South Africa’s national state of disaster, in place for more than two years in response to COVID-19, ended midnight, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a TV address. The national state of disaster has been the government’s main mechanism for managing…
2023: PDP zoning committee reportedly throws party’s presidential ticket open
The 37-member zoning committee, which was inaugurated in March, cited the exigency of time as its reason for throwing open the ticket to all interested aspirants. The zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recommended that the presidential…
2023: God’ll choose next President of Nigeria – El-Rufai tells Tinubu
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has told the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, that Nigeria is at “critical crossroads” following what he called “multiple quagmires” under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. El-Rufai said…
NIN-SIM: MTN apologises for barring customers’ lines
Several subscribers have taken to social media on Tuesday to express their displeasure over the barring of their communication lines by telecommunication network providers in Nigeria. However, the Mobile Telephone Network, in its tweets, apologised to the complainants over the…
NIN-SIM linkage: MTN, Airtel state reasons they blocked some lines
The Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) and Airtel Nigeria have given the reasons they barred some of their subscribers from making calls, as they apologised for the restrictions. This was confirmed by the statements the telcos issued via their Twitter handles on Tuesday.…
FCCPC takes action as MultiChoice increases DStv/GOtv subscription
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said it is engaging pay television company, MultiChoice Nigeria, for clarity over the increase in subscription rates. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, said this while speaking with…
Rising Global Oil Price Heightens Concern For Nigeria’s Economic Growth-CBN
At the 284th monetary policy committee meeting of the CBN held in Abuja, MPR, otherwise known as the interest rate, was held at 11.5 percent with the asymmetric corridor of +100/-700 basis points around the MPR. The CBN governor Godwin…
PDP crisis: Ayade was clearly handicapped for leaving party – Senator Jarigbe blasts Obaseki
The Senator representing Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State in the National Assembly, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has warned the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki to leave the State out of his current battle with Governor Nyesom Wike…
Confusion as Kyari’s wife slumps in courts, suspended DCP remanded
THE wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday, slumped at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Ramatu Kyari fell to the floor while men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency were leading her husband…
Blackout in Lagos, others as national grid collapses again
Nigeria’s current electricity challenge took a serious hit as the national grid collapsed once again on Monday morning. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the incident in a Twitter post this afternoon, adding that the Transmission Company of Nigeria is…