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- 6 Jun 2021
Group to Sue Telcos over Twitter Ban
The Concerned Nigerians group has announced intentions to sue the telecoms companies for blocking Nigerians from accessing Twitter, the social media platform. It would be recalled that the Nigerian…
- 3 May 2026
Access Bank Warns Nigerians against Fake WhatsApp Investment Groups using Aig-Imoukhuede’s Identity
Access Bank has said that scammers are impersonating, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, former group chairman, with fraudulent WhatsApp investment groups and warned Nigerians to avoid and report groups. The…
- 11 Sept 2015
Security Concerns as 8 Nigerians Die Daily Under Buhari’s 100 Days
Buharimeter, a platform monitoring the implementation of the electoral promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reported that about 800 Nigerians were murdered by the extremist Boko Haram sect…
- 15 Nov 2023
SEC Suspends Nigeria’s Tingo Group Shares over Fraud Allegations
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading in the securities of Tingo Group- Nigerian agri-fintech, amid allegations of fraud, particularly concerns about the…
- 21 Apr 2021
Terrorism Tag: Pressure Mounts on Buhari to Sack Pantami
Following concerns over the past sermons of Dr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, relating to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda groups, some Nigerians and groups are piling pressure…
- 6 Nov 2015
South Africa Expresses Concern over MTN Fine in Nigeria
South Africa has expressed concern over a N1.04 trillion imposed by Nigerian authorities on MTN Group. However, the country said it would not affect the cordial relations between the continent’s two…
- 25 Sept 2023
Onyema Tasked CloD Nigeria on Shaping the Governance Landscape
Oscar N. Onyema OON, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, has said that the Chartered Institute of Directors, Nigeria (CIoD) can play a crucial role in promoting and…
- 13 Mar 2025
NCS Raises Concern over Nigeria’s Replacement of Remita
Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) has expressed concern over the Federal Government’s decision to replace Remita Payment Service Ltd with the Treasury Management and Revenue Assurance System. Dr.…
- 16 Nov 2020
Muslim Group Reacts to Suit to Remove Arabic from Naira
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, has described the suit challenging the Arabic inscription on the Nigerian currency (naira) as acrobatic religiosity. MURIC…
- 5 May 2026
SEC Flags Weak Disclosures by Nigerian Companies
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has raised concerns over weak sustainability reporting among Nigerian companies, warning that poor disclosure practices could hinder their access to global…
- 19 Sept 2021
More Groups Join Arewa Youth’s Call for CBN Governor’s Resignation
Seven different groups have added their voices to that of the Arewa Youth Assembly, calling for the resignation of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over his alleged…
- 30 Mar 2009
CDI Begins Campaign for Soludo’s Reappointment
Constitutional Democracy Initiative (CDI), concerned group and a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has indicated its support for the reappointment of Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Governor…
- 5 Feb 2018
Egmont May Expel NFIU, Blacklist Nigerian Credit Cards
Nigerians may no longer be able to carry out international transactions as Egmont Group is considering expelling the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) because of governance issues. …
- 13 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Palliative: Zinox Group to Feed over 7000 Families for 2 Weeks
In a bid to ameliorate the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in most states of the Federation, the Zinox Group has committed to feeding over 7000 Nigerian families…
- 25 Aug 2008
Atcon Berate Stakeholders on Telecom Awards
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has expressed displeasure over the flagrant abuse of "Nigeria Telecom/ICT Awards" even by organizations, and individuals…
- 31 May 2010
Globacom: Ghana’s Uncontrollable Fear of Nigeria
Ghana is beginning to display xenophobia against Nigerians and Nigerian businesses, making nonsense of West Africa’s new impetus to forge closer ties. Like in every fear of foreigners, some…
- 29 Apr 2022
Experts Demand Immediate Ban of GMO Cowpea in Nigeria
A coalition of non-governmental organisations, farmer groups and research experts have called on the Nigerian government to immediately ban the distribution of Genetically Modified Cowpea, popularly…
- 23 Jan 2025
NLC Announces Nationwide Boycott over Telecom Hike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), an umbrella group for trade unions, has announced that Nigerians are planning a statewide boycott of telecom services in protest of the Nigerian Communications…
- 15 Mar 2019
Sign Digital Rights Bill Now, Paradigm Initiative Tells Buhari
Paradigm Initiative, an advocacy group, is currently mobilising Nigerians to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law…
- 26 Oct 2020
SERAP Kicks as NBC Slams Fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), leading Nigerian rights group, has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to cancel the fines imposed on three TV channels…
- 3 May 2022
Why Millions of Africans are Right to Resist Mobile SIM Card Registration
By Dr Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal…
- 19 Oct 2017
ITSSP Moves to Bridge Information Security Gap in Nigeria
Information Technology Systems and Security Professionals ITSSP, an interest group under Nigerian Computer Society, is set to build community of ethical hackers in Nigeria so as to bridge the abysmal…
- 18 May 2021
WhatsApp Privacy Policy Changes: NITDA Issues Advisory on Implication for Nigerian User
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has provided advisory to Nigerians to address their concerns on changes to Whatsapp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which took…
- 21 Oct 2017
Nigerians Ask NBC to Compel TSTV to Come Clean
Some Nigerians have asked National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to compel the management of new pay-television, TSTV, to come clean on its business plan for the country. Daily Post reported…
- 18 Aug 2015
Travellers Out of Nigeria Declare $12Bn
Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stated that currency declaration by travellers out of Nigeria amounted to $12.058 billion in three years. As he…
- 13 May 2024
Cybersecurity Levy Meant for Financial Institutions, Telcos – Senate:
Senator Shehu Umar Buba, chairman, Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, on Sunday, clarified that the recently imposed cybersecurity levy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 21 Feb 2023
Konga Jara: 12 Lucky Shoppers Enjoy VIP Treatment, Exclusive Mentorship by Ekeh, Zinox Boss, Others
It was a weekend of excitement, filled with a huge dose of useful business success tips and powerful insights from a carefully selected cast of resource persons and spiced with loads of fun and…
- 30 Nov 2012
Ramaphosa, MTN Chairman Faces Scrutiny over Nigerian Deal
Cyril Ramaphosa, an executive of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the board of the continent’s largest mobile phone operator; MTN Group has come under…
- 27 Aug 2020
NTA-StarTimes Open to Forensic Audit- Management
The management of NTA-Star TV Network Ltd, a joint venture between the Nigerian Television Authority and the StarTimes Group, has welcomed the forensic audit on its finances and operations, as…
- 9 Nov 2015
MTN $5.2Bn Fine: Nhleko Leads Talks with NCC
Phuthuma Nhleko, acting executive chairman of MTN Group said that top on his agenda is the resolution of issues concerning $5.2 billion fine imposed on the company by the Nigerian Communications…