May 07
Nigeria: NNPCL Confirms 1.5bn Litres of Petrol in Stock, Moves to Fight Hoarding
Leadership
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has engaged security agencies and other industry stakeholders to dismantle cartel suspected to be hoarding petrol across the… Read more »
Nigeria: 5 Things to Know About CBN's Cybersecurity Levy to Be Paid By Nigerians
Leadership
In a significant move to bolster national cybersecurity, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a directive to all banks and financial institutions to implement a… Read more »
Nigeria: Order CBN to Stop 0.5% Charge On Electronic Banking Transactions, SERAP Urges Tinubu
Premium Times
The CBN said the directive was to comply with the amended Cybercrime Act. Read more »
Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - NNPC Warns Against Panic Buying As Supply Improves
Premium Times
The company said it has over 1.5 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in stock equivalent to over 30 days of sufficiency Read more »
Nigeria: Cement Price - Reps Issue Summons As Dangote, BUA, Others Shun Previous Invitation
Premium Times
The panel has given the cement producers 14 days to appear before it. Read more »
Nigeria: Akpabio Laments State of Nigeria's Mining Sector
Premium Times
Mr Akpabio said foreign miners benefit more from the nation's solid minerals than Nigerians. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians React to New 0.5% Cybersecurity Levy
Premium Times
"The levy shall be applied at the point of electronic transfer origination, then deducted and remitted by the financial institution. The deducted amount shall be reflected in the… Read more »
Gambia: Ombudsman's Reports Reveal Increment in Revenue, Expenditure
Foroyaa
The Audited Financial Reports of the Office of the Ombudsman have revealed increment in assets, revenue and expenditures of the office. Read more »
Ghana: NPA Makes Moves for Tax Removal On LPG
Accra Times
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is taking steps to make liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) more affordable and accessible to consumers. Read more »
Nigeria: No Moral Justification for Stopping N35,000 Wage Award - Labour
Vanguard
The Organised Labour says there is no moral justification for the Federal Government to stop the payment of monthly N35,000 wage award to workers. Read more »
Nigeria: Groups Blame Management Team for Lagos Water Crisis
Premium Times
...demand recall of disengaged staff Read more »
Nigeria: 16 Banking Transactions Not Affected By New CBN's Cybersecurity Levy
Vanguard
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all banks to start charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions within the country excluding 16 listed… Read more »
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Give NERC Sunday Deadline to Reverse Hike in Electricity Tariff
Vanguard
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, till May 12 to withdraw… Read more »
Nigeria: CBN Directs Banks to Charge 0.5% Cybersecurity Levy On Transactions
Premium Times
The levy shall be applied at the point of electronic transfer origination, then deducted and remitted by the financial institution. Read more »
Nigeria: Jalingo Residents Demand Connection to Kashinbilla Hydro-Power Station Amid Power Outage
Daily Trust
In the wake of a prolonged power outage lasting over 12 days in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, residents are demanding immediate action to connect the town to the… Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank, Partners Plan $500m to Bridge Agric Data Gap in Nigeria, Others
Daily Trust
A global multi-institutional collaboration has concluded plans to deploy a US$500 million fund for engendering smartness in agricultural development and policy conceptualization… Read more »
May 06
Nigeria: Nigeria Cuts Electricity Supplies to Benin Republic, Togo, Niger to Boost Domestic Supply
Vanguard
The Federal Government has decided to improve the domestic power supply by cutting the sales to cross-border in the Niger Republic, Niger Republic and Togo. Read more »
Nigeria: 10 Days After, EFCC Detains 19-Yr-Old Varsity Student Over Mum's Debt
Leadership
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a 300-level Nursing student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Miss Oluwateniola… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Worker Trapped in Underground Drainage
Leadership
A yet-to-be-identified drainage worker with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) was on Monday trapped in the underground drainage at the Onipanu area of Lagos… Read more »
Nigeria: Pipelines Survelance Contract - Leave Olu of Warri Alone - Okotie Eboh
Vanguard
Niger Deltans have been charged to leave the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III (CFR) out of the unwarranted controversy generated through the baseless and… Read more »
Nigeria: Senior Civil Servants to Govt - Expose Cabals Behind Fuel Scarcity
Vanguard
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has urged the Federal Government to unearth alleged cabals behind the unending fuel scarcity across the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway - Stop Distorting Facts, Applaud Tinubu, Presidency Replies Atiku
Vanguard
Presidency has on Monday replied former vice president and People's Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Sand Excavation Threatens Transmission Towers in Edo State - TCN
Premium Times
The company explained that the activities of excavators on this particular site have largely affected the integrity of Towers 15 and 16 at the Umelu community in Benin City. Read more »
Gambia: Smart Agriculture or Family Farm Agriculture?
Foroyaa
The term smart agriculture may be utilized to show how few people are given loans to take over the family farms of many areas to establish large plantations of farming and employ… Read more »
Ghana: Elections 2024 - Traders in Ashanti Region Vow to Campaign Against NPP Over Incomplete Markets
Accra Times
Meanwhile, the trader groups have petitioned the overlord of the Asanteman, Otumfour Osei Tutu and the Ashanti Queen Mother, Nana Konadu Yiadom to intercede on their on their… Read more »