CBN withdraws circular on cybersecurity levy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has retracted its directive asking banks and payment service providers to collect and remit the cybersecurity levy as outlined in the Cybercrime Prevention and Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. The apex bank announced this in…
Ondo guber: Jimoh rejects peace move Jimoh Ibrahim
Reconciliation moves by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to persuade one of the governorship aspirants of the party in the just concluded primary in Ondo State, Senator Jimoh lbrahim, may have hit the rocks. The aspirant has…
261,703 PVCs uncollected — INEC Kogi poll
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, weekend, said that over 261,703 Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, have remained uncollected in Ondo State, ahead of the November 16 governorship election. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, said that out of…
Obidients mobilize, form harmonization committee ahead of 2027 elections
In a move aimed at consolidating their gains and positioning themselves for a stronger showing in the 2027 presidential elections, supporters of the former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, also known as the Obidient movement, have formed a harmonization committee to…
Iran’s president, foreign minister, 7 others killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 63, as reported by Iranian news outlets. Rescuers on Monday found the helicopter that was carrying the Iranian president, as well as the country’s foreign minister…
US manufacturing output dips in April
Production at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in April amid a decline in motor vehicle output, data showed on Thursday. Manufacturing output dropped 0.3% last month following a downwardly revised 0.2% increase in March, the Federal Reserve said. Economists polled by…
China’s April industrial output rises 6.7%
China’s industrial output grew 6.7 percent year-on–year in April, accelerating from the 4.5 per cent pace seen in March, as the recovery in the manufacturing sector gathered pace. The official data released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics…
Minimum Wage: Why we may not accept N100,000 — Organised labour
Organised Labour has told the Federal Government to perish any thought of offering N100,000 as the new minimum wage. It also asked the government to be serious with negotiations on the issue of workers’ wages, insisting that it used the…
CDA News updates you need to know Monday morning
Good morning dear esteemed readers! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. There are indications that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to receive the scorecard of members of his cabinet this week. The administration will be one year…