Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 28th November 2019
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 28th November 2019 on some of the nation newspapers .
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USSD: Telcos threaten to disconnect banks
T elecommunications operators in the country said they may be forced to disconnect the links that allow bank customers perform financial transactions on their phones. This came as the operators insisted the banks must pay for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), which rides on telecoms infrastructure. USSD is a
Secondus to PDP govs: Cut down wastages
N ational Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has charged governors elected on the platform of the party to cut down wastages to be able to prepare for the future. Secondus, who spoke at a two-day summit organised by the PDP Governors’ Forum on Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) held yesterday in Abuja,
Nigeria lost $649m to cybercrime in one year – Senate
T he Senate, yesterday, alleged that Nigeria lost a whopping sum of $649 million or N250 billion in 2017 alone, to cybercrimes. Consequently, it urged the Federal Government to increase budgetary allocation to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT), to enhance the nation’s digital economy and cyber security. The Senate also mandated its Committee
IMF: Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP ratio below region’s average
…says country on track for 2.3% growth Rewane: We don’t have debt crisis A lthough her debt profile has increased in recent years, Nigeria’s debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio is still well below the average for sub-Saharan Africa and Africa as a whole, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
Shut up! NFF tells Rohr
Eagles Coach: NFF owes me $100, 000 …hires French lawyers for new contract talks T he Nigeria Football Federation says it has asked Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, to explain reasons behind several breaches of the contract that he signed with the body, which forbids him to divulge to the public/media information
NNPC, China firms, Brantex’s consortium conclude plans on $2.8bn AKK project
…as NNPC disowns bogus ‘Annual Chemistry Competition’ T he Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited (CPPECL) and Brantex Consortium, have concluded plans for the commencement of work on the $2.8 billion Abuja-Kaduna- Kano pipeline project popularly known as AKK project. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam
Military hands over 983 cleared Boko Haram suspects to Borno government
T roops of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole,’ of the Nigerian Army, have handed over 983 cleared suspected Boko Haram members to the Borno State Government for onward rehabilitation and reintegration into the society. While handing over the insurgents to the Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum at the Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri yesterday, the theatre Commander,
Ekiti gets new Accountant-General
E kiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appointed a new Accountant-General for the state. A statement yesterday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Yinka Oyebode stated that the governor had approved the appointment of Mrs. Olarike Olayinka to serve in that capacity. The statement reads: “Mrs. Olayinka replaces Mrs. Oluyemisi
120,000 Lagosians living with HIV/AIDS, says UNAIDS
T he Country Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr. Erasmus Morah, yesterday, said that no fewer than 120,000 Lagosians were living with HIV/AIDS, while 60,000 were yet to show up for treatment. Speaking at the inauguration of the Lagos State HIV Consortium and formal dissemination of
Controversy trails status of EFCC’s charge against Diezani, others
T he correct status of a 14-count charge preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and four others at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos is generating a heated controversy. Besides Diezani, the four others on the controversial charge are former Executive
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