NBA Stabilisation Fund: Lawyers to access N2m loan at 9.5%
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) can access a maximum of N2 million loan at an interest rate of 9.5 per cent per annum. But the NBA’s newly-introduced Stabilisation Fund is only for members who have duly paid their bar practicing fee. Dr. Rapulu Nduka, National Publicity Secretary NBA noted that the annual practising fee must be paid not later...
NCC pegs International Termination Rate for voice services at $0.045
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set the new International Termination Rate (ITR) for voice services paid by overseas telecom carriers for terminating international calls on local networks in Nigeria at $0.045. The new rate is contained in the ‘Determination of Mobile International Termination Rate’ issued by the Commission on November 25, 2021. The $0.045 rate is the floor price for...
Anambra poll: Court describes APC’s primaries as crude, nullifies Uba’s participation
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Andy Uba, in the November 6 Anambra governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, held that the June 26 primaries of the party which produced Uba as its standard-bearer was not validly conducted. Chief George Moghalu, an aspirant in the APC...
ASUU accuses FG of blackmail, delays action on strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of blackmailing lecturers by reducing their demands to payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA). The union, after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja at the weekend, declared that the government has failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement and subsequent...
DAKUKU PETERSIDE: Has democracy failed Nigerians?
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE Globally, citizens of countries with democratic profiles are beginning to question the efficacy of democracy – especially democracy's capacity to deliver the development agenda. A survey conducted by Pew Research shows that across 34 countries, a median of 52 per cent of those interviewed is dissatisfied with democracy. The dissatisfaction cuts across citizens of matured democracies of...
TUNDE ODESOLA: I’ll follow Buhari and Akande into the jungle
TUNDE ODESOLA Only three reasons could make me follow Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and his former victim, Chief Adebisi Abdulkareem Akande, into the jungle; not the President’s false claims on security, not the news that 3,125 persons were killed and 2,703 others were abducted in the North alone, in the last 11 months. As a Lagos-born son of...
Makinde opens up on secret behind massive infrastructure devt in Oyo
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has explained that the deployment of the Alternate Project Funding Approach (APFA) to fund key road and infrastructural projects is the secret behind the massive concluded and ongoing projects embarked upon by his government. The governor, who was speaking while flagging off the 34.8 kilometres Oyo-Iseyin federal road, maintained that the state's remarkable achievements in...
Takeaways from President Buhari’s epic visit to Turkey
By GARBA SHEHU The purpose of the President’s trip to Turkey, December 16th to 19th was to participate in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, with an appealing theme: “Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity.” Our national strategy was laid out before departure, based on a strong optimism that the summit will work well for all the leaders. Turkey is serious about...
Illegal drug: NDLEA arrest pregnant woman, others in 8 states
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided two drug stores in Lagos where a pregnant woman, Eze Joy Chioma, has been arrested with 1,442 kilograms of imported skunk. Also, four men including a 62-year-old Basset Emmanuel were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol. The 27-year-old Eze was arrested on Friday 17th December when operatives raided her store...
4 die, 8 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
No fewer than four persons died while eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a truck at Lufwape on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Umar noted that the incident occurred at 3:40p.m. and...
