By Elijah Ugani As part of its core mandate in the area of road safety, Rima Deck of the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, in partnership with Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Special Marshal Unit 18 Obudu, Cross River State and the Vehicle Inspection Unit, VIO, held a one-day public awareness campaign with the theme…
99 Cents Only Stores announced on Friday that they are closing down all 371 locations. The company cited “inflationary pressures” for why their business model can no longer work. The company will begin liquidation sales and will then move forward by selling the real estate. READ ALSO: Ghana beats Nigeria to maiden West Africa Music &…
Kingmakers and traditional chiefs in the Ife North Local Government area of Osun State have pledged not to consult Ifa oracles or deities when choosing the new Olumoro of Moro, as the selection process is about to begin. Newsmen at the palace on Wednesday were informed by the Moro council of chiefs and Kingmakers, headed…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC declared on Wednesday that its customers’ electricity rates would now be N255 per kilowatt instead of N66. Musliu Oseni, the Vice Chairman of NERC, revealed the 241% increase during a press briefing in Abuja. He clarified that the increase will affect Band A consumers who receive 20 hours of…
The Verge recently published a blog post, sharing the experience of installing the third-party app store Mobivention (focused on B2B) for iPhone in Europe, and admitted that the whole process was not easy. One potential obstacle faced by European iPhone users who want to install a third-party app store is that the installation process is…
Forbes released the 2024 Global Billionaires List on April 2. Data shows that the wealth of billionaires continues to expand. According to the report, there are currently more billionaires than ever before: 2,781 in total, 141 more than last year and 26 more than the record set in 2021. They are also wealthier than ever,…
By Bob Peters Customs Officers’ Wives Association, COWA Onne chapter has started distributing Rice, vegetable oil and other food items to cushion the effects of hardship in the country among its members, orphans and especially wives of the fallen heroes and the less privileged Speaking during the distribution of the materials at Customs Barracks Ebubu…
New York homeowners are getting sued by squatters who claim they were unfairly evicted from a house where they weren’t paying rent. Shortly before turning the property over to paying tenants, the owners discovered that squatters had taken over their home. After kicking them out of the home, the squatters hired an attorney to sue…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN has scored the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, low in the implementation of the Safe to Load, STL programme at the depots. The displeasure was registered by Mr Robert Obi, Chairman of IPMAN in Cross River during a Town Hall Meeting between stakeholders in the petroleum sector…
The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria asserts that the Securities and Exchange Commission is in charge of overseeing cryptocurrency regulations. The governor did, however, state that the central bank will work with the authorities in charge of the Nigerian cryptocurrency industry and law enforcement. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Yemi…
