Telecommunication companies will disconnect more Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) numbers not linked to National Identification Numbers (NIN) on Friday, March 29, 2024, the Nigeria Communications Commission has said. The Director of Public Publicity at the NCC, Reuben Mouka, told The PUNCH on a telephone call…
In a bid to ensure more farmers in Oyo State have access to Agricultural loan schemes, the State government has taken steps to ease up the guarantor’s requirements for the ongoing SAfER/ACCOS scheme. This was announced in a statement issued and signed by the Chairman of the Agricultural Credit Corporation…
The Oyo State governor, ‘Engr. Seyi Makinde has successfully negotiated a major investment deal with Africorp Consortium during his recent visit to Casablanca, Morocco. Led by Chairman Saad Berrada Sounni and CEO Jaafar Harti, Africorp which is set to establish a multi-million-dollar factory in Ibadan. This was…
…. Says only one person is above the law Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has broken his silence after an invitation by the Department of State Services over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. According to him, the invitation was necessary, and he had a productive…
A Kano High Court sitting on Tuesday, sentenced a Chinese National, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment,…
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Tuesday, concluded its two-day meeting for March 2024. This meeting marks the second MPC meeting for 2024 and also the 294th meeting of the CBN. The MPC, at the end of today’s meeting, elected to hike the MPR by 300 basis points. The committee voted…
Twelve out of 36 states have applied to the Federal Government to set up their state Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nigerian Tribune has learnt. According to a source from one of the agencies of the Federal Government, 24 states, including Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, are yet to apply. Nigerian…
Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub, the first of the integrated agribusiness industrial hubs that Governor Makinde approved for Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) to build across the state, is almost completed. It is located on 1,100 hectares of land in Oyo West Local government, along Oyo Iseyin…
The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja. Idris said Gumi is…
BARRING unforeseen circumstances, kingmakers in Ibadanland will meet tomorrow to ratify the Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. The statutory kingmakers and members of the Olubadan-in-Council expected at the meeting are the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief…