President Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend the implementation of the controversial cybersecurity levy policy and ordered a review. This followed the decision of the House of Representatives, which, last Thursday, asked the CBN to withdraw its circular directing all banks to commence charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy…
The Executive Assistant to the Oyo state Governor on Administration, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe, unveiled plans to train over 1,000 senior secondary school students in coding and non-code technology skills. During a press briefing in Ibadan Rev Ogedengbe ,suggested that this initiative was aimed at promoting quality and long-lasting growth in the education sector, in alignment…
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja has ordered that its interim order, restraining MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from increasing DSTV tariff, be pasted at the firm’s “corporate headquarters or any known address of the branches of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited across Nigeria.” The chairman of the tribunal, Saratu Shafii, who made the order dated April…
The Competition and Consumers Protection Tribunal (CCPT) had issued a ruling preventing Multi- Choice Nigeria Limited from implementing its planned hike in its subscription packages come May 1 African Health Report (AHR) reported last week that the company reviewed prices in its packages across the board which will take effect from May 1, 2024, the…
According to the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), transport fares across various categories have experienced increases in March 2024. The report covers bus journeys within the city per drop, intercity bus journeys, air fares for specified routes, motorcycle (Okada) journeys, and waterway passenger transport. The average fare for bus journeys…
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has officially inaugurated the steering committee for the ‘Building Agricultural Systems Resilience In Nigeria Project’. The ceremony took place at NiMet’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering in his capacity as the chairman of the steering committee, Anosike,…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Friday said that the Federal Government (FG) plans to initiate a General Multipurpose Card (GMPC) to streamline the hectic process of multiple forms of identification. NIMC explained in a statement circulated to newsmen saying, the new identity card is designed to serve as a solution to different kinds…
Nigeria Ranks 5th is the first conducted Global Crime Index after the United States (US) and below Romania with Russian as first on the list. This report which is the first of its kind conducted by researchers of the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, and the University of New South Wales, Canberra, which identifies…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a reminder to the public to prioritize security and report any suspicious activities during the Eid celebrations. In a press release, Peter Afunanya, Director of PR & Strategic Communications at the DSS, emphasized the agency’s commitment to collaborating with other security agencies and stakeholders to ensure a…
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse. Kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has been prevalent in the country for years. President Julius Maada Bio called the drug a “death trap” and said it posed an “existential crisis”. One of the drug’s many ingredients is human bones – security…
