The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend Automated Teller Machine (ATMs) fee hike. SERAP argued that it was unconstitutional for the CBN to go ahead with the ATM fee hike while there was a court case against the policy. … Read more
Corps members across Nigeria have again expressed outrage over the Federal Government’s failure to commence the payment of the approved N77,000 monthly allowance. Despite earlier assurances, many serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) confirmed receiving only N33,000 as their February 2025 allowance. The Federal Government had previously announced that the new allowance, … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees, pending the hearing and determination of the lawsuit before the Federal High Court, Lagos challenging the legality … Read more
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has officially launched the construction of a nine-storey secretariat complex in Bayelsa State, a project designed to enhance the working environment for civil servants. In his remarks on Saturday, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, said the workers’ complex would … Read more
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has announced that it will offer free medical surgeries as part of the celebrations for the 83rd birthday of its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Pastor Adeboye, a respected spiritual leader and teacher, was born on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, Osun State. As he turns 83 this … Read more
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned the Supreme Court’s recent ruling directing the withholding of local government allocations in Rivers State. Frank described the judgement as a deliberate injustice and warned that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat … Read more
Former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, has decried the rot in Nigeria’s electoral system. Naija News reports that former Governor Udenwa said most of Nigeria’s present leaders lack the leadership quality needed to move the nation forward. In an interview on Saturday with Edmund Obilo’s State Affairs, the former Governor of Imo State noted … Read more
European leaders have expressed their support for the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, after a chaotic meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office. Naija News reported that at the meeting, which was supposed to signal an end to the three-year Russia-Ukraine war, Trump and Zelenskyy engaged in a heated argument that ended a … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the recent increase in ATM withdrawal fees. SERAP argues that the hike should be put on hold until the Federal High Court in Lagos rules on its legality. In February 2025, SERAP … Read more
Activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has stated that despite the withdrawal of criminal charges against him, he is still weighing his legal options over his 21-day incarceration and ongoing legal battles. Speaking on The Duke Rants podcast, published on Saturday, Farotimi was asked what he would say if he met Chief Afe Babalola today. “Like … Read more