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  The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, slammed the ongoing SIM card integration with the National Identity Numbers of subscribers.    It described the exercise as the most irresponsible act of governance on display in the history of the country.       Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the group, said the exercise […]

The National Universities Commission has directed Vice-Chancellors of Universities to begin academic activities on January 18.   The announcement was in compliance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.   Resumption of academic activities in Nigerian institutions has been delayed on concerns over rising incidence of the pandemic in the country.   […]

  The Nigerian Government has threatened to impose a fresh lockdown on the country should the current spike in the rate of Covid-19 infections continue.   Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, issued the threat in Abuja at a media briefing on Thursday.   This stance is at variance with […]

Hundreds of youths  on Thursday barricaded the ever-busy East-West Road at the Agbarho end in Delta State, in protest against the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission by the Federal Government.    The youths demanded an immediate appointment of a substantive board for the commission.    They gave a 20-day […]

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, a new high in a sustained rise in the infection of the pandemic in the country. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the new infections took the country’s total to 94,369. NCDC had announced on Tuesday that Nigeria recorded 1,354 cases on Monday.   While the […]

Thousands of applicants have been locked outside of the offices of the Staff of the National Identity Management Commission on Thursday commenced a strike action, thereby threatening the ongoing linking of mobile-phone subscribers’ National Identity Numbers. At various offices of the commission nationwide, thousands of applicants wishing to register for and obtain thin NIN were […]

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, a new high in a sustained rise in the infection of the pandemic in the country.   Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the new infections took the country’s total to 94,369.   NCDC had announced on Tuesday that Nigeria recorded 1,354 cases on Monday.     […]

The Federal Government on Thursday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the recently adjusted electricity tariff, two days after the increase was announced. The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, made this known in a statement on Thursday. “The public is aware that the Federal Government and the Labour Centers have been engaged in […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has calmed the nerves of mobile-phone subscribers, saying that fears of mass disconnection of telephone lines over currently being entertained over the National Identity Numbers (NIN) registration were unfounded.   NCC explained that the ongoing integration of SIM registration records of subscribers with the NIN was targeted at raising general […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Miss Osaremen Okolo, who hails from Ewohimi in Esan South East Local Government of Edo State, on her appointment as coronavirus (COVID-19) Policy Advisor to United States President-elect, Joe Biden.   Obaseki, in a statement, hailed Okolo, a graduate of Harvard University and a former Senior […]

The Nigerian Army says it “neutralized” 220 bandits, rescued 642 kidnapped victims, foiled 167 banditry and 81 kidnapped attempts in the six months between June and December last year.Acting Director Defence, Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this at a media briefing in Faskari Super Camp Four Wednesday.General Onyeuko who was represented by the Nigerian […]

Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State, explained on Tuesday that there was indeed an agreement at the formation of the All Progressives Congress,  to the effect that the presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 presidential election would come from the South. Speaking as a guest on ARISE Television, Osoba, explained the […]