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House of Representatives, has called for the arrest of the top executives of Binance Holdings Limited, a cryptocurrency exchange platform which is facing fraud allegations. The platform was accused of exploiting the Nigerian currency, Naira, leading to its free fall in value. The company is, in addition, facing allegations of terrorism financing, money laundering and […]
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, says the Board of the Bank has approved one hundred and thirty-four Million Dollars for Nigeria to implement an emergency food production plan. According to him, talks are also ongoing for a 1.7 billion dollar economic and budget support loan as well as the launch of a […]
No fewer than forty million telephone lines have been barred by telecommunication operators over the weekend following the expiration of the February 28, 2024 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission mandating telecom consumers to link the Subscriber Identity Module to their National Identity Numbers. This represents a twenty million increase from the twelve million […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that only full implementation of agreements concerning hardship in the country would stop the planned nationwide strike. This was contained in the latest letter written to the government, where in the NLC dismissed claims by the federal government that it had fulfilled 80 per cent of the October 2, […]
Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government is planning to send some medical personnel abroad for training in certain specialties to check medical tourism and enhancing research. Alausa said the Federal Ministry of Health was working with the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin, Lagos State towards the […]
President Bola Tinubu has asked Qatari captains of industry to report any Nigerian official who demands any form of bribe before allowing them to do business in the country. He insisted that Nigeria would no longer be held back by its past dotted with bureaucratic bottlenecks and corruption that stifled the ease of doing business. […]
House of Representatives, yesterday, urged the Federal Ministries of Education and Health to collaborate and develop a mandatory drug testing program for secondary school students in Nigeria. It also urged the National Orientation Agency and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to increase awareness about substance abuse among secondary school students nationwide. These resolutions followed […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri yesterday in Abuja inaugurated the 4th Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB. The NCDMB Governing Council is set up under the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development, NOGICD, Act and draws membership from representatives of select institutions connected with […]
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Doha, Qatar on an official visit to the Middle East country. Tinubu, who left Lagos after inaugurating the Lagos Red Line yesterday afternoon, landed in Doha at 9:35 pm. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Wednesday, had said the visit, which was on […]
REUBEN MOUKA Nigerian Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February ending deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers. As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines which have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after the expiration of the deadline. […]
