The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has today concluded its two-day meeting for March 2024. This meeting marks the second MPC meeting for the year 2024 and also the 294th meeting of the CBN. The MPC at the end of today’s meeting elected to hike the MPR by 200 basis points….
Following the drastic disruption of internet services in Africa, Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has called for a shared and cooperative approach to protect telecommunication structures to ensure continuous internet connectivity. This was confirmed by the Executive Chairman of NCC Dr. Aminu Maida in a statement delivered in Annual General Meeting (AGM) of West Africa Telecommunication…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has allocated ₦1 billion for the training of teachers in all 27 local government areas of the state. Zulum announced during the inauguration of 27 educational secretaries for the local government education authorities on Tuesday, adding that the training program would cater to 1,000 teachers with ‘O’ levels and individuals…
Probably, the abuse or molestation of the boy child is worse when compared to the opposite sex counterpart. But, unlike the girl child, who has virtually everybody to mount campaign over her plight, the boy child is left to fight for himself. It is even considered in some places a taboo to discuss about boy…
John Nwokocha More reactions have continued to pour in following the recent disclosure of the whooping N21.22 billion budget for the office of the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, for the 2024 fiscal year expenditures. Nigerians expressed shock and outrage as more facts emerged weekend, detailing that the figure…
The Office of the National Security Adviser has announced the arrest of the personnel responsible for the custody of Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance Executive who escaped from lawful custody. The development was made known in a statement released by the Head of Strategic Communication at the Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakari Mijinyawa, stating…
MTN Group, the largest telecoms operator in Africa, on Monday, announced a significant 72.3% decline in annual profit due to the devaluation of the Nigerian naira, leading its main unit, MTN Nigeria, to incur losses. MTN, headquartered in South Africa, reported that a decrease in its headline earnings per share to 315 cents for the…
The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has given his approval for the appointment of 168 aides To Assist with various governmental functions. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Bukar Tijjani, the governor appointed nine Senior Technical Assistants (STA), 81 Senior Special Assistants (SSA), 78 Special Assistants (SA),…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced the partnership with the British Council aimed at enhancing the curriculum and pedagogical approaches in Nigerian universities. This collaboration was made known on Monday by the Acting Executive Secretary, NUC, Chris Maiyaki, during his keynote address at a two-day Workshop on Enhancing Curriculum and Pedagogical Approaches in Nigerian…
Nigeria total debt stock has increased by N9.43 Trillion in the space of four months, standing at N97.341 Trillion as of December 31st from N87.911 trillion in September of the same year. This is according to a recent quarterly data from Debt Management Office (DMO). The report titled ‘Total Public Debt for Quarter 4, 2023’….
