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- 29 Apr 2024
Why Multichoice Hiked Subscriptions for DStv and GOtv Packages- FCCPC
Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, acting Executive vice chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has disclosed that Multichoice submitted a four-page letter detailing the reasons…
- 16 May 2015
Ex-Governors Have N172Bn Cases of Fraud- Punch
Saturday Punch has revealed that over N172 billion fraud cases are pending against some senators-elect who were formerly governors. Over 15 ex-governors won senate seats in the March 28 election with…
- 13 Aug 2026
SEC Orders Immediate Freeze of Assets Linked to Six Terrorism Financiers, Three Entities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed capital market operators to immediately freeze the assets of six individuals and three entities designated as terrorism financiers by the Nigeria…
- 12 Oct 2015
Ministerial Nominees: Odimegwu, Oyinlola, Others on Buhari’s 2nd List
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki. This is coming 12 days after the first list was sent to the lawmakers, who will…
- 19 Apr 2015
Passengers Seize Arik Plane after 2 Days US Flight Delay
Hundreds of New York, U.S-bound intending passengers on Arik Air at the weekend protested at the Muritala Mohammed Airport, Lagos over the failure of the airline to airlift them after two days of…
- 15 May 2024
FCCPC Barks as Loan Apps Continue to Harass Customers
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said steps are being taken to tackle loan Apps services providers that engage in harassing tactics against customers. FCCPC also…
- 17 Jun 2014
NCAA Set Agenda for National Facilitation Committee
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has inaugurated the National Facilitation Committee. It is expected to serve as a vehicle for carrying out the National Facilitation Programme. This is…
- 18 Feb 2018
Globacom Wins Integrity & Service Award
The Nigerian Television Authority – Integrity and Service Programme (NTA-ISP) Award was held at the Aso rock Villa, Abuja last week with national telecommunication company, Globacom, carting home the…
- 30 Jul 2020
NITDA DG Harps on the Role of ICT in Nigeria’s GDP
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has extolled the contributions of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector…
- 13 Feb 2024
MLA Backs FCCPC over Action on Digital Lending Violation
Money Lenders Association (MLA), has thrown its weight behind the measures taken by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), aimed at ensuring ethical conduct in digital…
- 4 Sept 2015
Vice President Osinbajo Welcomes PPP Summit on Critical Infrastructure
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), Vice President of Nigeria, has given his support to the forthcoming 2015 Nigeria Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Summit billed for the Federal…
- 4 Nov 2015
Buhari Emerges Senate Committee Chairman on ICT
Senator Bukola Saraki, senate president, on Wednesday announced the leadership composition of the Senate Committees, while giving them oversight functions. From the list, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari…
- 25 Feb 2017
FG Sacks All Civil Aviation Directors
Federal government has sacked 10 directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), with immediate effect. The Ministry of Transport on Friday approved the sack. Mr Sam Adurogboye, general…
- 29 Jun 2018
CPC Deliberates on Regulatory Policies to Protect eConsumers
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has said it would collaborate with relevant stakeholders to deliberate on government’s regulatory policies to protect e-consumer to enlighten them on their rights.…
- 16 Aug 2024
Paradigm Initiative Urges Meta to Show Transparency in Govt Interactions over $200m Fine
Paradigm Initiative, civil society organisation, has called on Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC to demonstrate greater transparency in their dealings with the Nigerian government and relevant…
- 25 Feb 2021
NITDA, WeGO Africa to Enhance Digital Economy Values for Nigerians
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed his commitment to work with WeGO and any public or private organizations…
- 19 Jul 2024
FCCPC Slams $220m Fine on WhatsApp, Facebook over ‘discriminatory practices’ in Nigeria
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has imposed a $220,000,000 penalty on Meta Platforms Incorporated over alleged discriminatory practices against Nigerian data and…
- 26 Apr 2024
FCCPC to Review Multichoice’s Tariff Hike
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has promised to review recent price increases in MultiChoice cable subscriptions to ensure subscribers in Nigeria get value for their…
- 6 Feb 2024
FCCPC Decries Loan Apps Providers’ Continue Violation of Regulation
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has raised an alarm over what it described as an upsurge in violation of its Limited Interim Regulatory/Registration Framework and…
- 15 Sept 2019
James Agada to Keynote South East Cyber Security Conference
Techcode Nigeria Limited, Organisers of South East Cybersecurity Conference, dubbed SECYCONE, has disclosed that Dr. James Agada, former chief executive officer, CWG Plc., will deliver keynote…
- 26 Jan 2026
DHQ Indicts Brigadier General Abubakar Sadiq, 15 Others in Alleged Coup Plot againt Tinubu
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has made public the full names of 16 officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria indicted by a Special Investigative Panel over alleged serious misconduct, including an alleged…
- 13 Mar 2025
Fidelity Splashes Millions of Naira on Youth Corps Members with GAIM 6
Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to financial inclusion, youth empowerment, and promoting a healthy savings culture by rewarding nine National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members with…
- 20 Feb 2022
CJN Seeks Training of Judges in Cybercrime from US officials
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has urged the United States of America, USA, to assist in training judges in the country on how to handle cybercrime related cases. The…
- 2 Jul 2020
NITDA to Support Abuja Municipal Area Council with ICT Training
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has promised to support the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, with Information and…
- 28 Aug 2022
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Cleaner who Leads Drug Syndicate
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at…
- 13 Jan 2025
UBA Rewards Customers with over N41m in Final Edition of Legacy Promo
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global Bank, has distributed over N41.8m in prizes to over 100 lucky customers in its just concluded UBA Legacy Promo series. The promo which began last…
- 10 Oct 2019
UBA Rewards 20 More Customers in Final Draw of Wise Savers Promo as 80 Customers Win N120m
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial institution, has again rewarded another 20 customers who have emerged winners in the final draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo, winning N1.5…
- 29 Sept 2020
FG Awards Cash Prizes Worth N16.5m to Winners 0f Nigeria @ 60 Challenge
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has awarded prizes worth N16.5million to nine Nigerians who emerged winners of the Nigeria @60…
- 15 Nov 2016
Shittu, Onu for IIM’s Information Management Summit, Induction
Institute of Information Management (IIM) has announced plans to host a national summit on Information Management with the theme “Information Management For Change: Roles And Responsibilities Of Key…
- 8 Jan 2024
Inuwa, NITDA DG Urges ICPC to Digitalize Its Process for Improved Performance
By Joseph Johnson Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has avowed that automation of the Independent Corrupt…