration. This is according to Garba Shehu, his former senior special assistant on media and publicity, who cited social media speculation that the matter was discussed by both leaders in...

  The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, approved the appointment of retired Colonel Oladipo Ajibola as the Director-General, Operation Burst. He also approved the appointments of Bosede Sodiq as Senior Special Assistant, Broadcast Media; Kehinde Ogunsanya, Senior Special Assistant, Economic Planning and Moshope Akande, Senior Special Assistant, Information...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission (NUC), accusing it of imposition The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities....

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed plans by his government to launch palliatives to cushion the impact of subsidy removal, declaring his administration's readiness to make life easy for residents of Osun state. Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola and other stakeholders of the party also commended...

  Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has asked leaders to live more frugally and act more responsibly for a better society. Obi spoke to newsmen at the final commendation service of the Late Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa in Awka, Anambra state, on Thursday, June 29. Obi...

Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote Group, has reconnected to his spot as Africa’s richest man having added $20.7 million to his wealth as at June 30, 2023, through investments in the industrial sector. Recently Dangote lost $3.12 billion following Nigeria’s decision to float the local currency and unify its...

The Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted certified copies of academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, reading different names that he registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The documents, which were tendered on Friday,...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Mr Peter Obi has said that the situation in the country requires that those in authority must lead by example. Obi, who spoke at St Faith’s Anglican Cathedral, Awka during the funeral service of the late Dean...