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NCC denies plan to disqualify Nigerians under 18 years from getting SIM cards

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied claims that it planned to disqualify Nigerians below 18 years of age from getting Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. A media report Wednesday claimed that the NCC was planning to stop Nigerians, under 18 years, from having access to SIM cards. The Commission said parents and guardian can acquire SIMs for their children and wards under 18 years, but be ready to take responsibilities for whatever might happen thereafter. NCC in a statement signed by its Director of Public Administration, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde,…

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Terrorism: NASCO Group refutes allegations of financing terrorism in Nigeria

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A media report accusing NASCO Group of funding terrorism by Boko Haram and other terrorist elements in Nigeria and other African countries has been denied by the company. NASCO Group Nigeria in a statement said the report by journalist David Hundeyin on terrorism funding contains “defamatory and slanderous contents” as it will never “be sponsors to any criminal act, organization, or violence of any kind that will disrupt the peace and tranquility of the Nigerian state or any country in the world.” “After the unfortunate events of 2001, thousands of…

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No possibility will be ruled out including declaration of state of emergency in Anambra -Malami

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Attorney of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday gave an indication that FG might declare a state of emergency in Anambra if the incessant killings and rising insecurity in the state persists. This, it said, is so as to protect the sanctity of the scheduled November 6 governorship election in the state. Abubakar Malami gave the indication at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House, Abuja. He said no possibility will be ruled out inclusive…

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‘I intend selling kidnapped boy for N200,000’ -suspected kidnapper

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Samuel Lucky Akpan, the kidnapper of a four-year-old boy in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has confessed that his intention was to sell the victim for N200,000. Akpan who was arrested by the state security outfit codenamed Amotekun revealed that he needed the money urgently when he was paraded in Akure. According to him ” the man I want to sell the boy to was even waiting for me to bring him when I was arrested by the operatives of Amotekun. The suspect, who is a friend of the boy’s…

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Bank staff arrested for faking own robbery

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Olagoke Dare, staff of a Microfinance Bank in Abeokuta, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police command for planning with another person to rob him of N3million belonging to his employer. The command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police at Ibara divisional headquarters, that armed robbers have attacked the duo of Olagoke Dare and Mary Agbejo while coming out from a commercial bank at Oke-Ilewo area of the metropolis where they had gone to…

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Nigerians below 18 years cannot get SIM -NCC

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According to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the Nigerian Communications Commission’s website, anyone below the age of 18 is disqualified from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only include anyone above the age of 18. “‘Subscriber’ means a person not below the age of 18 years who subscribes to communications services by purchasing a subscription medium or entering into a subscription contract with a licensee.” The Licensee refers to ‘a…

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FIRSTBANK HOSTS FINTECH SUMMIT 5.0, HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF OPEN BANKING ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that the 2021 edition of its annual FINTECH Summit is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 7 October 2021 by 10:00 am. The virtual event is opened to everyone, but participants are required to register via the link https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NmkYfeckQqu4vjTWy5lr5w The 2021 edition of the summit which is the fifth in its series is themed; “Open Banking and its Derivative Opportunities for the Financial Ecosystem” and will be discussed by experts, policy influencers, regulatory officials as well as key…

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Peter Obi, nine others implicated in Pandora papers revelation

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10 Nigerian politicians were on Monday, implicated in the Pandora Papers for tax evasion. They were among hundreds of individuals from other countries indicted by the papers for hiding their wealth and assets in offshore locations to evade taxes. The Pandora Papers is an investigation based on one of the biggest-ever leaks of financial documents which exposed a hidden world of shielded wealth belonging to hundreds of politicians and billionaires. Published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on Sunday, the papers listed 336 politicians, including nationals of eight African…

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Nigeria missing on UK COVID-19 vaccine certificates list

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Nigeria is missing on the list of more than 50 countries the United Kingdom relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for. Consequently, fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for at least 10 days before they can enter the country. Nigerian travellers had expressed displeasure over COVID-19 tests in the UK, despite being fully vaccinated. But the UK government had said Nigeria was on the ‘amber’ list, which had restrictions for travellers to the UK, irrespective of whether they had been vaccinated against COVID or not. From yesterday,…

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Mark Zuckerberg loses $7bn to Facebook outage

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Facebook stock went down by about 5.5 per cent, while its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, also lost nearly $7bn to the outage that plagued the social media platform on Monday. Also affected were WhatsApp and Instagram, both owned by the Silicon Valley, California-based tech company. In all, the global economy lost billions of dollars to the outage which took place at about 4.42pm Nigerian Time on Monday. According to NetBlocks, which tracks internet outages and their impact, the outage had already cost the global economy about $160m per hour.…

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