CBN Fines Nine Banks N150m Each For Cash Scarcity in ATMs
Jan. 14, 2025 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has sanctioned some Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) for failing to make Naira notes available through automated teller machines (ATMs),…
Extortion: Security stakeholders approve 4 checkpoints on Seme border corridor
Jan. 14, 2025 …Agree to creat joint taskforce The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, says that security stakeholders have approved four checkpoints to curb proliferation of check-points and extortion…
NIMC grants NCoS licence to register inmates for NIN
Jan. 14, 2025 The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has granted the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) license to register inmates in the 256 Custodial centres across the country for National…
Prerogative of mercy: Sanwo-Olu pardons 52, commutes death sentences of 6 inmates to life imprisonment
Jan. 14, 2025 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved the release of 52 inmates from various correctional facilities across the State and the commutal of six death row inmates to Life Imprisonment….
Lagos mandates installation of CCTV on high-rise buildings
Jan. 14, 2025 The Lagos State Government has made it mandatory for building owners in the state to install Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) on buildings of six floors and…
Police uncovers 2 gun manufacturing factories in Benue
Jan. 14, 2025 The Benue State Command of the Nigerian Police Force says it has uncovered two gun manufacturing factories in Guma and Kwande local government areas of the state….
JAMB Registrar, Oloyede, clears the air on ‘reckless spending’ allegation
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has decried the misrepresentation of figures in the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly Joint Committee on…
NERC transfers full regulatory oversight to 4 states
Jan. 14, 2025 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it has transferred full regulatory oversight function to four states in the country. The commission made this known via a…
Singapore tops nations with most powerful passports, Nigeria ranks 94th (Full ranking)
Singapore claimed top spot as the world’s most powerful passport for 2025 in the Henley Passport Index’s quarterly report while Australian passport was ranked the sixth most powerful in the…
NCC, FCCPC partner to eliminate regulatory gaps
Jan. 14, 2025 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have signed an agreement to eliminate regulatory gaps in the telecommunications industry. The…