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In continuous compliance with regulatory directives, Nigerian networks are enforcing the need for customers to link their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their phone lines. MTN subscribers have been receiving messages from MTN with warnings of line blockage if they fail to link NIN to their MTN line in 2024. This guide presents step-by-step instructions and methods through which subscribers can […]
Nigerian parents whose children are studying abroad are battling to pay fees owing to the volatility in the exchange rate of the Nigerian currency, the naira, Daily Trust can report. Some of them are said to have withdrawn their children from foreign institutions. The naira weakened to a record low on January 30, 2024, selling […]
The 11 electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in the country yesterday blamed powerful and wealthy Nigerians for being partly responsible for the current illiquidity in the power sector in Nigeria.Spokesman of the power distributors under the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, argued when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television, that many […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the government to support Amina Alege, a 12-year-old student of the Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Lagos State, who suffered an eye injury after she was allegedly tear-gassed by the police. The incident occurred on Friday, February 9, 2024, in front of a mosque near Adam […]
The House of Representatives has resolved to stop sports betting in the country and urged the National Lottery Regulatory Commission to comply with the Lottery Regulatory Commission Act, 2005. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers) at plenary in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria had earlier reported […]
The Federal Government has ruled out the importation of food as part of strategies to address the high costs of foodstuffs and the economic hardship troubling the country. It has also set up a committee comprising the National Security Adviser, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, and the Inspector-General of Police to clamp […]
The Lagos State Government, through the state Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has sealed Progressive Estate, Abule Nla, located on Desalu Street, Iponri, Surulere Local Government, which was recently razed by fire pending integrity test to be conducted on the building. Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, gave the directive, when he visited the site of […]
The Ministry of Youth and Social Development in Lagos has launched a Special Task Force aimed at tackling street begging. The Task Force, consisting of representatives from various government departments and agencies, was inaugurated today in Alausa. Mr. Mobolaji Ogunlende, the Honourable Commissioner of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, has been appointed as […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday splashed N750 million on 15,000 Lagos traders as part of the Lagos Market Trader Money. The governor launched the Lagos Market Trader Money initiative in Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday with beneficiaries singing his praises. Sanwo-Olu had promised the traders at the commissioning of the Mid-Level Agro Produce Hub, Idi-Oro, Mushin […]
…Says LASG is intentional, unrelenting in addressing traffic issues President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will commission the Lagos Red Line rail on Thursday, February 29, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Wednesday. The Governor revealed this while speaking at the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) Stakeholders Forum themed: “Parking in Lagos, the journey so far […]
