The Nigerian government may reinstate a previously suspended telecom tax and other fiscal measures to secure a $750 million loan from the World Bank. According to the Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the Nigeria-World Bank ARMOR program (March 2024), the government plans to reintroduce excises on telecom services and an EMT levy on electronic money transfers…
Veteran actor, Kenneth Chiwetalu, aka Aguba, has called out Apostle Chinyere Chibuzor, the founder and general overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), over unfulfilled promises. In a video, the veteran actor disclosed that the cleric vowed to build a new house for him. Aguba emphasized that Apostle Chibuzor had spoken on building not just one,…
Mixed reactions have trailed recent Cybersecurity Levy which Nigerian commercial Banks have been ordered to deduct from all their customers. The cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions will start May 20, 2024, six years after it first issued the directive. The deductions were to be remitted to the National Security Fund, which is being administered…
Ali Ndume, chief whip of the senate, says the upper legislative chamber was poorly renovated. Both chambers of the national assembly had undergone renovation that lasted about two years. Lawmakers had to make do with temporary venues for plenary and committee hearings while the renovation lasted. The sum of N42 billion was reportedly earmarked and…
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the appointment of Dr. Justina Chinyere Anyadiegwu as the new Provost of Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe. Dr. Anyadiegwu succeeds Dr. Ifeyinwa Osegbo and assumes leadership of the institution, founded 48 years ago. Dr. Justina Chinyere Anyadiegwu brings to her new role a wealth of…
The 10th Senate on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the frequent jailbreaks witnessed across the country in the past few years. This is as the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, lamented that many jailbreaks have occurred after a change of name from the Nigeria Prisons Service to Nigeria Correctional Service. Akpabio spoke during the consideration of a…
The chief executive officer of Binance, a cryptocurrency platform on Tuesday claimed that some unknown persons in Nigeria demanded huge payments in digital currency to make their problems in the country “go away”. The firm’s chief executive officer (CEO), Richard Teng made the disclosure via a blog post. The federal government earlier this year detained…
Three sisters have allegedly seized and refused to release the corpse of their late brother, one Mr. Ernest, to his wife and children, for a five years now and still counting. The incident happened in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, where the three sisters and their late brother hailed from. It…
….Demands Tinubu’s whereabouts, Laments Absence Of Shetimma Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has demanded the whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Saturday made it exactly six days after Tinubu attended the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but he is yet to return…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has emphasised the need for increased budgetary allocation to carter for, not only the expansion of* *Army Barracks, but for the welfare of the serving Military personnel, the Legion, their orphans, their wives and other dependants.* *The Governor made the proposal when the House of Representatives Committee on Army…
