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  The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks within which they should block SIM Cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. In a statement on Tuesday, the NCC Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, disclosed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday sacked the Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced the development in a statement on Saturday night. He said the president also approved Effiong Awa, acting executive director of finance and administration …

Following Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu ‘s exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19, a PCR test performed yesterday the 11th of December has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the virus which is supported by mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID. …

Obaseki Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, says Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), assured him of his victory in the September 19 governorship election. Obaseki, who ran under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his All Progressives Congress …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has gone into self-isolation following the infection of one of his close aides with coronavirus (COVID-19). Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, who broke the news on Friday, said other members of the governor’s team will undergo COVID-19 test. “They will be tested by the …

The federal government says it has put in place the machinery for receiving 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021. Faisal Shuaib, executive secretary, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, broke the news at the presidential task force on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He said …

Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, is dead. He reportedly died Thursday night at 85. Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, assumed office as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States on November 13, 2017. Born on March 17, 1935, in Oguta, Imo State, Nsofor …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday address a joint session of the National Assembly on efforts being made by his administration to address the security challenges currently bedevilling the country. This was disclosed by the President’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, via a message she posted on her …

Highly anticipated movie, Omo Ghetto from Funke Akindele and ‘Mimi’ from Samuel ‘Bigsam’ Olatunji who incidentally was Funke’s former PR manager. Omo Ghetto – The Saga is a sequel to one of Funke’s popular movies telling the stories of Taiwo and Kehinde, one who is rich and classy and the …

  The House of Representatives, on Thursday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over alleged illegal withdrawal of $21bn from the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Limited’s …