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MTN, Airtel Expand Market Shares as 9mobile Struggles
MTN Nigeria has strengthened its dominance, growing its market share to 51% with 84.6 million subscribers in December, up from 81.2 million in November. According to the Mobile Network Operators Report on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website, Airtel also showed resilience, increasing its subscriber base to 56.6 million in…
Read More »Ondo Nurses Suspend Strike After Breakthrough in Talks
The Ondo State Council of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its indefinite strike, which started on January 31. In a statement released on Monday in Akure, the association’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Lucky Aremu, attributed the decision to progress made in negotiations with the…
Read More »Dogara Reveals How Wike Made Bala Mohammed Bauchi Governor
Yakubu Dogara, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has revealed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Nyesom Wike, was pivotal in the emergence of Bala Mohammed as Bauchi State governor in 2019. He made this known in an open letter he titled, “Gov Bala vs…
Read More »Sowore appears in Court for arraignment over cybercrime charges
A former presidential candidate and Activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his trial over remarks made on social media, where he allegedly described Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as “illegal.” According to reports, Sowore is expected to appear before Justice Liman…
Read More »CBN unveils new FX code, confirms multiple unethical, illegal practices in $7b FX backlog
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso on Tuesday unveiled a new Foreign Exchange (FX) Code to the market. Cardoso, at an event in Abuja, confirmed that the $7 billion dollars of FX backlog that has taken over 12 months to verify has led to the…
Read More »Access Bank Clinches THISDAY’s ‘Global Bank of the Year’ Award
…Aig-Imoukhuede is Named ‘Titan of the Year’ Access Bank PLC (‘the Bank’), the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings PLC (‘the Company’), has been honoured with the prestigious THISDAY no Global Bank of the Year award for 2024, recognising its significant impact on the global banking landscape. In addition, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede,…
Read More »NAICOM, NCAA Establish Joint Technical Committee to Address Aviation Insurance Matters
To demonstrate its role in regulating insurance in the aviation sector, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has partnered with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to tackle aviation-related issues and strengthen insurance regulations in the sector The committee was officially inaugurated on Wednesday at the NAICOM office in Abuja. Representing…
Read More »NATCOMS vows to challenge NCC’s approval of 50% tariff hike
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has said it would challenge the Federal Government’s decision to allow telecoms operators increase tariff by 50 per cent in a court of law. The President, NATCOMS, Mr Deolu Ogunbanjo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said…
Read More »U.S. Immigration to Conduct Raids in Churches, Hospitals, and Schools
U.S. immigration and border enforcement officials have regained the authority to arrest individuals in previously restricted areas, following a reversal of earlier policies by the Trump administration. These areas, often referred to as “sensitive locations,” include places like schools, hospitals, and places of worship. The practice of avoiding arrests in…
Read More »Vandals Behind Buguma Wellhead Fire – NNPC Ltd
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has attributed the fire at its Buguma Wellhead 008, managed by its subsidiary NNPC Eighteen Operating Ltd (NEOL), to the actions of pipeline vandals attempting to tamper with the Christmas Tree and steal crude oil. Mr. Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer…
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