A member of the House of Representatives from Borno State, Ahmed Jaha, has called on the Federal Government to recruit military mercenaries to address the security issues in the country. Jaha suggested that the government recall the mercenaries used during former President Goodluck
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent decision to impose a cybersecurity levy on bank customers. In a statement released by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the forum expressed its dissatisfaction with
The 2024 best-graduating student of the University of Lagos, David Akanmu, has been selected as a 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the announcement, Akanmu is one of five Africans, the
Journalists and a group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded release of Daniel Ojukwu, the FIJ reporter, who has been in police custody since May 1. It was learnt that Ojukwu is being detained for a purported violation of the 2015 Cybercrime
The Federal High Court, Awka Division, has slated May 22, 2024, to hear the suit filed by activist and politician, Dr Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo, challenging the prolonged undemocratic constitution of local government administration in Anambra State. In suit no FHC/AWK/CS/90/2024, which he instituted through
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Ifeanyi Ubah, has said that two refineries- Port Harcourt and Warri would be fully operational by the end of 2024. Ubah said plans have already been put in place to achieve the target, stressing that the
A former member of the House of Representatives, Aliyu Gebi, has shared insights on the recent directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria requiring banks to start deducting cybersecurity levy on transactions. The CBN had on Tuesday announced that a 0.5 per cent
The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed the Public Ranch Agency Bill which authorises the state government to set up an agency to manage both government and privately owned ranches in the state. Speaking before the passage of the bill, the member
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has described those opposing the creation of the state police as enemies of Nigeria. He said such individuals are deriving pleasures from several cases of insecurity across the nation, saying they are doing that at the
Some Point of Sale (PoS) agents in the FCT, have frowned at the new directive of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for them to register with the commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CAC had on Monday issued a two-month registration deadline
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