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President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Doha, Qatar on an official visit to the Middle East country. Tinubu, who left Lagos after inaugurating the Lagos Red Line yesterday afternoon, landed in Doha at 9:35 pm. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Wednesday, had said the visit, which was on […]
REUBEN MOUKA Nigerian Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February ending deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers. As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines which have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after the expiration of the deadline. […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says the electoral umpire has no candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a statement yesterday, the electoral chief pledged to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates in the elections. He also […]
The Presidency has reacted to the former Labour Party Presidential Candidate; Peter Obi’s content of the press conference that was held yesterday in Abuja. in a statement by special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency urged Mr Peter Obi to move away from what it called Obi’s delusion. The […]
The Senate has confirmed three ministerial nominees, Jamila Ibrahim (Kwara State); Balarabe Lawal (Kaduna State); and Ayodele Olawande (Ondo State), in addition to the 45 approved by the Red Chamber in August. This comes a day after President Bola Tinubu wrote to the Senate, seeking its confirmation of the nominees. About two and a half hours after […]
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State, Queen Agwu, has said about 132,623 Permanent Voter Cards are yet to be claimed in the 21 local government areas of the state. Agwu stated this on Wednesday at the INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra State, while raising concern about the situation. […]
The Senate will on Friday grill two deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria over the cash withdrawal limit policy unveiled by the apex bank on Tuesday. The red chamber planned to seek clarifications on the new directive which restricts over-the-counter cash withdrawal by individuals and organisations to N100,000 and N500,000, respectively, per week. […]
Former Nigerian Super Eagles goalkeeper and second most capped player with 101 Appearances Vincent Enyeama has thrown the Nigerian football league niche into a frenzy with his recent acknowledgment of his availability and zeal to return to active football in the Nigerian Professional Football League. The former captain who notably made a career in France […]
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has made a case for urgent review of Nigeria’s Criminal Justice System. Barrister Inibehe, who made the call in an interview shortly after he was released from the Uyo Correctional facility yesterday, decried what he termed incarceration of innocent persons in correctional centres across the country with so many of […]
The Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, has threatened to file a N1bn libel suit against a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Blessing Agbomhere, over alleged defamatory statements. While denying the allegation, the activist and former President of the University of Benin Students Union Government also demanded N1bn from him as damages. […]
