Using Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) or enjoying any government service without a National Identification Number (NIN) will attract a seven or 14 years jail term or fine, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has said. The minister said this on Thursday while briefing journalists in Abuja on the NIN […]
Professor Chukwuma Soludo a former CBN governor and an aspirant for the governorship of Anambra State under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has recounted how the attack at his hometown of Isuofia took place. Speaking on a Channels Television interview on Thursday, Prof Soludo used the opportunity to appeal for the release of the […]
A resident of Kaduna State identified as Hanatu Tanko has narrated how she bled from the nose and vomited blood after receiving COVID-19 vaccine. In a video trending online, the woman, who sought treatment at Ashmed Specialist Hospital, Kaduna narrated her experience. Although the woman said she took the vaccine at Kaduna South Secretariat, many […]
Suspected armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Wednesday invaded the Azir community in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state killing one resident with scores injured. The insurgents also looted foodstuff and livestock without confrontation, after setting ablaze some residential houses. Azir is about a 15km drive south of Damboa and […]
The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise will resume on June 28 across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced the date for the resumption of the exercise on Thursday at a press briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He disclosed that […]
…..Demand for apology from Cross River State Government One week after the Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade on Education, Mr Castro Ezama made damning and harmful statements against secondary school students in the state, the official is yet to retract the comment. Recall that Ezama while speaking on a radio […]
About 250 beggars in Ibadan, on Thursday, protest low patronage by members of the public following a recent rumour that some rich men usually ‘buy’ money from them for fetish purposes. The report, according to the spokesperson for the destitute, Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, Serikin Hausawa of Hausawa Community, Oja’ba, Ibadan, had created deep hatred for […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the Nigerian air force (NAF) diverted two armoured helicopters worth $10 million bought by the state government to fight oil theft and sea piracy. Speaking on Thursday at the re-launching of the state security outfit, codenamed C.4.I, in Port Harcourt, Wike said the aircraft donated by the state were […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians not to allow “mischief mongers” to divide the country. The president in his Easter message to Christians, on Thursday, said Nigeria is “stronger and better” as one. “We should not allow the antics of a few mischief mongers to fragment the unity and faith that the vast majority of […]
Despite meeting with a federal government delegation to resolve pending issues, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite strike on Thursday. “We commence strike 8 a.m. today while we are still trying to evaluate the federal government’s offer,” the president of the association, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, told PREMIUM TIMES Thursday morning. The NARD […]
