Telecoms operators (Telcos) under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body of Network Operators, Infrastructure Companies and Value Added Services (VAS) providers, have threatened to withdraw the Unstructured Supplementary Service (USSD) it offers banks and other Financial Service Providers (FSP) over accumulated debt that is over N42 […]

THE Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday held meetings with the party’s National Working Committee and its governors to review strategy. Prior to Thursday’s meeting, the BoT held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to review the activities of the Senator Bukola Saraki-led National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee. It expressed satisfaction with […]

Chukwudi Dimkpa, an engineer and stakeholder in the Rivers Chapter of the All Progressives Congress commends the Supreme Court for delivering a judgment that supposedly brings a closure to the protracted litigation by different groups and individuals seeking control of the party The recent Supreme Court judgement that brought to finality the protracted, ill-intentioned, needless […]

The Presidency said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, emphasised his marching order to security chiefs to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally with AK-47. Buhari was quoted to have made the emphasis at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at the State House, […]

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has expressed the urgency to fast-track the build-up of depositors’ insurance fund, currently put about N2 trillion. The corporation said as a deposit insurer, which guarantees payment of deposits in the event of failure of a participating financial institution, shoring up the fund would enable it to pay depositors […]

Seven people have been killed in fresh attacks by bandits on communities in Igabi, Giwa and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. In a statement issued yesterday in Kaduna, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said several people were injured while some houses were burnt and cattle rustled. […]

The pump price of petrol may hit N212.61 per litre any time from now, if the authorities approve the latest price guide set by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Although the agency said last year that it would no longer be involved in fixing the price of the product since the market had […]

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State has said the party would take over the reins of government in the state come 2023. This is as the party alleged that it was ready to eschew negative tendencies that almost ruined it before the defection of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to the All Progressives Congress, […]

THE Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Primary Election Committee for Oyo State, Senator Abdul, has said the party’s local government primaries were free, fair and credible. He spoke when he led other members of the committee to present a report of the exercise to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, at the Government House, […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the state would start the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine at the weekend. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this when he received the country representative of the World Health Organisation, Dr Walter Mulombo, at the State House, Alausa, noted that the committee set up for the vaccine administration […]