By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding with the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), with provisions to deter unapproved lottery and gaming practices on telecommunications platforms through information and intelligence sharing. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta...
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The Etubom’s Conclave of the Obong of Calabar Palace has re-proclaimed Edidem Ekpo Abasi-Otu the V, as the Obong of Calabar. This was in compliance with the Supreme Court Judgement of Jan. 13, which ordered the Etubom’s Conclave of the Obong of Calabar’s Palace to conduct fresh selection process...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has expressed heartfelt gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval of N75billion for the reconstruction of the dualized Lokoja-Benin Road, specifically extending from Obajana Junction in Kogi State to Benin, the capital...
The Gombe State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Keftin Amuga has described the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi as the only option for Nigerians to enjoy good governance. He said this on the sidelines of the inauguration of the LP Gombe State Gubernatorial Campaign Council, on...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for House of Representatives in Kwara, Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia, has said that he hawked ‘amala’ and rice as an indigent child to support his parents. Ajia is seeking to represent Ilorin West and Asa Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber of the National...
An application filed by the DCP Abba Kyari and three other suspended police officers seeking to quash the criminal charges against them has been adjourned until March 22 for ruling. Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja fixed the date after counsel for the National Drug Law...
The Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, on Wednesday met families of personnel killed by bandits in Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that seven personnel and other five were killed in an ambush in Kuriga village in Chikun...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has said that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, loves the Igbos. Umahi, who is the Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum, stated this on Wednesday at Iboko, headquarters of Izzi Local Government Area, while...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will not be distracted by the antics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its quest to win the 2023 presidential election. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson for Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that...
The Edo Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs in connection with the Jan. 7 train attack which resulted in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the Igueben train station. Chris Nehikhare, state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said this when he briefed newsmen shortly after the...
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province say for the desired change in the country, Nigerians must vote for leaders who will be true patriots and servants of the people. The bishops also advised the electorate to ensure that whoever would lead the country must be responsive to the...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt Area 1 Command, has impounded four consignments with duty paid value of N112.68 million illegally imported into the country. The Comptroller, Ibrahim Muhammad, said this on Wednesday at the command’s port terminal in Port Harcourt. He said that the consignments consisted of four...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded journalists and media organizations that there will be no manual accreditation or alternative to the online accreditation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC online Media Accreditation for 2023General Election portal address is: https://imap.inecnigeria.org. The INEC Public Relations...
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja, on Wednesday ordered a 28-year-old man, Ana’s Ibrahim, to sweep the community central mosque for six months for accommodating thieves. Ibrahim, of Zuba fruit market Abuja, pleaded guilty to belonging to gang of thieves and begged the court for leniency. The...
A Zamfara-based Islamic group on Wednesday in Gusau commended Kano Upper Shari’a Court for convicting an Islamic scholar, Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging for blasphemy. The Kano Upper Shari’a Court sentenced Kabara to death by hanging on Dec. 15, 2022 over blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. Chairman of...
Rice processors and transporters in Gombe State have cried out to the state government over alleged Multiple taxation threatening to shut down the business. They have therefore urged the government to harmonise the taxes being collected at various points, including suspicious areas in the state. They stated this in...
Ms Funke Akindele, the Lagos Deputy Governorship Candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday toured major markets on Lagos Island, soliciting votes for party’s candidates. Akindele, a Nollywood star and running mate of Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, the PDP Governorship Candidate (Jandor), in the forthcoming general elections, told...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has donated 27 new Hilux vehicles to security agencies to beef up security during the ongoing distribution and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Uzodimma handed over the vehicles to operatives of the state “Operation Search and Flush”, on Wednesday in...
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has said it will hold its 2023 Nigeria Economic Outlook webinar to deliberate on national and global trends that will shape economic landscape in the new fiscal year. The Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications of FirstBank, Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, said this in a...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has called on commercial banks to approach the apex bank branches across the country to pick up the new naira notes. Emefiele made the call when the apex bank took its sensitisation tour on the adoption of the newly...