Airtel Africa, a telecommunications provider in 14 countries, says the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the renewal of spectrum licenses in 900 and 1800 Megahertz (MHZ) for its subsidiary Airtel Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that spectrums are radio frequencies allocated to mobile industries and...
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Some four businessmen on Thursday appeared in a Gwagwalada Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing five burglary proof parts valued at N300,000.The defendants, Abudulahi Abubakar, 48; Emmanuel Onuoha, 55; Mani Yahaya, 38; and Bashir Musa, 42; residents of Gwagwalada, Abuja, were charged with criminal conspiracy and theft.The Prosecution...
The Ondo State Government has restated its commitment to boosting the state’s economy through intervention and re-energising old industries as well as creating new ones. Mr Olatunji Ifabiyi, the Special Adviser to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Commerce, Industry and Cooperative Services, stated this on Thursday in Akure. Ifabiyi spoke...
The Delta Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has charged its members to take active part in the membership registration/ revalidation exercise towards repositioning the party in the state. Mr Sylvester Imonina, the state APC Publicity Secretary said this in a statement on Thursday in Asaba. Imonina also urged...
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for the international community to collectively and frontally confront the COVID-19 pandemic and other common challenges affecting the globe. Speaking at an event to receive Letters of Credence of the new Ambassadors of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Argentina at the Presidential Villa,...
The Federal High Court on Thursday in Abuja bade farewell to late Justice Ibrahim Watila, of the Abeokuta Division, who died on Tuesday after a brief illness. Speaking at valedictory Session in hounour of the judge, the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, said:” in view of...
The President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Mansur Ahmed, says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to build Africa’s capacity to manufacture and change the narrative of continent’s economy. According to him, it is able to give Africa a stronger voice and positioning in the global...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has sealed a fake lubricating oil factory at Rangaza in Nasarawa Local Government area of the state.The Deputy Commander, Anti-vandalism Unit of the corps, Mr Joachin Okafor, stated this at a press conference on Thursday in Kano.Okafor said...
Seven members of the Ogun House of Assembly, on Thursday, dumped the Allied People’s Movement (APM) and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers announced their defection in separate letters read by the Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo (APC – Ifo1) during a plenary in Abeokuta. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja restated the need for the international community to collectively and frontally confront the COVID-19 pandemic and other common challenges affecting the globe. Speaking at an event to receive Letters of Credence of the new Ambassadors of Egypt, Saudi...
The Police Command in Ogun on Thursday reiterated its readiness to collaborate with other sister agencies to ensure security of lives and property in the state. The new Sango-Ota Area Commander of the Nigerian Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Muyideen Obe, made this known during a courtesy visit...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged the country’s new service chiefs to avoid being dragged into partisanship by unpatriotic politicians. Mr Chris Isiguzo, the National President of NUJ, gave this charge in a statement he signed in Abuja on Thursday. According to Isiguzo, the recent change of...
The Executive Secretary, Yobe Scholarship Board, Dr Abubakar Bukar-Kagu, on Thursday, said that the state had spent about N400 million on 233 undergraduate students in foreign countries.Bukar-Kagu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the students were studying in reputable universities in India, United Kingdom, Uganda,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command on Thursday aligned with the State Government’s planned implementation of trucks and long vehicles’ restrictions to night operations. The Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, told reporters that safety of other road users was being endangered by the recklessness of...
A rights group demanded an investigation into the death of a young man who was reportedly hit by a tear gas canister amid protests that rocked Tunisia on the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Jasmine Revolution. The Amnesty International, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Amna...
Two metal srap collectors on Thursday appeared in an Upper Area Court in Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing spare parts worth N 280, 000. The police charged Mohammed Malik, 19, and Ismail Yakubu,21, who reside in Panteka Market Mpape Area of the FCT, Abuja,...
Mrs Adebola Kolawole, the Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State branch,has called on frontline health workers and others to strictly observe the COVID-19 protocols to avoid being infected. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. The...
The Ebonyi Animal-Mediated Rabies Control Programme (EBARAP) Committee says plans have been concluded for the launch of its rabies campaign. The organisation’s Chairman, Dr Nwenyi Okoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Thursday that the exercise would begin in February. Okoro said in preparedness for...
Britain will review a list of countries affected by quarantine measures, Senior Minister, Michael Gove, said on Thursday after the country announced plans for some travellers to have to stay for 10 days in accommodation such as hotels upon arrival. Britain announced on Wednesday new measures to reduce travel...