Otti Moves To Secure Abia In Good Security, To Train 300 Farmers At Nassarawa Farm

Otti Moves To Secure Abia In Good Security, To Train 300 Farmers At Nassarawa Farm

In a bid to make Abia State attain food sufficiency, Governor Alex Otti, OFR, has said that one of the ways to solve the problem of food security is through the mechanisation of farming and establishing such businesses across the states of the

CAC Registration: Police To Go After Illegal PoS Operators

The Federal Government has said mandatory registration of Point-of-Sales operators nationwide will reduce kidnapping and help security agencies arrest recipients of ransom payments from kidnap victims. It also vowed that security agencies would go after PoS operators who fail to comply with the

Northern Elders Kick Against CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

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

UNILAG’s Best-Graduating Student, Akanmu Bags Prestigious Stanford Uni Scholarship

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

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

Guinness World Record: 31-Year-Old Nigerian begins Tour Of African Countries

…to visit 54 African states, promote tourist sites Thirty-one-year-old Nigerian tourist, Ilerioluwa Babalobi, has commenced a visit to all 54 African countries to raise awareness for social interventions across the African continent. The 31-year-old, who started his tour from the Red Cross office

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

PoS Agents Frown At CAC’s Registration Mandate, Says Customers Will Pay More

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

Abuja School Closed For One Week Over Death Of Four-Year-Old

The Brickhall School, Abuja on Wednesday announced that it has decided to mourn the memory of its late four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke by closing down the school for one week. The PUNCH reported how Ovoke was declared dead by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja.

Cybersecurity Levy: Nigerian Govt To Rake In Between N3trn, N7tn Yearly – CPPE

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, says the Nigerian federal government will rake in between N3 trillion and N7.75 trillion in one year with its recently introduced cybersecurity levy of 0.5 per cent on electronic banking transactions. The Director of