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Reduction of electronic fees’ll boost economy, says minister
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has hailed the reduction of the cost of electronic cash transactions as well as Automated Teller Machine card maintenance fees by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The minister said the development would contribute to the actualisation of a digital economy. “Lower service charges
Banks record N97.32tn instant, PoS payments in 11 months
Ife Ogunfuwa Banks’ customers carried out a total of N97.32tn worth of financial transactions on the instant payment and Point of Sale platform between January and November this year, the latest report from the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme has shown. A breakdown of the data indicated that the customers carried out a total of N94.49tn
Weeds take over mega bus terminals as Lagos fails transparency test
Lagos bus terminals still uncompleted and unutilised 21 months after inauguration, Samson Folarin reports Lagos State, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, was on lockdown and business activities were grounded on March 26, 2018 when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), visited to inaugurate the Ikeja Bus Terminal. One year and nine months after,
Mo Salah poses with Christmas tree, divides Instagram followers
Instagram followers of Liverpool star player, Mo Salah, have expressed diverse opinion about his Christmas Day Instagram post showing him and his family in front of a giant Christmas tree. Salah, a Muslim from Egypt, his daughter and hijab-clad wife had taken a family photograph in front of a well-decorated Christmas tree, and had shared
Adeyanju petitions IG over assault by pro-govt thugs
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja An activist, Deji Adeyanju, who was brutalised by a pro-government group has asked the police to investigate the attack. The activist in a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, dated December 23, 2019, fingered one Kabiru Dallah as the leader of the suspected miscreants who attacked him. Adeyanju and his
Ganduje, a skilled, patient politician at 70 — Buhari
John Ameh, Abuja The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, praised Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, describing him as “a skilled politician, a party builder and a man who works for the success of our party.” Buhari made the comments in a message of felicitations to Ganduje on his 70th birthday. “The
Why Nigeria does not need a rubber stamp legislature
Niran Adedokun; nadedokun@gmail.com More than ever before, Nigerians need to start to pay attention to the survival of its democracy, if they truly desire that system of government. As harmless as it seems to be, the statement credited to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, concerning the 9th National Assembly’s preference for being
CBN clarifies reduction in current account charges, others
Nike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria has reduced charges on current account and some other services. It stated that card maintenance fee on current account had been removed as the accounts already attracted account maintenance fee. The CBN clarified charges that depositors should know about their accounts with their lenders in its revised guide
Wike’s wife names baby after husband
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Eberechi, wife of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday celebrated the 2019 Rivers Christmas Baby at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital in Port Harcourt. The baby born to the family of Mr and Mrs Uchenna Amadi arrived at 8.10am on Christmas Day and weighed 4kg at birth. The governor’s
Bauchi’s pregnant women conveyed to hospitals on donkeys
Residents of some communities in the Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State say they convey pregnant women and sick people to hospitals on donkeys and ox-drawn trucks due to lack of good roads. Members of the communities stated this on Wednesday when a News Agency of Nigeria correspondent visited the Babuwuri and Ngummachame settlements,
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