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By, Onome Jackson (1) There was extensive discussions with stakeholders, before the NCC approved a tariff adjustment of up to 50%, which was significantly lower than the 100% increase proposed by telecom operators. (2).The tariff hike was implemented in good faith to prevent the sector from collapsing. (3).Long overdue…The last telecom tariff increase approved by the NCC was in 2013 ...
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February, 2025
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1 February
Wasiu K1, Portable release ‘Ganusi” albums
By, Joke Thomas. As the slang Ganusi is trending with many catching cruise with it, the man at the centre of it, Wasiu, K1 de ultimate as wax an album on it. So has Zazu croner, Portable.. “Ganu, Ganu So people, this year valentine i will be doing it with my wife in London”. Portable announced hours ago. On social ...
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1 February
Opposition woos Obasa in Lagos
By, Onome Jackson Opposition Party in Lagos State is waiting in the wings to catch in, benefit from the removal of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa. His removal is causing division within the All Progressives Congress in the state, so opposition parties are declaring readiness to welcome the embattled lawmaker should he consider ...
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1 February
JAMB postpones 2025 registration to February 3
By Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a postponement of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. Originally scheduled to begin, Friday, January31 ,2025, the registration process will now commence on Monday, February 3, 2025. The new dates according to JAMB are new registration to commence on Monday, February 3, 2025, and end on ...
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1 February
JAMB suspends Law at 8 universities
By, Isa Abdullahi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said admissions into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in eight universities will not be processed for the 2025/2026 academic session. In a statement by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board explained that the decision was based on suspending law programmes in the institutions by the Council of Legal Education ...
January, 2025
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27 January
Obasa plots comeback as Speaker, may be charged for Treasonable Felony
By Ayoofe Ayedatiwa Plot by recently impeached Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa to probably used armed thugs, street urchins, cultists, area boys on Monday the 27th of January, 2025 to escort the speaker to the house, has been uncovered . Consequently, some group, are calling on the “Executive Governor of Lagos State as the Chief Security Officer of the State to beef ...
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24 January
Telecoms tariff hike: Labour set for showdown, service boycott
By Adebola Hopewell There are indications that Nigeria Labour Congress is set for Nationwide strike as pressure mount for possible reversal of the 50 per cent telecom tariff hike to 10 per cent. The labour union, led by Joseph Ajaero, criticised the increase on Wednesday, describing it as an added burden on Nigerian workers who earn less than $50 per ...
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24 January
Judge Stops Trump’s Birthright citizenship ban
By Onome Jackson A U.S. judge on Jan. 23 has blocked President Donald Trump’s order limiting birthright citizenship. He faulted President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship. The move was part of Trump’s litany of executive orders he signed on his inauguration as the US president. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the end of a hearing in Seattle ...
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20 January
Kemi Badenoch renews attacks on Nigeria
Leader of UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has renewed her onslaught against Nigeria. The Nigerian-born politician dominated the headlines towards the end of last year over controversial remarks about her birth country. While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues, Badenoch said she ...
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20 January
Police arrest couple for sales of 10 children @ #1m each
By, Joke Thomas A couple, Lukman Isiaka, 42, and his wife, Abosede Olanipekun, 23, were arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing children across Ondo and Osun states. The police have recovered 10 of the stolen children, but some distraught parents who thronged the command’s headquarters lamented that their children were still missing. Men of the Ondo State Police Command apprehended them. ...
