By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is taking a decisive regulatory move to ensure sustainability, profitability and fair competition in the Special Numbering Service (SNS) segment of the nation’s telecommunications sector. This move informed the decision of the Commission to hold a Stakeholders’ Forum on...
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Four persons have died and five others rescued as a building under construction collapsed in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Wednesday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the figures in an update. “Nine Casualties who were construction workers were recorded of which five adult males...
The just concluded 2021 Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS21) has created the opportunities for participants to explore the business and sponsorship opportunities in Nigeria’s 36 states, according to NiDCOM Chairman/CEO, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa. The NiDCOM chair told NAN that the objective of the two-day summit which had 33 businesses in...
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday joined advocates around the world to commemorate a landmark Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination and welcome groundbreaking new initiatives to end the disease. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, alongside celebrities, First Ladies, cancer survivors and health and community organisations, helped to raise...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, says there is no plan to eject female officers residing in police barracks with their civilian spouses. A statement issued by The The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, said the clarification was...
Washington on Wednesday removed Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, just a day before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in the country as part of a tour of Africa. Blinken is expected to arrive in Abuja on Thursday, where he is set to meet...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum has said the visit of Sudan Mission team to the state to interact and share experience with relevant stakeholders in the field of agriculture is timely and important, considering the fact that both the Sudan Republic and Borno...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, has said that 15 million Nigerians indulge in the consumption of illicit drugs. Marwa disclosed this in an interactive session with Local Government Chairmen in Plateau on Wednesday...
One person has been killed while 30 others have been kidnapped as armed bandits invaded the Zazzaga community in Zazzaga Ward, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bala Kuryas, confirmed the attack to Channels TV in his office on Wednesday, saying...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari followed up an earlier phone call to the Dangote family in Kano by sending a delegation to represent him at the burial of Alhaji Sani Dangote, Aliko’s younger brother who died after a protracted illness in the United States. The body...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, led a delegation on condolence visit to the bereaved family of late Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkushu. The Governor met the family at Ribadu Cantonment in Kaduna, during which he directed the immediate release of N20m as...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN,) has denied any change of leadership in the state. The IPMAN Chairman in the state, Robert Obi disclosed this in Calabar while reacting to media report that there is a...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has presented a budget of N340 billion for 2022 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged budget of Economic Resilience, Masari said it was higher than the 2020 figure by N48 billion. He said that the budget was...
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a Bill to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria. The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service during plenary. The report was presented by Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP-Ondo) on behalf...
The absence of Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, stalled the suit filed by former Imo Gov., Rochas Okorocha, against the state government and others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mohammed had, on Sept. 22, fixed today for hearing an...
Palpable tension gripped residents of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State when some suspected Ambazonian soldiers from the Republic of Cameroon stormed the community. It was learnt that 11 persons including a traditional ruler were killed in the incident that took place in the early hours of Wednesday...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger State Police Command have arrested a “fake soldier’’, Emmanuel Dominic as well as five other suspects for vandalising two transformers in Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, stated this in a statement issued...
Thousands of Muslims attended the funeral of late Alhaji Sani Dangote, the Deputy President, Dangote Group of Companies, held in Kano on Wednesday. The funeral prayer, conducted at the palace of the Emir of Kano at about 11a.m., was led by Imam Sani Muhammad. The Imam prayed to Almighty...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun on the occasion of his 70th birthday, November 18, 2021. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina on Wednesday in Abuja....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – he United Nations has called on the Federal Government to implement the recommendation of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up to investigate issues surrounding the #EndSARS Protests of 2020. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon said in a...