By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has encouraged telecom consumers in the country to always insist on quality service from operators, as it outlined 10 basic rights that must be exercised. The ‘know your infographic’, released by the commission, was necessitated by the growing complaints...
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Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have visited Cross River to resolve the crisis in the state chapter of the party. Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, led his colleagues in Delta and Enugu States, Ifeanyi Okowa and...
The United States Government has said it would offer free beer, doughnuts, savings bonds to its citizens, in a bid to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of adults to have received at least one shot by Independence Day on July 4...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. U. G. Danbatta, has explained that the collaboration between the Commission and the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat), will facilitate the release of contiguous bandwidth in one of the most suitable Frequency Spectrum band(s) for...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos- Transcorp Hotels Plc has leveraged the platform of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited to present its facts behind the formal listing of their ₦10 billion rights issue to capital market stakeholders on Wednesday, 5 May 2021. The Managing Director (MD)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Transcorp Hotels, Mrs....
By OLA MODUPE, Akure- The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has imposed a 24-hours curfew on Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North East LGA of the State as a result of the violent clashes in the town over a chieftaincy title. The Governor, through a statement by the Commissioner...
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed has said the Ministry provided budget funds for the Nigerian military in the last three years to fight insecurity in the country. Dr. Ahmed during her appearance before the Senate Committee on Army, said President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration...
The remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, confirmed the release of the students by bandits to newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna. He explained that the victims...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin- As part of his strategic plan for food security and sustainable development, The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has launched an agricultural input subsidy scheme that would give at least 10,000 farmers access to various inputs at 50% market price. The Governor, who disclosed this...
ARMSTRONG BAKAM, Bauchi- The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bauchi State Chapter, has expressed concern over youths’ unemployment, pointing out that it is responsible for many crimes in the society. The newly elected CAN Chairman, Rev. Abraham Damina, who expressed the concern when he led other executives and church...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Professor Isa Marte has Identified proper handwashing with soap and running water as one of the ways of preventing communicable diseases like cholera, acute water, tuberculosis, cough, Ebola, Covid-19, etc. He added that it is hygienic for people to...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced plans to recover taxes due from the defaulters’ asset in the custody of any person, including but not limited to sums standing to its credit with a financial institution in Nigeria. The initiative became necessary following...
A missing French journalist said he was kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social media Wednesday, the latest foreigner to be taken hostage in the West African country. The video of Olivier Dubois, who worked with several French...
The prosecutor who was investigating FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been removed for public statements that were ‘biased’ against the head of world football’s governing body, a Swiss Court announced on Wednesday. Stefan Keller opened an inquiry into Infantino in July 2020 over three informal meetings with the former...
Fans will return to Premier League stadiums for the season’s final two rounds of fixtures later this month, subject to the UK Government’s expected easing of lockdown restrictions. Under the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, crowds of up 10,000 or 25 percent of capacity will be permitted from May...
A jihadist attack on a village in Eastern Burkina Faso this week killed 25 people, while 11 assailants were “neutralised,” according to an official provisional toll released on Wednesday. Two of the 25 were members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Motherland (VDP), an anti-jihadist civilian defence...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to suspend the planned 2021 census until the insecurity situation in the country is addressed. The House presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, advised the Federal Government to suspend the exercise till such a time the country was...
The Minority Caucus of the National Assembly has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari has remained silent despite insecurity in the nation. The caucus also said the All Progressives Congress (APC) –led administration of President Buhari has continued to breach the constitution. Leader of the caucus and Senate Minority Leader,...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said they share the anguish of parents of the abducted students of Greenfield University. The is coming 15 days after gunmen stormed Greenfield University located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and kidnapped several students. The kidnappers have since killed five...
Eleven years after his demise, former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid tributes to his former principal Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Former President Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010, after battling an illness leaving Jonathan, the then vice-president to take the seat of power. Jonathan in a series of tweets on...