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MTN NIGERIA’S REVENUE HITS ₦1TRN, BOUNCES BACK TO PROFITABILITY IN Q1 2025 MTN Nigeria recorded a N1 trillion revenue in the first quarter of this year, buoyed by the recent tariff increment implemented in the middle of February 2025. Compared with the N752.9 billion recorded in Q1 2024, this represents a 40.5% increase in revenue year-on-year, even as the impact …

UK RESUMES VISA APPLICATIONS SERVICES In ENUGU, PORT HARCOURT The United Kingdom has resumed visa application services in Enugu, months after closing its centre in the city. Last November, the UK shut down its visa application centres (VACs) in Enugu and Port Harcourt following the launch of its largest facility in Lagos, operated by VFS Global. At the time, VFS …

BANKS’ CUSTOMERS TO PAY ₦‎6 PER SMS TRANSACTION ALERT STARTING TODAY Banks will commence implementing charges for alerts and other short messages (SMS) communications to their customers at the rate of N6 for every SMS transaction with effect from today. This is coming on the heels of the increase in telecommunications rates by telecommunication providers following a nod by the …

JUSTICE INYANG EKWO, OTHER JUDGES GET NJC HAMMER OVER MISCONDUCT The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended three Judges for one year without pay. The affected judges are Justice Jane E. Inyang of the Court of Appeal, Uyo Division; Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, and Justice Aminu Baffa Aliyu of the Federal High Court in …

FG LICENSES 11 NEW PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES The National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented operational licences to 11 newly approved private universities. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu during the presentation in Abuja on Wednesday, noted the growing importance of private universities as complementary partners to public institutions, particularly in catering to Nigeria’s youthful population Ribadu said since …

NORTH UNDER SIEGE, BUT UNITED – ACF Northern elites, on Wednesday, converged on Kaduna at the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting to discusses pressing issues concerning the region and the country at large. This is just as the BOT Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, Wazirin Dutse, raised serious concerns over the deteriorating security situation and rising hostility …

INEC MOVES TO STRIP PRESIDENT OF POWER TO APPOINT COMMISSIONERS The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is racing against time to ensure that all the impediments that have hindered credible, free and fair elections in Nigeria are resolved before the 2027 General Elections. Part of the moves is proposing amendments to Nigeria’s Electoral Framework that would strip the …

ONLY A STRONG NORTHERN CANDIDATE CAN DEFEAT TINUBU IN 2027 – DELE MOMODU Former Presidential Candidate and a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has harped on the need for the opposition to field a popular northern candidate if President Bola Tinubu must be dislodged in 2027. He disclosed this while appearing on Arise TV on Wednesday to …

HOW FUBARA VISITED WIKE, BEGGED FOR RECONCILIATION The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, recently visited the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, at his Abuja residence to beg for reconciliation, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The visit came a few days after Mr Fubara held a meeting in London with President Bola Tinubu over his (Fubara) political feud with …

ANYANWU, UDE-OKOYE OUT AS PDP APPOINTS ACTING NATIONAL SECRETARY The Deputy National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Setonji Koshoedo has assumed office as Acting National Secretary of the party in line with the decision and directive of the National Working Committee at its meeting on Tuesday, 29th of April, 2025. A post by the party on its page on …