The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have approved the sum of ₦6.98 service charge on Nigerians for all USSD transactions. According to a statement jointly signed by the apex bank and The NCC on Tuesday, announced that customers would pay a flat fee...
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Over one hundred people have been admitted to various government hospitals in the Kano metropolis and other Local Government areas of the state as a result of contracting an illness attributed to drinking expired juice. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa stated this during a chat...
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated its N20, 000 cash grant for each of the 3, 270 rural women drawn from 30 local government areas of Osun. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq said at the inauguration in Osogbo, that the programme was introduced in...
Alta-Semper Capital LLP, the majority investor in Nigerian Pharmaceutical retailer HealthPlus Limited, has contributed to an important study on improving the availability, affordability, access to and quality of essential medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa. Managing Parter & CEO of Alta-Semper, Afsane Jetha, served on the Learning Committee of industry stakeholders...
The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) is to train 150 ex-militants who surrendered their weapons in 2018 in Calabar for training on various skills acquisition programmes. The Programme Coordinator of PRESCOM, Mr Dickson Orji who supervised the ex militants on Tuesday in Calabar, said they...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Azman Air flight operations. This was announced in a statement signed on Tuesday by NCAA Director-General, Musa Nuhu, and titled, “NCAA Suspends Azman Air Operations With Immediate Effect.” Nuhu in the statement added that the suspension of the Air Operations is...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned the bribery suit preferred against Sen. Shehu Sani, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until April 24. At the resumed hearing, Mr Abdul Ibrahim, SAN, Sani’s counsel, continued with the cross examination of Mr Bako Aliyu, the 10th prosecution...
The newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday paid a visit to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Headquarters in Abuja and spoke on how Nigeria can exit recession and the need to embrace the digital economy. The WTO DG who was...
The Anambra State Police Command said it have rescued four pregnant young girls from a baby factory in Nnewi Area of the State. In statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Muhammed, reveals that the four young girls who hail from Ebonyi state were all residing at...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State Sector Command has disclosed that three people have been killed after their vehicle crashed into a river at Tasham Turmi, three kilometers off Bara-Gombe road in Alkaleri local government area of the state. The Sector Commander, FRSC in the...
Britain’s Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, left a London hospital on Tuesday after a four-week stay for treatment of an infection and a heart procedure. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was admitted to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital on Feb. 16 after he felt unwell...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State chapter, has urged religious leaders in the state to avoid issues that may cause crisis. The state CAN Chairman, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, gave the advice in a statement on Tuesday. Apostle Akinyemiju said that the association’s attention had been drawn to...
A health group, Global Health Supply Chain and Breakthrough Action Nigeria is seeking partnership with the Nasarawa State Government, on malaria initiative to distribute 1.6 million insecticide treated nets to people of the state. The Director of Public Health, Nasarawa Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan disclosed this when...
In a bid to meet its commitment to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) for agricultural development, Kwara Government is set to digitise farmers’ data collection. The Special Adviser to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Agriculture, Mr Abdulquawiy Olododo said this on Tuesday in Ilorin at a Joint Sector...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday attacked Katarko community in Gujba Local Government Council of Yobe State. The insurgents also burnt down a primary school and a healthcare centre located in the community. Confirming the attack, a resident Fantami Kura told Channels Television that the gunmen...
Gunmen suspected to be Taliban Jihadists have reportedly ambushed a bus, carrying university staff, in North-Eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing the driver and a student, officials have said. Officials said that attacks on civilians continued while peace talks between the government and the Taliban remained stalled. Six university lecturers...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has advised journalists to embrace investigative journalism and be objective in their reportage. Gbajabiamila gave the advice at the formal launch of the House of Representatives Press Corps (HoRPC) Annual Calendar on Tuesday in Abuja. He urged members of the corps...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the inflation rate increased in February by 0.86 per cent to 17.33 per cent from 16.47 per cent recorded in January. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for February 2021 released on Tuesday in Abuja. The Bureau added...