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The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, called on the National Assembly to support the commission in creating additional polling units in the country. Yakubu spoke when he made a “presentation on the state of voter access to polling units in Nigeria” …

The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has said that nurturing entrepreneurship skills and creating desired social and economic outcomes by facilitating innovative, technology-driven economic growth, through the use of ICT among people with special needs are on top of NITDA’s agenda. Abdullahi stated …

Nigeria has received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. It was learnt that COVAX shipped 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, from Mumbai to Abuja. According to …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) Kano state branch has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the prompt measures it has taken to address the fuel scarcity which resurfaced few days ago. The IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam, made the commendation on Tuesday in Kano while inaugurating an …

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara a no-fly zone, following the recent abduction of schoolgirls in the state. The president has also approved a ban on mining activities by non-state actors. The steps are to curb the rising insecurity in the state. Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), spoke to …

The Department of State Security (DSS) has freed Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, the former spokesman to the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje. More to come…

DMO DG, Ms. Patience Oniha The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, are in fresh in trouble over the spending of N2.2 trillion allocation in the agency’s 2018 budget. This is coming as the the House of Representatives has queried …

  The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery is preparing young Nigerian graduates to take over the management of its 650,000 barrels per day single train refinery when it becomes operational in 2022.   Already, the company has trained several Nigerian engineers in some of the world’s biggest refineries in India …

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai of his appointment for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress (APC) government for insecurity in the country. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive …

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State as inhumane and totally unacceptable, sending out a strong warning to bandits and their sponsors. Reacting to the incident on Friday, President Buhari said that “this administration will not …