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NCC approves disconnection of USSD services to debtor financial institutions
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecommunications companies to disconnect the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes of nine financial institutions. This action comes in response to the banks’ failure to settle a staggering debt of N200 billion that has been accumulating since 2019. In a public notice dated 15th Day of January 2025 and signed…
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Six die in Kogi road accident
Atleast six persons have been reportedly dead in a road accident in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, while 60 others were injured. The accident was said to have occurred around 3 pm on Tuesday near the Zone 8 Roundabout along the Hassan Katsina Road, Lokoja. “An articulated truck travelling from Bauchi to Enugu State lost control, resulting in the devastating…
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MAPOLY announces dissolution of SUG executives
The management of the Ogun state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta has announced the dissolution of the 2023/2024 Students Union Executives Council. This was announced in a press statement on Tuesday by the institution’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Yemi Ajibola. Ajibola stated that the decision was taken at the emergency meeting of the management held on Tuesday, 14th January,…
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Senate salutes fallen heroes on Armed Forces Remembrance Day
The Nigerian Senate has written an emotional tribute in remembrance of soldiers killed in the line of duty as the world marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on the 15th of January. A statement signed by the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’adua on Wednesday, described the military’s sacrifices for the defense of the country as selfless. He…
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NCC, FCCPC sign MoU on telecom consumer protection
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on telecommunication (telcom) consumer protection. The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, FCCPC Tunji Bello and the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, NCC, Aminu Maida signed the MoU on behalf of their respective commissions at the FCCPC headquarters in Abuja. In his speech at…
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Marwa seeks more NASS support, defends N67.5B 2025 NDLEA budget
…Senate, House Committees laud agency’s performance, assure of adequate support Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has expressed appreciation to the National Assembly especially the Senate and House Committees on Narcotic Drugs for their commitment to the nation’s fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking. He appealed for…
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20.3m residents received yellow fever vaccine in 2024- LASG
By Adeola Ogunrinde Lagos State government has revealed that 20,366,405 residents have received the yellow fever vaccine, with the state achieving 95 per cent coverage. The state government said 3,595,461 children were vaccinated against measles, representing 85 per cent coverage, while 163,553 eligible persons were vaccinated against HPV. Supervising Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Abimbola Bowale, disclosed…
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GAC endorses Obasa’s removal as speaker
..blesses new speaker, Meranda By Adeola Ogunrinde The highest political decision making body of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday, endorsed the change in leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly. It would be recalled that the former Speaker Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa was impeached by his colleagues on Monday. In his place, the Deputy…
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BREAKING: Lagos Lawmakers visit Governor Sanwo-Olu, GAC in Marina
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have visited governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) at the Lagos House in Marina. The lawmakers who left the Assembly Complex in the early morning on Tuesday, went in a white civilian bus while the Speaker of the House, Rt (Hon) Mojisola Lasbat Meranda went with her jeep. Although,…
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Obasa’s impeachment: Sanwo-Olu is innocent- Media Aide
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Gboyega Akosile, has debunked rumours making the round that the governor was instrumental to the impeachment of the immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa. Akosile made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN,…
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