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Policy Alert, working with other partners, has announced the launch of a campaign on Energy Transition A group of civil society and youth-driven organisations, led by Policy Alert, have launched a national campaign to mainstream young people and their priorities in Nigeria’s energy transition. Presenting the platform tagged #YouthVoices2060 during a virtual launch event yesterday, Edidiong Dickson, Policy Alert’s Programme Officer for Energy, Extractives, and Climate Justice, described it as “a loose network of young...

The Commission revealed that the parties have reached an agreement to resolve all outstanding issues between them and put the phased disconnection on hold for 21 days The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has instructed MTN Nigeria to suspend plans to disconnect Globacom (Glo) subscribers due to lingering inter-connection debt between the Mobile Operators. NCC disclosed this on Thursday in a statement by its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, saying it gave MTN and Glo 21...

CBN has decided to tackle FX transaction abuses in clearing liabilities backlog as it vowed to continue settlement of verified FX backlog. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in its bid to clear the backlog of outstanding foreign exchange liabilities, has paid approximately USD 2.0 billion across various sectors, including manufacturing, aviation, and petroleum. The Bank has also cleared up the entire liability of 14 banks and started settlements with foreign airlines. The CBN Acting...

CBN has announced the dissolution of the boards of Union Bank, Keystone Bank, and Polaris Bank due to infractions. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the dissolution of the boards and managements of Union Bank of Nigeria, Keystone Bank, and Polaris Bank over alleged corporate governance infractions and non-compliance with regulatory requirements. The announcement comes barely three weeks after the Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities, Jim Obazee, submitted its final...

The final act of WRC 2023 comprises both the new and revised provisions of the radio regulations, which, put together, benefits Nigeria   Nigeria has joined the rest of the world in endorsing the revised provisions of the radio regulations, which contain the outcome of agreements on agendas put forward by signatories to the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits This happened at the just concluded World Radiocommunications Conference...

The robust participation of the Nigerian delegation to the world radio conference has excited the NCC boss who also praised the minister for showing leadership Nigeria’s performance at the just concluded International Telecommunications Union (ITU)’s World Radio Communications (WRC) Conference 2023, has been described as exciting and impressive. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, said the election of two Nigerians into leadership positions and other delegates from the commission...