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…
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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…
By Shadrach Okon The Akwa Ibom State Government is proposing to spend a total sum of N1.2 billion in the ongoing resuscitation of Dakkada Global Oil Palm Limited in Esit Eket Local Government Area. The proposed amount to be spent on the project was captured in the approved budget of Akwa Ibom State Government for 2025, fiscal year. The palm oil farm is situated in six communities in Esit Eket, Urue Offong Oruko and Mbo Local Government Areas. The six villages namely: Etebi Idung Asan, Etebi Akwa Ata, Unyanga, Udung Uko, Ntak Inyang and Orukem. The revitalization of Dakkada Global…
Amid Nigeria’s rising debt crisis, Action Aid Nigeria has said countries in the Global North owe Nigeria an estimated $9.9 trillion in climate repatriation from 1960 to date. The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, while speaking to journalists in Abuja stressed the need for climate justice, explaining that countries in the Global North, considered to be high-emission countries, must start compensating less industrialised nations (Global South) for the environmental damage caused by their carbon footprint. He lamented that many of the funds had not been paid, as countries like the United States of America, was projected to owe…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep concerns over the transparency and accountability of the $1.07 billion earmarked for Nigeria’s health sector in the 2025 budget, warning that the funds must not disappear under dubious circumstances. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, Atiku cautioned against a repeat of past incidents where public funds were allegedly swallowed by animals – including snakes, monkeys, and termites – without consequences. He called for stringent oversight mechanisms to ensure that every kobo allocated for healthcare is effectively utilized. “At a time when our healthcare system is struggling due to dwindling resources…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the suit by Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, seeking to remove 27 members of the state’s House of Assembly on the grounds of their alleged defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The apex court dismissed the suit in a ruling delivered by Justice Musa Uwani-Abba-Aji following the dramatic withdrawal of the appeal by Fubara through his lead counsel, Yusuf Ali, SAN. Fubara, in the notice for withdrawal of the case, simply informed a three-man panel of justices of the court that events had overtaken his suit and…