Nigerian telecommunication companies have provided clear guidelines to help subscribers unblock their SIM cards, following recent disconnections due to the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) -SIM harmonisation exercise. This initiative, aimed at enhancing the integrity of the national SIM…
The Nigerian Communications Commission has ordered telecommunications operators, telcos to immediately restore all phone lines blocked due to non-linkage of National Identification Numbers to SIM cards. Reuben Muoka, the Director of Media and Public Affairs disclosed this on Monday. Recall that many Nigerians…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has signed the new minimum wage bill into law. Tinubu who presided over the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, at the Council Chamber in the State House, Abuja signed the N70,000 the new minimum wage into law. Vanguard had reported how the Federal government and Organized Labour…
The Executive Governor of Oyo State, H.E Governor Seyi Makinde has approved hazard allowance for personnel of the Oyo state Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA). The Governor stated that the approval takes effect from August 1, 2024. Governor Makinde stated this at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iseyin, on…
Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have commenced the final phase of disconnecting Subscriber Identity Module numbers (telephone lines) not linked to National Identification Numbers. Two senior officials from the telcos who were not in a position to speak publicly on the matter confirmed this development to The…
Many depots for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are currently dry, leading to fuel scarcity and attendant queues in Lagos, Ogun, parts of Abuja, Niger, and some other states across the country. The PUNCH reports that black marketers have taken advantage of the situation, selling as high as N1,300 per…
On March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari, during a national broadcast on the then rising COVID-19 crisis, announced the lockdown of Lagos and Ogun states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The erstwhile president also announced the closure of unity schools and the restriction of inter-state…
The Oyo State Scholarship Board has announced the opening of its application portal for the Oyo State Indigene Students Bursary Award. This initiative, launched by Governor Seyi Makinde, aims to provide financial support to final year students of Oyo State origin in public tertiary institutions across…
The Senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil, was said to have died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom, on Saturday. He would have been 53 on September 3. Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed…
The Oyo State Post Primary Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, has revised timetable for the Computer-based tests coming up next week. The development came on the heels of the envisaged nationwide protest, that may commence on August 1, 2024. Recall that the Chairman TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu, in Ibadan,…