The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria to explain its planned subscription price increase, scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2025. The regulatory body, citing concerns over recurrent price hikes and potential market abuse, ...
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Niger Delta Youths Reject El-Rufai’s Call For North, South-South Alliance
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has condemned former Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai’s recent call for a political alliance between the North and the South-South regions ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement signed by the President ...
Read More »Food Production: Nigeria Receives First Batch Of Farm Implements From Belarus
The Federal Government has received the first batch of 2,000 tractors and 9,027 other farming equipment from Belarus as part of efforts to enhance mechanised farming and accelerate food production across the country. The Special Assistant to the President on ...
Read More »Visa-on-arrival Policy, FG Addresses Major Concerns
The federal government, through the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), has addressed recent concerns regarding the Minister of Interior’s decision to cancel the Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) policy. In a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja, the director-general of PEBEC, ...
Read More »MultiChoice Announces New Price Hike For DStv, GOtv Packages
Subscribers of MultiChoice’s DStv and GOtv services will have to pay more for their packages as the the PayTV company has announced a price increase set to take effect from March 1, 2025. In a statement issued to customers on ...
Read More »Fuel Scarcity Looms As IPMAN Gives 7-day Ultimatum Over N100bn Bridging Claims
…Seeks Tinubu’s intervention Nationwide premium motor spirit (petrol) scarcity looms in Nigeria as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) over unpaid bridging claims. ...
Read More »FG Spends $8bn To Stabilise Naira
The federal government has spent about $8 billion to stabilise the exchange rate of the Naira to the US dollar at its current levels. Managing director/CEO of Lagos-based Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, who revealed this, attributed the steady appreciation ...
Read More »Energy Transition: Minister Lauds Federal Govt’s €7.6bn Deal With China Firm
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has applauded the federal government over its commitment to gradual diversification from fossil fuels to clean energy in line with global best practices. Towards this end, major step towards achieving ...
Read More »Gov Eno Provides Operational Vehicles For Legislators, Judges
…flags – off Judges Quarters March Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has provided operational vehicles for members of the State House of Assembly, as well as Judges in the State to enhance their services to Akwa Ibom people. ...
Read More »How I Proposed To My Wife On My Birthday
…A Tale of Love and Devotion By Aniekpeno Mkpanang As I reminisce about the day I proposed to my beloved wife, Ama, I am filled with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. It was my birthday, February 26, and I had ...
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