Archives for June, 2025 - Page 10
Information Minister To Chair GOCOP Book Launch In Abuja
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, is to chair the public presentation of the book Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspective on Online Publishing,…
FG Flags Off First LCNG Plant in North-east to Boost Gas Penetration
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, yesterday inaugurated the first-ever Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) hub in the North-east of Nigeria, describing it as a testament…
Internet Usage Drops As Subscribers Suffer Tariff hike
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The latest industry statistics published by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that internet data consumption in Nigeria declined by 17,647 terabytes between January and April…
NCC Directs Banks To Deduct USSD Charges From Airtime
Maida EVC NCC The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. According to an…
APA WOMEN PROTEST OVER FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI There is an ongoing protest march sweeping through Apa Local Government Area of Benue State today as hundreds of women under the banner “Voice of the Hopeless…
OCHETOHA K’IDOMA CONDEMNS BRUTAL ATTACKS ON EDIKWU ANKPALI COMMUNITY BY SUSPECTED HERDSMEN
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Ochetoha K’Idoma National Forum expresses its profound outrage and deep sorrow over the recent violent attack on the Edikwu Ankpali community in Apa Local Government Area…
Tinubu Confers National Honour On Bill Gates
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates. Monday, June 3, 2025. President Bola Tinubu has decorated the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates with the national honour…
NDIC Seeks Stakeholders’ Inputs to IADI Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI NDIC MD The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called for feedbacks from financial services industry stakeholders in the country, policy makers and the general public towards…
Union Bank, PAPSS Simplify Cross-Border Transactions
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI To deliver simpler, smarter banking solutions, Union Bank of Nigeria has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) network, a Financial Market Infrastructure that provides…
Nigeria risks losing N3.43tr to gas flaring – NEITI
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has expressed concern over the volume of gas flared in 2023, amounting to billion standard cubic feet (SCF). The Executive Secretary of NEITI,…
