As the deadline given to banks to link all bank accounts to NIN elapsed last Thursday, many banks in the country are yet to implement the directive. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had issued a directive to all commercial banks in the country last year to restrict tier-1 accounts without proper Biometric […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to resume visa services for Nigerian citizens wishing to visit the country. Several news outlets (not The Frontier) had reported that UAE on March 4 lifted the visa restriction on Nigerian travellers. But Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, refuted the viral ...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is yet to take delivery of an aircraft 10 years after paying a deposit of N1,054,222,576.00 to an Israeli company, the Auditor General for the Federation (OAuGF) has said. The payment was made in 2010, but no aircraft was supplied as of March 2020, according to an audit report […]
•Atiku and Makinde The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, today revealed that the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, is yet to reach out to him over the recent explosion in Ibadan. Makinde, a member of the PDP, made this disclosure while thanking the presidential candidate of ...
•Fubara The crisis rocking Rivers State took a new twist yesterday as the lawmakers accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of not presenting the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers. The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, stated this during the first plenary of...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the agency is yet to recover from previous transportation fare waivers by the government. The federal government had yesterday announced a 50 per cent waiver on road transport and a 100 per cent fare slash for rail transportation as part of moves to cushion the impact of the high […]