The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said effective Tuesday, customers will pay a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time they use USSD services. It said the new charges as part of the agreement reached when banks and telecommunication…
Former Governor of Ogun State and current senator Ibikunle Amosun could be paired with Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami as Vice-President to succeed Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, according to APC and White House powerbrokers. Apart from the fact that both Amosun and Malami are close allies of President Buhari, SaharaReporters has learned that the party hopes to…
The traditional rulers say the security situation is hard on their people and there is a need to take urgent and immediate steps to check the situation. The National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, the umbrella body of all traditional rulers in the country, said this in a call on the federal government to…
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has said that he would no longer allow transport unions or any other body to sell tickets to commercial drivers in the state. Akeredolu said greed was pushing factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, to engage in bloody fight over sale of tickets. The…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has dethroned the Emir of Maru, Abubakar Chika and the District Head of Kanoma, Lawal Ahmed for supporting bandits. The move has been hailed by the Arewa Consultative Forum who lauded Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State for sacking the Emir of Maru, Abubakar Chika and the District Head of Kanoma, Lawal Ahmed, over alleged…
President Biden’s two German shepherds have been moved to the family home in Delaware after one of the animals showed ongoing aggressive behavior to White House staff, according to a news report. A report published by CNN on Monday evening said that the dogs Champ and Major, had been moved after Major had what one person described…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno Sunday said his administration discovered that 650 of 1,000 families in the Internally Displaced Person (IDPs) camps were ‘ghosts’ and have benefited from foods distributed to the vulnerable. Mr. Zulum made the discovery at midnight, during his visit to Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, where IDPs…
With a population of 6 million, Borno State has just 200 doctors and seven pharmacists, according to Prof. Isah Marte, Chief of Staff to Prof Babagana Zulum, the state governor. Marte disclosed this at the weekend when he led a delegation to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja. The delegation sought the…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil. Wakil served as Minister of State for Power under the former administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. He was arrested in his residence in Abuja on Sunday, PRNigeria reports quoting an undisclosed source. Wakil will be…
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