Cybersecurity Levy: Intent, Timing Right, But Strategic Communication Lacking – Ex-Lawmaker

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

Enugu Assembly Passes Public Ranch Agency Bill To End Farmers/Herders Crisis

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

Those Opposing State Police Are Enemies Of Nigeria – Says Gani Adams

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

State Police Now Essential – Senator Nwebonyi

The Deputy Chief Whip of the 10th Nigerian Senate and Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has thrown his weight behind the proposed State Police. Nwebonyi, who’s also a member of the Senate Constitution Review Committee, gave the hints during

Tinubu Returns Abuja After Two Weeks Abroad

President Bola Tinubu Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja after spending two weeks abroad. Tinubu arrived at his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, in the early hours of Wednesday, PUNCH  Online confirmed. In a tweet on Tuesday evening,

BREAKING: Edo Speaker Suspends Shaibu’s Ally, Two Others

The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, on Monday suspended three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach him and other principal officers of the Assembly. One of the suspended lawmakers, Donald Okogbe, PDP, Akoko-Edo II, is an ally

Abductions, Detentions: Echoes Of Abacha-Era Media Clampdown Resound Under Tinubu

The wave of abduction of journalists that continues to grow under a so-called democratic government has no doubt become a point of concern for media practitioners who now have to worry about their safety as they discharge their duties. The concerns are not

Chad Vote To Elect President Today

Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, as a fix following violent repression. Voters will choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule

Power Game: Wild Jubilation In Imo PDP, As Ihedioha Quits Party “No Man Is An Island” – Ndukwu

Serious jubilation has reportedly rocked the Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as former Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha resigns from the party. According to reports, there was wild jubilation by thousands of members and

Labour Party Leaders National Leadership Pass Vote Of Confidence In Gov Otti

Ahead of his one year anniversary in office on May 29, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has received an affirmative endorsement by the leadership of Labour Party (LP) in the state and 17 local government areas. Rising from an enlarged meeting