Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Federal Government is set to construct 100 houses in each of the 774 local government areas of the country.The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Atta, disclosed this in Kano on Tuesday evening, when the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, received hundreds
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Lagos, conferred the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Bill Gates for the renowned philanthropist’s interventions in maternal health, agriculture, and infectious disease research.Tinubu thanked Gates for providing global leadership that prioritised enriching the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to stop deducting charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions directly from customers’ bank accounts, signaling a major regulatory shift that follows years of unresolved debt and conflict between banks and mobile network operators (MNOs).Under the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its ongoing industrial action, instructing its members to resume work today (Wednesday).The union suspended the strike after leaders of JUSUN met with representatives of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.A communiqué signed by the national vice
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, met with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Tuesday.The meeting happened less than a week after Fubara said he was putting aside his pride and personal interests to bring peace back to Rivers State.The details of what the president and
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has written a book on the fraud in Nigeria’s petrol subsidy scheme.The book, published by Cable Books, is titled ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’ and will be released on
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