Nigerian fintechs collaborate to build digital fraud prevention platform
Financial houses and financial technology companies in Nigeria have collaborated to sponsor the development of a digital fraud prevention platform to stem the time of scam attacks ravaging the industry. Technology experts say this move is crucial in safeguarding the integrity of the country’s booming fintech industry. The engineering of Project Radar is led by […]
Subsidy: PDP urges FG to dialogue with organised labour, stakeholders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour and other stakeholders over petroleum subsidy removal to reach a fair and reasonable solution.
Police confirm gunmen attack on Ebonyi Communities
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen on Friday night.
How Nigerians voted to remove petrol subsidy, by Adebayo
Chaos immediately followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announcement during his inaugural speech on May 29 that the petrol subsidy is gone. The price of the product instantly went up as Nigerians across the country resorted to panic-buying while many retailers who were caught unawares shut down their stations.
Oborevwori extols Douye Diri at 64
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has congratulated his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, as he clocks 64 years today June 4.
My nasty experience with vicious fuel subsidy cabal, by Okonjo-Iweala
This isn’t the first time the idea of petrol subsidy removal would be mooted. The Jonathan administration under which the incumbent Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, served as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy also had its fair share of mention in the saga. In fact, former President Jonathan said at that time severally that fuel subsidy was unsustainable and tried unsuccessfully to remove it.
