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MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps on Friday. The channels were blocked as a result of MTN reducing the banks’ commission on USSD airtime to 2.5 per cent. However, following the intervention by the […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has encouraged Nigerians to have great hope that things will get better for the country, amid the insecurity and other challenges in Nigeria. He gave the words of encouragement during a brief chat with journalists after he attended the Easter Sunday service held at the Aso Villa Chapel in […]

Judiciary workers, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), have declared an indefinite nationwide strike to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The national leadership of JUSUN in a circular dated April 1 and seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday, ordered the shut down of various […]

MTN customers in Nigeria now have alternative electronic payment platforms to recharge their phones as the mobile network operator on Saturday announced that customers can recharge airtime through payment solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, Jumia Pay, OPay, Kuda, Carbon and BillsnPay. MTN in a statement on Saturday by its Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, […]

The Federal Government has asked all the states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they use half of the doses allocated to them. Sunday PUNCH, through its investigations, found that the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaibu, asked all the states to suspend vaccination when they reach half of […]

The Commander, Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole, Brig.-Gen. Adamu Nura, has appealed to journalists to prioritise Nigeria’s national interest in their reporting. Nura made the appeal, on Friday, while hosting members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who paid him a courtesy visit in Damaturu, adding that security is everybody’s business. “National interest is […]

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Twitter yesterday evening, mocked Reno Omokri over the #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon protest he staged in front of Abuja house in London on April 2. Governor El-Rufai saw one of the viral videos of Reno at the ‘protest ground’ with the caption : ”Aide to former President @GEJonathan, “Pastor” @renoomokri leads “massive” protest […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has threatened striking doctors that the Federal Government may stop paying their salaries if they do not resume to work. He said this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to Ngige, the Federal Government is empowered by labour law to stop paying salaries of […]

Twenty-four hours after gunmen attacked a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, he said the operation lasted for more than 10 minutes. Gunmen had opened fire during a town hall meeting at the Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing three of his security aides. But […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians not to allow mischief mongers to divide the country. The President in his Easter message to Christians on Thursday assured Nigerians that the insecurity situation in the country will become a thing of the past. “I am convinced that the new resolve within the security personnel to make sure […]

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have asked the National Assembly to enact laws that will ban government officials from seeking healthcare overseas. NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, stated this on Thursday while speaking on Punch Live interview programme. He said until the legislature makes a law restricting government officials from medical tourism, the much-desired […]

The  National Association of Resident Doctors’ strike hit tertiary hospitals in the country hard on Thursday as they were overwhelmed by a large number of patients, many of whom were not attended to. Punch correspondents, who monitored the strike, which began on Thursday, observed that although the health institutions deployed consultants in attending to patients, the […]

The US government says it cannot confirm the accurate figure of casualties from last October’s Lekki tollgate shooting in Lagos during a protest against police brutality. The US Department of States said this in its 45th annual human rights report. The report said “accurate information on the fatalities” from the shooting remain fuzzy because apart […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has dismissed a tweet that quoted him as saying that he won’t mind a constitutional amendment to allow unlimited term of office for the president if President Muhammadu Buhari wishes to remain in office beyond 2023. Lawan, in a statement by his media aide, Ola Awoniyi, said he never made such […]

Banks in Nigeria have notified customers that effective on Thursday (today), the old cheque leaflets will no longer be acceptable for clearing. They also urged the customers to get the new revised cheque standard leaflets introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Earlier, the Central Bank of Nigeria had extended the phase-out date for old […]

Gunmen on Wednesday attacked Prof. Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who has indicated interest in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Daily Trust gathered that he was attacked in Isuofia, where he hails from in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra. Three policemen among the security aides attached […]

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday March 30, took a jab of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine. This comes months after he took to his social media handles to condemn the vaccine, describing it as evil and ”Gates killer vaccine” He posted photos and videos of him taking the jab at the National Hospital Abuja on Tuesday, […]

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he made an error while calling for more youths to be drafted into the Nigerian Army in a bid to adequately tackle the nation’s security challenges.  In a communique by his media aide Tunde Rahman, Tinubu stated on Tuesday that contrary to comments made […]