The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed concern over the way banks charge customers indiscriminately during transactions. Gbajabiamila said this when he hosted the Board and Management of the Standard Chartered Bank, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lamin Manjang, on Monday in Abuja. The speaker said apart from charges known to the customers, there appeared to be other ‘hidden’ charges that the banks imposed on their customers. He stated that the House was concerned that such a practice was making customers helpless, while calling on Nigerian banks to come up with ways to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said that the first batches of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine received will expire in June 28 and July 9th. The agency disclosed that Nigeria was yet to take delivery of the 300,000 donated vaccine from MTN. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19. He said, “The batches of AstraZeneca we received have expiring dates of June 28 and July 9th. On that of MTN vaccines, we have not taken delivery of…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria will receive 29.8 million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made this public on Monday during the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. “The Federal government has signed off to receive up to 29.8 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines through the African Union platform,” he said. Shuaib said the country was also expecting deliveries of vaccines through the COVAX facility by the end of May or early June. “By this time, the country would…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a news briefing at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Monday. Oloyede said the use of the USSD code would commence from Friday, April 30. He said the board had received…
The Kaduna state government, said bandits have killed two more students of Greenfield University Kaduna, who were abducted on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “On a sad note, security agencies have just reported to the Kaduna state government the recovery of two more dead bodies of Greenfield University students, killed by armed bandits today, Monday 26th April. “The retrieved corpses have been evacuated to a mortuary, and the university has been notified of the development. “The government of Kaduna state under the…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in display of resilience, commitment and doggedness eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists, who attacked its base at Mainok in Borno on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said that the troops had on Sunday, came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists mounted on unconfirmed numbers of Gun Trucks as well as foot soldiers with possible intent of establishing a phantom caliphate in the town. He said that the terrorists were held by the gallant…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has disclosed that banditry has caused humanitation crisis with the disertion of not less than 50 villages across five local government areas of the state. The governor stated this while opening a two-day workshop on strategies for enhancing internally generated revenue, IGR, of local government councils, which held in Minna, the state capital. Sani-Bello, who acknowledged that the workshop is apt, also stressed the need for local councils to look inwards and strengthen IGR by expanding the tax net so as to meet the increasing demands in their areas in particular and the state in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website on Monday, JAMB has also registered more than 8, 000 Direct Entry (DE) candidates. “Total profile code generated so far is 497,528. “Total UTME pin vended is 344, 115, while total pin vended for DE is 10, 848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316, 132 and total registered candidates for DE is 8, 490. “Total candidates who have indicated interest in sitting for the mock UTME…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday said his administration inherited about N100 billion unpaid pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Okowa disclosed this at the third session of the 8th Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Ughelli Diocese. The session was held at Bishop Agori-Iwe Memorial Church, Ughelli. Okowa said that the financial burden forced 18 state governments out of 26 that enlisted on the scheme to withdraw, leaving only eight state governments, including Delta, in the Programme. The governor explained that the major challenge which forced the states to withdraw and others not to enrol…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said the state-owned Ikun Dairy Farm in Ikun- Ekiti, would serve as a prototype for National Livestock Transformation Plan in addressing farmers-herders crisis in the state. Fayemi said this during an inspection of the newly-arrived 227 cows at the Ikun Diary Farm from the United States of America (USA) and the expansive land for the cultivation of hays. He said the integrated farm, designed to commence production of 10,000 litres of milk daily, is a joint project of Ekiti state government and Promasidor Diary Company. Fayemi said the new pregnant cows will be confined…