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The Executive Vice Chairman/ CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has stated that the recent tariff hike by telecom service providers has created massive investment opportunities for the Nigerian telecoms sector. The NCC boss stated this during an interactive session with the media on Tuesday in Abuja. Although specific figures are […]
Ahead of the March 31, 2026, deadline for banks to shore up their capital base as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks have raised a total of N2.5 trillion, mostly from local investors. This is as the total assets in the industry are projected to reach N242.3 trillion by the end of this […]
As part of the ongoing investigation into the August 10, 2025 incident aboard the Ibom Air from Uyo-Lagos flight, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will meet the Aviation Security (AVSEC), the Ibom Air cabin crew on duty that day and Ms. Comfort Emmanson, the passenger involved in the whole incident for their part of […]
Mrs Nonye Soludo, wife of the governor of Anambra state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has bemoaned the stripping naked of a National Youth Service Corps member by a team of operatives of the state government’s ad-hoc security operatives, “Agunaechemba”, and, tasked security agencies handling investigation into the incident to go beyond seeking justice for the victims, […]
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has frowned at what he called the sanctification of misbehaviour by the federal government following its moves to engage popular Fuji musician, King Wasiu Marshal, a.k.a KWAM 1, and Comfort Emmanson, as Airport Security Ambassadors following their unruly behaviours at the nation’s airports in recent separate incidents and subsequent […]
Recently, two airport dramas unfolded in Nigeria, revealing two starkly different versions of justice. In Abuja, Fuji icon Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (aka KWAM1), tangled with ValueJet and airport authorities; video clips showed him obstructing a plane and he later issued a public apology. In Lagos, Ms. Comfort Emmanson was dragged off an Ibom Air flight […]
It is often said that when you arrive in a great city for the first time, before you see its tallest building or its finest restaurant, before you even hear its music or taste its food, you notice its transport system. The way a city moves tells you how it thinks, works, and cares for […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has declared that his predecessor and political rival Rotimi Amaechi’s presidential ambition will come to nought, describing it as “dead on arrival.” According to Wike, if Amaechi runs for president in the 2027 general election as the candidate of the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC), he […]
Nigerian international affairs experts and other experts have reacted to the new visa restriction on Nigerian travellers to the United States, with most criticising the US policy and describing it as counterproductive. The US mission in a message on X, its official social media handle formerly known as Twitter, on Monday mandated Nigerian visa applicants […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz Bank accounts linked to Mr Mele Kyari, the immediate-past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), over allegations bordering on fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s […]