Giant telecom operator, MTN, has debunked the allegations that it steals customers’ data, contrary to the persistent complaints by customers across the country. It denied any system to siphon data, blaming increased usage on shifts from 3G and 4G to 5G networks and heavier video streaming. Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Stephen Blewett, dismissed […]
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US President Donald Trump speaks as he signs an executive order targeting ticket scalping in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2025. (Credit: Saul Loeb / AFP) US President Donald Trump has announced that exports from Nigeria to the United States will now be subjected to a 14 […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has raised the petrol pump price to N925 per litre at its retail stations in Lagos, and N950 per litre in Abuja. Effective from April 2, 2025, the new price represents an increase of N65 from the previous price of N860 per litre in Lagos and an N70 […]
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Nigeria will take a $1.08bn World Bank loan to support education, nutrition and the economy. Already, the global financial institution has approved the concessional loan to enhance nutrition for underserved groups, build household and community resilience, and improve education quality. The bank said in a statement on its website on Wednesday that, “The World Bank […]
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Presidency officials have disclosed that increasing concern over performance and alleged failure to meet key production targets impelled President Bola Tinubu to sack Mele Kyari and other board members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. The president had on Wednesday removed Kyari, who had been at the helm of the national oil company […]
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A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has expressed worries over the security situation in the country. He is particularly disturbed by the worrisome cases of killings, armed robbery, oil tanker explosions, attacks by gunmen, kidnapping for ransom, banditry and violent clashes […]
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By Banji Ayoola The effects of the inexorable Law of Sowing and Reaping are playing out today in the experiences, the weal and woe of human earthly wanderers. We have committed so many juridical crimes in the past. Many heroes and heroines in history, human beings endowed with, and wielding earthly powers that cut deeply […]
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By Yinka Fabowale As a rule, I refuse to give beggars alms. Were Florence Fabowale to know of the fact today, she would twist my ears until the poor, tender lobes turn red and hurt. But, thanks to the gulf of the Atlantic Ocean that has kept me safely out of her reach. But even […]
Continue ReadingBy Kayode Oseni Blood pressure, whether high or low, must never be brought up or down abruptly. Also,it is very pertinent to understand that the given “normal BP reading” of 120/80 for an healthy individual is only an average reading. I know quite a lot of people with a high BP reading, usually of around […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has approved the construction of a dual carriage way from Akure the state capital to Idanre. Announcing this at a stakeholders meeting at the palace of the Deji of Akure, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Lands and Housing, Engineer Ayorinde Abiola Olawoye FNSE reiterated the governor’s passion […]
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