Price hike: MultiChoice risks remitting 10% of 2021 profit for contempt of court
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered MultiChoice to produce its audited 2021 financial report for violating the tribunal’s restraining order on tariff increase. Multichoice is the owner of the satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. Festus Onifade, a legal practitioner, […]
ASUU strike causing me internal turmoil, says education minister
Adamu Adamu, minister of education, on Tuesday, met with vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities to find a solution to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking at the meeting, the minister said the indefinite strike is a source of “anguish and internal turmoil” to him. According to […]
Russia-Ukraine war: Nigeria, Poland sign agreements on agriculture, gas
Nigeria and Poland have signed agreements on agriculture and gas to address food and energy security occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war, as both strengthen countries’ 60-year-old bilateral relations. President Muhammadu Buhari and Andrzej Duda, his Polish counterpart, signed the deal on Tuesday at the presidential villa, Abuja. Duda described the agreement as […]
Customs intercepts explosive-making chemicals in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 20 drums of calcium carbide in Ogun state. Hussein Ejibunu, acting customs area controller, federal operations unit (FOU), zone A, Lagos state, said the drums of calcium carbide were smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries. He said calcium carbide is a chemical […]
APC: Ayu is deep in quicksand… PDP unqualified to seek votes of Nigerians
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not qualified to seek the votes of Nigerians during the 2023 polls. The ruling party said this in response to comments credited to Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman. Ayu was quoted as saying the APC is deepening the rift in […]
Tribunal dismisses suit challenging DStv, GOtv subscription price hike
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the price increase by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited. MultiChoice owns satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the tribunal, dismissed the suit for lacking merit. […]
Insecurity will end by December, says FG
The federal government says it is working to end the nation’s security challenges by December. Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, said this on Monday at a joint security press conference in Abuja. The minister said security agencies are working to “eliminate” those causing violent attacks in the country with December as the […]
Newspaper Headlines: We remain opposed to Muslim-Muslim ticket, says CAN
The suspension of the five percent tax on telecommunications services by the federal government dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers Source: Top Stories
Kuje prison attack: 65 well-armed operatives were on guard, Aregbesola tells reps panel
Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says 65 security operatives were on guard at the correctional facility in Kuje, federal capital territory (FCT), on the day it was invaded. Aregbesola said this on Monday when he appeared before the house of representatives committees on national security and interior. On July 5, 2022, gunmen […]
Family begs FG to intervene as DPO spends 2 months in captivity
The family of Sani Gyadi-Gyadi, divisional police officer (DPO) of Birnin Gwari division in Kaduna, has appealed to the federal government to help secure his release from captivity. In June, Gyadi-Gyadi was kidnapped along the Birnin Gwari road on his way to report as the new DPO in the division in Kaduna. […]