•Ndume and Tinubu Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume has advised President Bola Tinubu to disregard calls for the removal of Nigeria’s Service Chiefs, citing their adequate training and experience in handling security operations. Ndume instead recommended a proactive “TEAM approach”— focusing on Training, Equipment, Ammunition, and Motivation — to...
•Tinubu The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Bola Tinubu 48 hours to reverse the recent 50% telcos tariff hike. SERAP, in a statement, said failure to do so by the Tinubu administration means they will be charged in court, reports Vanguard. “The Tinubu administration and telcos must immediately rever...
Following the recent approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for Telecommunication operators to implement a 50% hike on existing tariffs, MTN, Glo, Airtel among others would now implement the hikes on calls, SMS and data rates within the country. The NCC, in a statement yesterday, announced the approval of a request by the net...
Nigerians may soon experience an increase in calls, data plans and SMS charges from early 2025 as there are indications that the federal government may give a nod to the persistent calls for tariff review. It was learnt that the tariff was last reviewed 11 years ago while telecom operators have continued to intensify their […]
As the set date of Friday, December 13, by the telecom industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for the announcement of a new tariff plan for service providers approaches, the telcos’ subscribers union has set a benchmark for the upward review of call and data prices. While some customers are expressing fears of the ...
74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1 billion ransom […]
Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) on Wednesday kicked against calls for the relocation of NCC IT park from Kano to Kebbi, sequel to attack on the facility by hoodlums during the nationwide protest. A statement by the Arewa Youth Assembly signed by Dr. Aliyu Mohammed, President, and Dr. Hafiz Garba, Secretary respectively, that ...
•Protesters Amnesty International has claimed that 13 persons were killed in the first day of the nationwide protests that hit parts of the country, calling for a probe. In a public statement today, the humanitarian group listed the states where the killings took place. It said six persons were killed in Suleja, Niger state, with […]
•US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden yesterday pledged to stay in the White House race, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend. “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,” the 81-year-old said in a statement from […]
UN chief, Antonio Guterres The UN yesterday highlighted the need to defend women’s rights which were under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said this at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of...
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