The House of Representatives on Tuesday invited the Minister of Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola and his counterpart in the Transport ministry, Saidu Alkali over alleged fraudulent concession of critical port infrastructure. Also invited are the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports ...
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Social media users have complained about abrupt loss of access to their Instagram and Facebook accounts on Tuesday evening, LEADERSHIP has learnt. Down Detector, an internet monitoring website, saw a spike in reports of Meta service outages on Tuesday at ...
Read More »Binance Quits Nigeria, To Stop Naira Services March 8
Binance, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has said that it will discontinue all Naira services by March 8, 2024. This is coming on the heels of the recent clampdown on its operations and officials by Nigerian regulators. Recall that the special ...
Read More »Respite As CBN Slashes Customs FX Duty Rate By 5.3%
Respite appears on the horizon for Nigerians as prices of imported goods and raw materials are expected to nosedive as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, reviewed downward the Foreign Exchange on clearance of cargoes at the nation’s ...
Read More »Group Hails Navy For Arresting Oil Thieves, Economic Saboteurs
The Renewed Hope Ambassadors of Nigeria (RHAN) has applauded the Nigerian Navy’s aggressive onslaught on crude oil theft and other maritime crimes in the Niger Delta region. The group said the Navy’s operations have drastically reduced the negative trend, notably ...
Read More »Activist Demands N10bn Damages From Telecoms For Barring Phone Lines
A rights campaigner, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, on Monday filed a suit before a Federal High Court Lagos against telecommunications companies over recent barring of phone lines. Joined as respondents in the suit are the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), its Chief ...
Read More »Review Fuel Subsidy Removal, Falana Tells Tinubu
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the President Bola Tinubu led federal government to review the fuel subsidy removal policy following claims that Nigeria still pays for it. Although Tinubu, on his inauguration as president, declared an end ...
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