The Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shehu Umar Buba, has clarified that the recently imposed cybersecurity levy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not targeted at individuals or bank customers. The Senator, who sponsored the amendment bill told Economic Confidential that the levy was aimed explicitlyContinueContinue reading “Cybersecurity Levy Is Aimed At Financial Institutions, Telecoms, Not Individuals Or Bank Customers – Senate Committee”
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Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community, Kill Two, Kidnap Scores Watching Champions League Semifinal Match
Terrorists have attacked the Idah community in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killed two people and kidnapped scores of others. It was gathered that the terrorists attacked the community located along a federal highway linking Bwari town in the FCT to Jere town in Kaduna on Wednesday night while some of theContinueContinue reading “Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community, Kill Two, Kidnap Scores Watching Champions League Semifinal Match”
Chad Military Ruler Deby Wins Disputed Presidential Election
Deby was announced as winner of the presidential election by the state election body, on Thursday, citing provisional results, according to Reuters. Chad’s interim President, Mahamat Idriss Deby has won the May 6 presidential election with over 61% of the votes. Deby was announced as winner of the presidential election by the state election body,ContinueContinue reading “Chad Military Ruler Deby Wins Disputed Presidential Election”
Niger State Assembly Speaker To Marry Off 100 Female Orphans, Pay For Dowries As Constituency Project
The female orphans whose ages were yet to be disclosed reportedly lost their parents to banditry attacks in the Mariga Local Government Area. The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has announced plans to marry off 100 female orphans in the state, saying he was “concerned with” their growing number asContinueContinue reading “Niger State Assembly Speaker To Marry Off 100 Female Orphans, Pay For Dowries As Constituency Project”
Mass Exit As 29 Generals Retire From Nigerian Army
Twenty-nine generals of the Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army have retired from active military service. Of the 29 retired infantry officers who pulled out of active service at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State on Friday, 19 were major generals, and 10 were brigadiers general. Among them is Major General Victor Ezugwu, whoContinueContinue reading “Mass Exit As 29 Generals Retire From Nigerian Army”
Court Remands Adamawa College Registrar For Assaulting Female Lecturer During Examination
Magistrate Uwani Mohammed Danladi of the Chief Magistrate Court III, ordered his remand following his arraignment by a state prosecutor, Abubakar Nurudeen for physically assaulting a married woman who is an Assistant Chief Lecturer, Fadimatu Musa. Musa Chiroma, the acting Registrar of the Adamawa State College for Legal Studies, has been remanded in prison custodyContinueContinue reading “Court Remands Adamawa College Registrar For Assaulting Female Lecturer During Examination”
Tinubu’s Reinstated Fuel Subsidy Will Drain Almost Half Of Nigerian Oil Revenue In 2024, IMF Warns
Nigeria’s reintroduction of a gasoline subsidy months after it was scrapped is expected to guzzle almost half of its projected oil revenue this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. The implicit subsidy will cost Africa’s largest crude producer an estimated 8.43 trillion naira ($5.9 billion) of its projected 17.7 trillion naira of oil revenue,ContinueContinue reading “Tinubu’s Reinstated Fuel Subsidy Will Drain Almost Half Of Nigerian Oil Revenue In 2024, IMF Warns”
N84.2Billion Fraud: Nigerian Court Restates Order For Arrest Of Former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the immediate arrest of Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. Justice Emeka Nwite berated Bello for trying to end the criminal prosecution that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had brought against him. The court agreed with the EFCC’s counsel, DrContinueContinue reading “N84.2Billion Fraud: Nigerian Court Restates Order For Arrest Of Former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello”
Police Arrest Two Young Men Who Kidnapped And Killed 6-year-old Boy While Demanding N10M Ransom From His Parents. Our Correspondent
The suspects killed the victim using the knife and buried his corpse in a shallow grave while still demanding a ransom from the family. The duo of suspects, Mukhtar Mohammed, 20, and Hussein Suleiman, 20, have been arrested by the Adamawa State police command over the alleged abduction of a 6-year-old boy identified as EbokaContinueContinue reading “Police Arrest Two Young Men Who Kidnapped And Killed 6-year-old Boy While Demanding N10M Ransom From His Parents. Our Correspondent”
Out Break Of Measles Claim 49 Lives In Adamawa.
Gov Direct Closure of Schools Targets12, 250 Children For Vaccination. From Stanley Mijah, Yola Barely few days after the closure of schools in the wake of the outbreak of Measles across the twenty-one local governments of of Adamawa State to stem the tide and spread of the disease, the state government in a swift responseContinueContinue reading “Out Break Of Measles Claim 49 Lives In Adamawa.”
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