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White House suspends vaccine mandate as Omicron variant deaths rise in US

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

COVID-19 Vaccination in the US

*Medical doctors disclose deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic have always been a ‘lagging indicator’ of spread of the damaging virus in the United States Isola…

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CBN warns consumers against ‘loan sharks’, urges legal avenue to seek funds

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

Loan Sharks Photo: StopLoanSharks.Co Uk

*The Central Bank of Nigeria warns there is no need for consumers of financial products and services to approach ‘loan sharks’ because the apex bank has…

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Stakeholders advocate sugar taxation to improve health of Nigerian consumers

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

Sugary Beverage

*Health experts opine sugar tax will help to improve the health of Nigerian consumers, as there is strong evidence linking consumption of tobacco, alcohol and…

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Why Nigeria projects N3trn as fuel subsidy bill for 2022 ─Minister

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Honourable Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning

*The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will make an incremental provision of N2.557trillion to meet subsidy requirements currently averaging about N270billion per month, following…

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Drug Trafficking: How NDLEA arrests 12,306 suspects with N130bn illegal medicines ─Chiarman

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), Chairman of NDLEA

*The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency discloses it intercepted drugs and cash amounting to over N130billion between January and December 2021 nationwide, while Murtala Muhammed…

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Vaccine Inequity: World needs to remain united to beat COVID-19

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Columns

*Though the world produced enough 11billion COVID-19 Vaccine doses in 2021 to vaccinate every adult on the planet earth, over three billion individuals, most of…

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Food Insecurity: World Bank warns escalating conflicts can hinder growth in Nigeria

ConsumerConnect January 26, 2022 Consumer Updates

*The World Bank Group 2022 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) flagship report says effects of food insecurity on people’s ability to work at full capacity are…

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Buhari unveils National Policy on 5G Networks, highlights benefits for Nigeria Digital Economy

ConsumerConnect January 25, 2022 Consumer Updates

L-R: Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister for Science and Technology; Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President; President Muhammadu Buhari; Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, Minister for Communications and Digital Economy; and Prof. Adeolu Akande, Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Governing Board, at the launch of National Policy on 5G Technology in the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja, FCT. Photo: State House

*The Federal Government seeks to make 5G a major driver of the economy, catalyst for smartcities, and platform for job creation that supports the country’s…

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CBN retains interest rate at 11.5 percent, maintains other parameters

ConsumerConnect January 25, 2022 Consumer Updates

Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of CBN

*The Monetary Policy Rate is a powerful tool for regulating the benchmark interest rates in the Nigerian economy Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect The Central Bank…

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NLC suspends proposed national protest over fuel subsidy removal: Official

ConsumerConnect January 25, 2022 Consumer Updates

*The Nigeria Labour Congress insists it is sensitising Nigerians to understand the ‘idea of fuel subsidy is a hoax,’ which the authorities are using to…

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Category: Consumer Updates

White House suspends vaccine mandate as Omicron variant deaths rise in US

CBN warns consumers against ‘loan sharks’, urges legal avenue to seek funds

Stakeholders advocate sugar taxation to improve health of Nigerian consumers

Why Nigeria projects N3trn as fuel subsidy bill for 2022 ─Minister

Drug Trafficking: How NDLEA arrests 12,306 suspects with N130bn illegal medicines ─Chiarman

Vaccine Inequity: World needs to remain united to beat COVID-19

Food Insecurity: World Bank warns escalating conflicts can hinder growth in Nigeria

Buhari unveils National Policy on 5G Networks, highlights benefits for Nigeria Digital Economy

CBN retains interest rate at 11.5 percent, maintains other parameters

NLC suspends proposed national protest over fuel subsidy removal: Official

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