The Nigerian Communications Commission has said that the over 40 million telephone lines barred after failing to link to the National Identity Numbers face the risk of being forfeited soon. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with PUNCH Online in an interview. According to him, the telephone lines barred by their telecommunication oper...

as Reps move to raise fine from N100 to N100,000 The House of Representatives is moving to increase the fine for the defacing of Nigerian flag from N100 to N100,000. The House on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill to amend the Flag and Coats of Arms Act. The bill, introduced by Sada Soli, was debated and passed for second reading by the lawmakers. It would be recalled that the...

The Lagos State Safety Commission and Lagos State Environmal Protection Agency, LASEPA, have resolved to enforce indoor smoking at Night clubs, bars and lounges across the state. In a joint statements issued by Director General, Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola and General Manager, LASEPA, Dr. Tunde Ajayi, at a safety workshop organised for the hospitality sector(Night clubs, bars and lounges...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday, insisted that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but that he desired the country to work. Obi spoke in Abuja while reacting to his award as the ‘Leadership Politician of the Year 2023’ at the annual Leadership Conference and Awards. “I am not desperate to be president, I a...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, announced an increment in scholarships and bursaries for students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions. He said his administration would pay N225,000 and N60,000 as scholarships and bursaries to indigene students, as against the existing N200,000 and N50,000 respectively. The governor also announced scholarships for the less pri...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa restriction on Nigerian travellers after a two-year diplomatic row. UAE Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, and the Nigerian government in a statement said their agreement shows a “shared commitment to strengthening ties, enhancing cultural exchanges, and fostering opportunities for economic and social collaboration.” Following meeting...

Binance will stop all transactions and trading in Nigeria's local currency after March 8 amid a country-wide crackdown on crypto exchanges that have been blamed by authorities for feeding a black market for foreign exchange. It will stop supporting withdrawals after Friday and any remaining balances in Nigerian Naira will be automatically converted into Tether - a stablecoin whose value is pegg...

In what looked like a competitive gesture, the 23-year-old Kano-based commercial Tricyclist, Awwalu Salisu, who returned a cash of N15million left in his tricycle by a Chadian businessman in 2023, has been offered a scholarship upto PhD level of education to the tune of N250million. Awwalu was celebrated by LEADERSHIP Media Group on Tuesday at its annual conference and awards ceremony as the wi...

Lagos traders should desist from displaying their wares for sale on walkways, lay-bys, setbacks, road medians, verges, and curbs because street trading and hawking remain banned in Lagos State.

Over 91 million bank accounts at risk of deactivation as CBN’s BVN/NIN deadline expires As the March 1 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the linkage of bank accounts with either the Bank Verification Number (BVN) or National Identity Number (NIN) expires, approximately 91 million bank accounts face the risk of being frozen. The CBN had directed commercial banks to restric...

The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, Lagos. She said, “We all see what is being done in other climes, rents are collected monthly....

Enoch Adejare Adeboye (born 2 March 1942) is a Nigerian pastor, and the present General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God. He served as the second national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. Early life Enoch Adejare Adeboye was born on 2 March 1942 in Ifewara, near Ife, in the then Southern Region, British Nigeria.[1] He was born into a very humble family,[2] and...

CBN Revokes Operational Licenses of 4,173 BDCs The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the Bank and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, and the Revised Operational Guidelines for Bureaux De Change 2015 (the Guidelines), has revoked the licenses of 4,173 Bureaux De Change Operators. The list of affected BDC operators is availabl...

Popular Nollywood actor, Oyebamiji Tolani Quadri popularly known as 'Sisi Quadri' has reportedly passes on, Newspremises reports. The sad news was made known by his colleague, Tunde Olayusuf, who via his Instagram page, shared a photo of him as he announced the sad news. He noted how everything in the world is according to the will of Allah and as we come from Him, so shall we return to Him. He...

For the second time since the inauguration of the 10th Assembly, the House of Representatives on Thursday, February 29, passed the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps. The bill was first passed by the 10th House of Representatives on Thursday, October 12, 2023, but was rescinded by the House two months later to address emerging issues in the bill. In moving the motion for r...