Almost 12 years after it last effected a price hike, Nigeria’s telecoms sector, yesterday, began the implementation of a new tariff. Subscribers, especially on the MTN network, woke up Tuesday to see that the prices of its data subscriptions and SMS have gone up. The tariff hike came a bit earlier, as the telecoms operators had planned to effect the change from March after they had secured the final nod from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to information from MTN, the revised data prices showed that MTN’s 1.8GB monthly plan now goes for N1,500, against the previous N1,000. The…
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The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has raised concerns over the disappearance of 3,907 rifles and pistols from various police formations in the country in 2020. The committee also revisited the case of reported missing 178,459 firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles from police inventory. The concerns were raised on Tuesday when the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, appeared before the committee to respond to audit queries flagged in the 2019 Auditor-General Report. Mr Egbetokun was represented by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abdul. The lawmakers pressed the police to explain how such a high number of firearms…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers to boycott services of telecommunications giants: MTN, Airtel and Glo over the 50 percent tariff hikes. The Central Working Committee of the labour union, made the announcement on Wednesday in a statement signed by its president, Joe Ajaero, and secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja. It also urged other interested Nigerians to join the boycott, beginning from 11:00am on Thursday. The statement read, “The CWC demands an immediate reversal of the tariff hike, which took effect today, and insists that the companies revert to the previous tariff until the committee completes its deliberations and reaches…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially launched a nationwide digital membership registration exercise, aimed at having a comprehensive database of its members ahead of the 2027 general elections. The signing of the agreement between the party and the Tunmef Global Limited, the consultant handling the project, took place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking during the event, the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for endorsing the digital transformation agenda, and described the initiative as a long-conceived programme. Ganduje emphasised the importance of digitisation, particularly in the context of elections and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a warning to banks against imposing ATM withdrawal limits below N20,000. According to the CBN, customers with sufficient funds should be able to withdraw up to N20,000 per transaction from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). The CBN emphasised that any bank that compels a customer to withdraw less than N20,000 per transaction, despite having sufficient funds, will be contravening the regulation and will be sanctioned. The apex bank encouraged customers who have been denied the right to withdraw up to N20,000 per transaction to file a complaint with the CBN. The CBN also…
The federal government has now made it mandatory for Nigerians to have a National Identification Number (NIN) before they can access social services and government palliatives. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), senator George Akume, has emphasised that Nigerians must have a National Identification Number (NIN) to access social services and government palliatives. Speaking at the opening of an Inter-Ministerial retreat on the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project in Lagos, SGF, reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s commitment to providing digital identity for all Nigerians. Senator Akume—represented by Professor Babatunde Bolaji urged government agencies to support…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo on Friday embarked on working visits to Ghana and Togo, where he met with key officials to discuss the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Project. In Ghana, Ekpo met with the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, Mr. John Abdulai Jinapor, to discuss and align on key issues related to the proposed amendments to the WAGP Project. This development is also expected to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Ghana, while fostering regional integration among WAGP states. Similarly, in Togo, Ekpo met with the Minister of Mines and Energy…
A former Minister of Lands and Housing, Chief Nduese Essien has urged Senator Ita Enang to advocate for legislative reforms, rather than “lending credibility to what increasingly appears to be a manufactured controversy”. Chief Essien who is the Political leader of Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, made this known when he played host to a team of journalists at his Ntaisip country home in Eket. He noted with dismay the ongoing media trial of Mr Udom Emmanuel, immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State orchestrated by one Fejiro Oliver, a Delta State born self acclaimed political activist. In what he…
“This is a secondary healthcare centre, unfortunately, the facility has deteriorated to a level that some primary healthcare centres are better. If you check this place you will confirm that there is no standard. We are just doing our jobs because human life is involved” – Medical Personnel at Cottage Hospital By Shadrach Okon The time was 10:30a.m. on Tuesday, 24th December, in Akwa Ibom State, when this reporter arrived Cottage hospital, Ikot Ekpaw, an agrarian community in Mkpat Enin local government area, Akwa Ibom State, on a visit. Apart from the chirpings of bird, there was grave silence, the…
(On Oluwole Oke’s error on Channels TV) Speaking earlier today on the (imbalance of) the Nigeria-US relations, Chairman, House of Reps committee on foreign affairs, Oluwole Oke, suggested in his comment that America’s level of development is dependent on the number of years the country has existed. I want to believe in Osun, the home state of the congressman, there is no case of a responsible, successful man in his 30s, and another wayward one in his 60s or even older. Oke is actually not the first Nigerian (especially in the leadership cadre) to make this clumsy excuse using the…