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The Nigerian Government has deactivated over 2.2 million improperly registered mobile telephone lines in the country. The Deputy Director/Head of Information, Press and PR Unit, at the Federal Ministry of Communications, Mrs Philomena Oshodin, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. She explained that the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) blocked the lines following the directive […]
Nigeria has been re-elected as a Part-II member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, for a new three-year term. The Federal Government disclosed this in a statement on Saturday by Mr James Odaudu, the Director of Public Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Aviation. According to the statement, Nigeria garnered 151 votes out […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that the proposed meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, would go a long way to address the issue of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in that country. He stated this on Saturday while answering questions from journalists at his Presidential Library in […]
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, has told a Federal High Court how he expended the N400 million he collected from the Office of the National Security Adviser under Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd.) in 2014. According to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital after participating at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The presidential aircraft carrying the president, his aides and some members of his entourage landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, on Saturday morning. […]
The Department of the State Services (DSS) has disclosed that the commission lost two officers to a car accident. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, (Ph.D.), the DSS said, “Today, 27th September, 2019, the Department of State Services (DSS) lost two (2) of its personnel in a fatal car accident. The […]
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has that it is an insult for the Department of State Services to say that it did not receive copies of a Federal High Court order directing it to immediately release pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. Responding to a statement credited to the spokesperson for […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with French President, Emmanuel Macron, and citizens of France over the passing of former French President, Jacques Chirac, 86. President Buhari commiserates with family and political associates of the former French leader, who served his country as a military officer, mayor, parliamentarian, and President, leaving behind a unique blend of […]
President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, on Thursday, said the upper chamber will work to reduce the number of out-of-school children across the country. Lawan made the comment after the Legislative Agenda for the ninth Senate was adopted. “Today, the education sector suffers a lot. The 11 million or 12 million children out of […]
Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a courtesy visit to South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa. He presented the latest book he co-authored titled “Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage”, to the South African leader. President Ramaphosa thanked the former President for working hard and still having the energy to write and contribute […]
