Author: Friday Omosola

OPay has announced that it will begin charging a fee of fifty naira (N50) on customer transfers of ten thousand naira (N10,000) and above. In a statement received by The New Daily Prime on Saturday, OPay noted that the new charge on electronic transfers into personal and business accounts complies with regulations set by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The fifty-naira (N50) fee will be implemented as a one-time charge starting on September 9. The company clarified that the charges are not a revenue stream for the payment platform but are mandated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. “Dear valued…

Lagos Nigeria, Amnesty International has raised serious concerns about the Nigerian government’s handling of femicide cases. Femicide is defined as the killing of a woman or girl, particularly by a man, driven by gender-based violence often rooted in misogynistic beliefs and attitudes. On Thursday, the global human rights organization took to its X page to express its discontent with the Nigerian government’s response to the murder of Christianah Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State. Link to Amnesty International’s X post Earlier, The New Daily Prime reported that Ayomide Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy…

Songstress Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, known as Ayra Starr, has expressed outrage over the murder of Idowu Christianah, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). Earlier, the New Daily Prime reported that Ayomide Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, confessed to the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army that he murdered Idowu. Reacting to the incident, the 22-year-old singer took to her X page on Thursday to voice her concerns about the rampant killing of women. Ayra Starr demanded justice for Idowu and called for an immediate halt to the persistent violence…

Ayomide Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, has confessed to murdering Christianah Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). According to The New Daily Prime, Idowu left her home in the Ita Oluwo area of Ikorodu on August 19 to travel to the University of Lagos for her Industrial Training (IT). She did not return, leading to her being declared missing. The missing persons flyer indicated that Idowu had been kidnapped. The Foundation for Investigative Journalists (FIJ) reported that Adeleye confessed to the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army…

Long queues have resurfaced at fuel stations across Nigeria following the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) recent fuel price hike. The New Daily Prime reports that the NNPC raised its pump price from ₦617 to ₦897 per liter on Tuesday, due to the corporation’s massive $6.8 billion debt to international suppliers. While some NNPC stations implemented the new prices immediately, independent filling stations were selling fuel between ₦930 and ₦950 per liter as of Tuesday. By Wednesday and Thursday, the prices had skyrocketed, with some independent stations selling fuel for over ₦1,000 per liter. The sudden increase left many commuters…

Billionaire Femi Otedola has highlighted the transformative impact of starting petroleum production at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. On Tuesday, Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, announced the official production of petrol at the facility, which has a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, during a press conference. He proudly stated that the quality of the Dangote Refinery’s Premium Motor Spirit will match that of the United States and other parts of the world. Mr. Dangote indicated that the release of petrol to the public would depend on an impending agreement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC),…