ALTON confident of full return of airtime lending services to Nigerians
By Innocent Anaba The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, has expressed confidence that airtime lending services will soon return fully to about 40 million Nigerians who depend on the platform, following the decision by Airtel Nigeria to restore its airtime credit service and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s, FCCPC, suspension […]
$600m Revenue Loss: Customs urged to halt dollar sale of 2,500 Grimaldi containers, audit 30 years of shipping line violations
Nigeria may have lost over $600 million in customs duties, VAT and other applicable levies over 30 years due to the illegal sale of empty shipping containers by foreign shipping lines operating in its ports, a trade expert has alleged. Speaking while addressing journalists covering maritime industry in Lagos on Monday, Mr. Okey Ibeke, Principal […]
Enugu NDC hails Peter Obi’s emergence as presidential candidate
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has congratulated former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on his emergence as the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2027 general election.
If INEC fails in 2027, by Dakuku Peterside
The 2027 general elections will not be just another democratic ritual. It will be a defining test of whether Nigerians still believe the ballot can change power, renew leadership and hold government accountable. For the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the election will be more than an administrative assignment; it will be a historic burden. […]
Let Anioma, Ijebu, Ogoja, Ibadan and other states be (6), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. While serving in Ikeja Garrison, his second in Command was Lt-Colonel Shehu Musa Yar’adua (5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) who later became number 2 man in the country after General Murtala’s assassination in February 1976. Brigadier Ally’s ADC was Colonel […]
Stop the “bandits” now!
Nigeria stands at a precipice as 30,000 armed Fulani militants, according to a May 2026 US Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF) report, operate across our nation with terrifying impunity, systematically overwhelming our territorial integrity through calculated violence, mass abductions for ransom and land-grabbing. This is in addition to Boko Haram/ISWAP militants who are active […]
