Breaking: Bank customers to pay N6.98k for USSD transactions — CBN, NCC

Breaking: Bank customers to pay N6.98k for USSD transactions — CBN, NCC

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today said that bank customers are to begin paying N6.98 kobo per Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions commencing today. The price replaced the former per session billing structure for USSD transactions. They disclosed this in a joint statement on pricing […]
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Buhari honours Enugu-born winner of national scientists presidential award

Buhari honours Enugu-born winner of national scientists presidential award

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, honoured Master Izuchukwu Godswill Edeani, an Enugu State student, who won this year’s edition of “The 774 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award” (774 – YONSPA), in Abuja, on Sunday. The prestigious national scientists presidential award was presented to Master Edeani by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on behalf of President […]

Buhari inaugurates road projects in Owerri

Buhari inaugurates road projects in Owerri

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended the vision and efforts of the Government of Imo State, under Governor Hope Uzodinma, to provide infrastructure and improve the welfare of the people. The President made the commendation at the virtual inauguration of two roads in Owerri, the Imo State capital, completed within the first […]

John Olusegun Odubela (SAN) is dead

John Olusegun Odubela (SAN) is dead

By Onozure Dania, Lagos Mr Odubela, Partner and Head of Chambers at Rickey Tarfa & Co, died in the late hours of Monday after an illness. He was aged 55. Odubela, a native of Ikenne in Remo, Ogun State, was a former Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology between 2011 and 2015 during […]

UK to unveil post-Brexit foreign policy overhaul

UK to unveil post-Brexit foreign policy overhaul

Britain on Tuesday unveils what the government says is its biggest overhaul of security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, as it seeks greater opportunities beyond the European Union post-Brexit. The conclusions of the Integrated Review will include recommendations on how best to deal with new and emerging threats, including […]

FG to boost cassava production in Rivers

FG to boost cassava production in Rivers

The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed support to boost cassava production in Rivers State towards achieving food security and employment generation

Recover our ancestral lands hijacked from us, Owerri people tell Uzodinma

Recover our ancestral lands hijacked from us, Owerri people tell Uzodinma

By Chinonso Alozie The Owerri people called on Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to recover their indigenous lands forcefully collected from them by past government officials. This was contained in a communique to newsmen in Owerri, signed by top stakeholders among which are Chief Henry Njoku, Chief Executive Officer, ABM Global Service Group, Prince Alex […]

State of the Nation: Falana fumes, says nobody is in control of the country

State of the Nation: Falana fumes, says nobody is in control of the country

By Nwafor Sunday Following the statement credited to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, over the weekend, where it mistakenly published a template announcing N212.6 per litre, as the new price of petrol, a human right activist, Mr Femi Falan, SAN, Monday, spoke against the modus operandi of the Nigerian government. In an interview […]