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  The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed the disqualification of anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in the country.   The plan by the regulator of the industry is contained in a draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the NCC’s website. […]

The government will pay N75,000 to each student in public universities studying education programmes per semester, it has said.   Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2021 annual World Teacher’s Day celebrations. Students of colleges of education will receive N50,000 per semester, Adamu added.   He said […]

  Governors of the South-East region rose from a meeting on Tuesday with a condemnation of the sit-at-home order being issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra every Monday.   The meeting, also attended by selected traditional rulers noted that the order was having a crippling effect on the socio-economic activities in the region. […]

  Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, current and former state governors, past and present lawmakers, businesspeople, a popular pastor, and many others have been reported to be involved in the Pandora Papers.    The list is on which Africa is fairly […]

It was hardly surprising that the names of some Nigerians, including former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, appeared in the huge leak of confidential financial documents from offshore companies. Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the 12 million files constitute the biggest such leak in history, featuring documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of […]

Governors of South-South region on Monday rose from their meeting in meeting with a resolution to join the suit on the collection of the Value Added Tax.   The governors’ decision to be joined in the case at the Supreme Court was contained in a communique they issued at the end of the meeting, which […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has restated its threat to impose a month-long sit-at-home order all over the southeastern region.   To prevent this shutdown of the economy in the region, IPOB says its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, must be bought to court on October 21, the next adjourned date for his trial in Abuja, […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its 64-day nationwide strike.   The doctors will resume work at 8 am on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the President of the association said Monday, bringing an end to the strike action that began on August 2 this year.   But the association said it has given […]

Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has berated President  Muhammadu Buhari for saying that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable in his Independence Day speech.   Adebanjo said that Buhari, who is 78 years old, ought to have known that Nigeria’s Independence and terms of unity were negotiated in the 1950s, but the President was a “small […]

The spate of killings and arson that erupted in Anambra State recently continued on Sunday as the marauding squads torched the county home of Joe Igboke, the Lagos-based All Progressives Congress chieftain, and the offices of the Department of State Services, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, all in Nnewi.   The gang, known as […]