The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced a new billing structure for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) banking transactions, placing payment responsibility directly on users through airtime deduction rather than bank account charges. This shift to End-User Billing (EUB) means that customers will now pay for each USSD session upfront […]
Day: June 13, 2025
Foreign diplomats from five major Western nations have raised serious concerns over Nigeria’s Cybercrime Act, warning that the legislation is increasingly being weaponised to stifle dissent, suppress free expression, and erode democratic freedoms. In a joint statement issued on Nigeria’s Democracy Day in Abuja, representatives from the United States, United […]
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with former Senator Smart Adeyemi over the passing of his mother, Princess Victoria Adeyemi. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, Tinubu acknowledged the enduring impact of her legacy, especially in the Iyara […]
The Nigeria Red Cross Society would be able to help almost 170,000 households in the northern states of Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara with this financing, the EU said in the statement. Community outreach, screening, and outpatient care for children with simple severe acute malnutrition […]
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria’s Ondo State branch has started an industrial action because the state administration is allegedly not carrying out the agreement that was struck with the union. Following the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum given to the government on June 4, 2025, and the government’s failure […]
One of the sons of the late Moshood Abiola, the declared victor of the canceled June 12, 1993, presidential election, Lekan Abiola, has disclosed that General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), the former military president, has expressed regret to the family for calling off the historic elections. Lekan revealed this on Thursday […]