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NCC restores regulatory services to Globacom

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 12, 20231 min

NCC reinstated the suspension of regulatory services to Globacom over its failure to meet the conditions for the earlier withdrawal. The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has restored regulatory services to one of its licensees, Globacom Limited after it successfully cleared its outstanding debt obligations to the Commission for unpaid Spectrum Fees, Numbering Fees, and Annual Operating Levy (AOL). The Commission has also stepped down planned enforcement action against Globacom over its breach of extant regulations...

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FX: CBN lifts restriction on 43 items

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 12, 20232 min

The Apex bank said it is in consultation with market participants to achieve the goal of a single FX market. The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the ban on importers of 43 items restricted from accessing foreign exchange on its official platform. This is even as it restated its commitment to boost liquidity in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market and intervene from time to time, stating that interventions will decrease as liquidity improves. The...

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IDGC 2023: Lawan advocates for girl-child empowerment

Sharon EboesomiOctober 11, 20232 min

Senator Lawan said the girl-child deserves to grow in a world that supports, nurtures her dreams, and enables her to reach her full potential without barriers or discrimination. The lawmaker representing Yobe North Senatorial District, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has advocated for the empowerment of young girls in order to alleviate poverty and boost the development and progress of the country. Lawan averred that in order for Nigerian girls to achieve their goals, they will require...

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ECOWAS: Nigerian Rep seek punitive measures for Niger junta

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 11, 20233 min

Hon. Egoh opined that the ECOWAS committee recommended no actions that would put pressure on the junta in Niger. A member of the Nigeria delegation to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Rep. Oghene Emma Egoh, has expressed dissatisfaction with a report of the ECOWAS ad-hoc committee set up to come up with ways to handle the Niger crisis following the coup that truncated the country’s democratic process. Egoh opined that the...

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Tinubu appoints Linda Akhigbe, Fela Durotoye, 3 others as Aides

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 9, 20232 min

The President tasked all new aides serving in the Media and Publicity directorate to uphold the highest standards of decorum and decency in their engagements with all members of the public. President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new aides to serve in the Media and Publicity Directorate of the Office of the President. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, said...

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NASS: Tribune reporter pronounced dead

Sharon EboesomiOctober 4, 20231 min

Tijani reportedly complained of ill health days ago. A National Assembly correspondent, Adeyemi Yinusa Tijani, has been pronounced dead. The news of his death came to reporters at the Senate Press Center about an hour ago via a phone call. Tijani, who worked with the Nigerian Tribune at the time of his death, reportedly slumped within the National Assembly premises Wednesday morning., and was rushed to the SGF hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Tijani...

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ECOWAS: Democracy in West African region, threatened – President Akufo-Ado

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 1, 20237 min

The Ghanaian President said the seminar by ECOWAS was organised to find solutions to the political and security challenges facing the region as well as find the root causes of democratic regression and political Instability in the region. The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has called on West African leaders to entrench the principles of democratic accountability in the citizens, saying that democracy in West Africa is in danger. Akufo-Addo noted that recent incidences of...

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Staff of Works Ministry lock Umahi in his office in protest

Sharon EboesomiSeptember 28, 20231 min

The affected staff also accused Umahi of violating public service regulations by interfering with the work of engineers and directors and hiring consultants to manage the ministry’s operations. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, was earlier locked in his office by angry staff of the ministry. According to reports, the Minister had Thursday morning, barred staff, who reported late to work from accessing the building. A Union representative in the Ministry, Williams Kudi, told...

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Reps move to rescue 14 million out-of-school children

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 25, 20232 min

Rep. Aliyu said the project looks to reduce the number of out-of-school children through a non-formal accelerated education system and other alternative schooling programmes. The House of Representatives has disclosed that it is working on a project that will ensure that over 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are back to school. This is according to the chairman of the Committee on Alternative Education, Rep. Ibrahim Al Mustapha Aliyu (APC, Sokoto). Aliyu, who disclosed this during...

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Reps threaten to invoke legislative powers against Customs CG, others

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 21, 20233 min

Rep. Ihonbvere said he is ready to go the entire length of the law with the Nigerian customs. The chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the disposal of public property, Rep. Julius Ihonbvere, has threatened to invoke relevant legislative powers to compel the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, to appear before the committee and give details of government property sold by the Service by the Organizations between 2010...

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