CBN raises ATM card fee to N1,500, scraps maintenance charges
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised the cost of issuing and replacing Automated Teller Machine, ATM, debit and credit cards by 50 per cent, increasing the fee from N1,000 to N1,500. At the same time, the apex bank has eliminated the monthly maintenance charge of N50 on naira-denominated debit and credit cards, which…
ASUU threatens industrial action over unresolved issues in NSUK
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University chapter, Keffi (NSUK) branch, has warned the Nasarawa State Government that continued neglect of pressing staff welfare issues could lead to industrial action. Addressing journalists on Thursday, the branch chairperson, Abdulmumini Loko, said the briefing was necessary to draw attention to long-standing concerns that remain…
NYSC member allegedly beaten to death by vigilante in Benue
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ben Agir Une, has been allegedly killed by a community vigilante group in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State after he was allegedly mistaken for a motorcycle thief. The Chairman of Buruku LGA, Raymond Aondoakura, confirmed the incident to journalists in Makurdi on Thursday, condemning…
Borno High Court jails woman over trafficking
A human trafficker, Salamatu Saidu, has been sentenced by a High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State for the fraudulent trafficking of two persons to five years’ imprisonment. ln a case update shared on its Facebook page on Thursday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons made the disclosure, saying that Saidu was…
