NiDCOM, NIPC Synergise on Diaspora Investment Incentives

ABUJA — Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has emphasised the need for collaboration with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) on diaspora investment incentives. This is contained in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM on Tuesday in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa noted that such collaboration “a necessary step toward for national development. She was quoted as speaking at a strategic meeting with the Executive Secretary...

Ekiti Government Gives Farmers, Herders Extra Weeks for Registration

Another two weeks of space have been given to farmers and herders in Ekiti state to register under the state government. All farmers and herders in the state have been instructed or risk getting expelled from the state according to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Olabode Adetoyi. The state had conducted a two-week registration of farmers and herders in February but not citizens under the stated categories seized the...

Power Supply: CHRSJ to Lead Community Campaign Against IKEDC

A human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has concluded arrangement to lead the Lagos and Ogun State Communities on the campaign against the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) over non-restore of electricity back to some communities in the two States for a period of time now. They have also reiterated in the campaign that some offices of the IKEDC would be picketed after the expiration of 21- day ultimatum...

Amid Economic Hardship, CBN Introduces N7 Fee For USSD Transaction

Despite the country’s growing inflation and unemployment rate, the Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction for every Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service. This implies that for every time a consumer uses a USSD service, a flat fee of N6.98 will be deducted. In a statement, jointly signed by the apex bank’s acting director of corporate communications Osita Nwanisobi and director of public affairs at the Nigerian Communications...

DPR Seals Filling Stations In Kwara State For Over-pricing, Under-dispensing

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on Tuesday, in Ilorin, sealed up five filling stations for various offences including over-pricing and under-dispensing. The development was the result of the monitoring exercise of over 35 filling stations across the metropolis. Speaking with journalists shortly after the exercise, the controller, Ilorin field office of the DPR, Engineer Sule Yusuf, said there was no fuel scarcity or plan to increase fuel price in the country. “We observed that...

Prices of Foodstuffs Soar in Enugu Major Markets – Survey

ENUGU — Prices of some foodstuffs, particularly eggs, beans and crayfish have continued to rise in Enugu State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. NAN correspondent, who conducted a market survey in Enugu on Saturday, reports that the prices of foodstuffs had increased significantly between January and March. A 4.5 litre bucket of beans now sells for between N1,000 and N1, 200 as against N800 and N1, 000 sold in January, depending on the...

Traders In FCT, Jigawa Groan Over Scarcity Of Foreign Rice

ABUJA, FCT — Traders in some markets in Abuja on Saturday were out of stock of foreign rice in their shops and warehouses weeks after the reopening of borders by the Federal Government. Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed, a rice seller in Utako Market in Abuja, said in view of the scarcity, the price of foreign rice had increased in the market. Mohammed said that the scarcity started in the last two weeks. “In January and February,...

PPPRA Deletes Petrol Increase Template

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has deleted the template announcing the new price of petrol stands at N212.6 per litre from its website. The agency published the template on its website http://pppra.gov.ng/pms-guiding-price-for-march-2021/. The publication was welcomed with outrage across the country with fuel queues observed in several filling stations in Abuja and Lagos. The template which was released in the early hour of Friday, indicated petrol price to be sold at a lower...

Petrol Queues Resurface in Abuja Over Fear of Price Hike

ABUJA — Long queues have appeared in Abuja for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol, few days after normalcy returned to the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that long queues returned to retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Friday, while other areas were not selling the product. Meanwhile, Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, National Public Relations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) advised the public...

Young Lady Develops App For Reporting Rape Cases

The founder of Shamrock Innovations Kano Ms. Saadat Aliyu has developed Android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse. Ms. Aliyu who is a woman and youth-centric tech innovation hub in Kano said the ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020 on the play store and that any person can visit the play store on Android phone and install the app. “I started learning IT skills from my brother when I was in junior...

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