By Ayomide Otitoju Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has cautioned Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, wife of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, against interfering in the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation leveled against her husband. Mrs. Akpabio had earlier dismissed the senator’s accusations as baseless, asserting that both families had maintained a cordial relationship for years…
By Ayomide Otitoju Leading telecommunications company, Globacom, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, successfully hosted the 2025 International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Abuja on Wednesday and Thursday. The high-profile summit, organized in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), brought together global…
By Ayomide Otitoju MTN Nigeria has achieved a partial resolution in its prolonged dispute over Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debts, successfully recovering N32 billion from Nigerian banks. However, a substantial N42 billion remains unpaid, reflecting the ongoing tensions between telecom operators and financial institutions. The payment follows a directive from the Central Bank of…
By Ayomide Otitoju As the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) prepares for the full deployment of B’Odogwu, Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to grant the necessary approvals for Authorized Dealer Banks to integrate into the new system. Adeniyi emphasized that authorization is critical to ensuring seamless transactions ahead of…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned former Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, and four others before the Abia State High Court over alleged misappropriation of ₦47 billion. The other defendants include his son, Engineer Chinedum Orji; former Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Philip Nto; a government contractor, Obioma…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has criticized her predecessor, Mudashiru Obasa, for attempting to reclaim his position by forcefully entering the Assembly Complex on Thursday. Speaking to journalists at the Lagos State High Court on Friday, where Obasa had filed a legal challenge to his removal,…
Russia has commended former U.S. President Donald Trump for showing “restraint” during a heated confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in a Telegram post on Friday, mocked Zelensky’s claim that Ukraine was left without support in 2022, calling it “his biggest lie.” “How Trump and…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the country is moving towards economic recovery despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, emphasizing that recent reforms are yielding positive results. Speaking on Friday while signing the ₦55.99 trillion ($37 billion) national budget for 2025, Tinubu acknowledged the economic difficulties faced by citizens but insisted that…
By Ayomide Otitoju Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative financial institution and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to empower 800,000 small businesses across the country. The agreement, signed on February 25, 2025, in Lagos, marks…
