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One Killed As Gunmen Kidnap Travellers On Sagamu-Benin Expressway

THE Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, May 6, confirmed the abduction of travellers at Ilisan/Iperu axis on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. The Command’s Public Relations Officer...

Nigerians Reject Tariff Cut For Band A Customers, Demand Total Reversal

*NLC, TUC Give NERC Sunday To Reverse Hike NIGERIANS have flatly rejected the minimal tariff reduction by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC) reduction of the tariff...

CBN Directs Banks To Charge 0.5% Cybersecurity Levy On Electronic Transactions

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions in the country to commence implementation of a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy...

EFCC Questions Six Senior NSCDC Officers Over N6bn Fraud

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over alleged N6billion fraud. The...

Dollar Speculation: FG To Ban Naira From Crypto Trading Platforms

THE Federal Government, through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), would soon delist the Naira from all peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto platforms as it steps up efforts to...

Rivers Assembly Overrides Fubara, Passes Public Procurement Bill Into Law

*‘Those Claiming To Be Assembly Members Are Not Existing’ THE Rivers State House of Assembly, at its 173rd legislative sitting on Monday, May 6, overrode the assent of Governor...

Iheanacho To Exit Leicester City

NIGERIAN international, Kelechi Iheanacho, has refused to commit his future to Leicester City amid talks of an exit from the club this summer. Iheanacho’s contract with...

NCC Summons Telcos Over Panned Tariff Hike

THE regulator of the telecommunications sector in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has invited operators for dialogue over their demand for end user...

Shettima Aborts U.S. Trip As Airborne Presidential Jet Develops Fault

VICE President, Kashim Shettima, has been forced to abort his planned trip to the United States (US), where he was scheduled to represent President...

Delta Police Say Ughelli Protesters Dispersed Using Teargas, Not Shot

BY GODWIN IJEDIOGOR  THE Delta State Police Command has dismissed reports of one protester being shot during a protest in Ughelli on Monday, May 6,...

Soldiers Foil Kidnap Attempt In Benue, Rescue Victims, Recover Arms

BY GODWIN IJEDIOGOR TROOPS of the Nigerian Army deployed for counter- terrorism operations in the North Central, in conjunction with volunteer guards, on Monday, May 6, foiled a...

EFCC Disowns List Of Ex-Govs Under Probe

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has dissociated itself from a purported list of former governors under investigation by it for alleged corruption. On...

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