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•Admits inflation, cost of living still high  •Minister backs 50% telecom tariff increase •Says businesses lining up to invest in Nigeria   •Cardoso: CBN to boost compliance regime to enhance transparency •PwC projects 3.3% growth for Nigeria amid policy reforms  •Foresees FX stability, inflation decline, others in 2025 Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, yesterday …

On the outskirts of Altadena, where one of the most destructive firestorms in Los Angeles history had just receded, a group of volunteers worked last week to gather fallen tree branches and leaves — removing fuel for potential future fires, bagging them up and taking them away. One of those people, Cesar, a Mexican immigrant in his early 60s, works as …

Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to gradually phase out the permanent voter card (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election Day. This could end the “no-PVC, no-voting” slogan that INEC has amplified for about 10 years. INEC’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, recently announced the plan at a meeting. He said that computer-generated slips issued to …

CNN — President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world. Trump’s three-day sprint through his to-do list contrasts sharply with the disarray and empty fights that marred the start of his underperforming first term. In his zeal …

The appeal was made on Wednesday through his legal team, led by his Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, ahead of the next court date for the continuation of his case. Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has requested the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer his case to a court in …

Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of a former deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from the UK prison. A former aide to Mr Ekweremadu confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday. Mr Ekweremadu, his wife, and a doctor were convicted of organ trafficking by a UK court in March 2023. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, they were …

The Minister of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has attributed the recent tariff hike by mobile network operators (MNOs) to global inflation and high operational costs. Speaking after a closed-door budget defence session with the National Assembly Joint Committee on Information, Communication, and Technology on Tuesday, Tijani highlighted the financial challenges facing telecom companies. He explained that telcos …

Hearing in the election petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo at Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal continued yesterday  with witnesses testifying how irregularities allegedly marred the Sept. 21, 2024 election in three Local Government Areas of the state. Led in evidence by Abiodun Owonikoko, PDP counsel in the case, one of the witnesses, …

President Donald J. Trump has laid out his America First Priorities. His second Inaugural Address and ceremony as the 47th President of the United States marks the beginning of a new chapter in US governance. The day was characterised by a series of significant executive actions and Cabinet-level developments, as well as a reinforced commitment to the “America First” doctrine that underpinned much of Mr …

•says a clear assault on Nigerians’ welfare Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the Federal Government’s recent approval, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for a 50% increase in telecommunication tariffs. NLC said the decision, coming at a time when Nigerian workers and the masses are grappling with unprecedented economic hardship, is a clear assault on their welfare and an …