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About twenty-four point three million poor Nigerians are to get five thousand naira each for a period of six months. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, announced this at the inauguration of the Federal Government’s emergency intervention database for the urban poor. Farouq said the intervention would serve as cushion […]
Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and save over three trillion naira Nigeria poultry industry from imminent collapse. There is contained in a letter from the association addressed to the President and copies given to journalists yesterday in Abeokuta. According to the Association, twenty million […]
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released the Framework for Regulatory Sandbox Operations that would promote seamless adoption of electronic payment across the country. The new framework will also ensure the safety and stability of the financial system, among other benefits as well as promote the use and adoption of e-payments and foster innovation in […]
Nigerian Communications Commission has dismissed fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers as a result of the ongoing linkage of SIM Registration Records with National Identity Number. The Commission, in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, said there was no need for such fears. Adinde said the ongoing exercise was part of […]
US lawmakers are set to meet today to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election amid protests from Trump supporters. A joint session of Congress will count and confirm electoral college votes. Some Republicans have pledged to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the result by formally objecting at the session, in a […]
Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, has been suspended pending the conclusion of an investigation into the alleged sexual harassment of a sixteen-year-old girl, Barakat Melojuekun. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, explained that the suspension was to enable the commissioner to cooperate with the police investigation. The State […]
All public activities in Delta state are on partial lockdown due to the second wave of COVID-19. Secretary to the State Government, Chiedu Ebie, made the announcement in a circular based on the advice of medical experts on the resurgence of the pandemic, which has a new variant. According to the circular, all public gatherings, […]
Lagos State Government will now take over traffic management in and around Apapa from the Presidential Task Force, in order to restore sanity to the seaport area. Consequently, the government will deploy about five hundred officials of its traffic management authority and personnel of Area B Police Command in Apapa. The presidential task force has since last year been battling the perennial traffic […]
Nigerian Communications Commission is considering using Assisting Technology to address unmet needs telecommunications sector of the nation. The technology, when deployed, would assist in fulfillment of its universal access and service obligations in compliance with the recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, stated this at […]
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has introduced a special bill to mop up excess liquidity also known as idle cash, in the economy. Announcing the introduction of the special bills, the CBN Director of Banking Supervision Department, Bello Hassan, said the bills will be ninety days tenor and issued at zero-coupon. Hassan said the Bills […]
