• Withdraws recognition for BVN-generated NIN With a fresh notice from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) discountenancing National Identification Number (NIN) generated via Bank Verification Number (BVN), frustrations of Nigerians may have been compounded. The directive, yesterday, to citizens to go the whole hog of enrolment further elicited disenchantment …
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THE Senator Magnus Abe-led faction and the Rotimi Amaechi groups of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have disagreed on the party’s participation in the local government election. The Isaac Ogbobula-led faction loyal to Amaechi had ruled out the party’s participation and rolled out a strategy to stop …
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Anambra NSCDC seals private guard outfits over alleged failure to renew licence The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has sealed two private guard companies for allegedly operating without valid licences. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Edwin Okadigbo, disclosed this in a statement in …
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COVID-19: Ignore fake lockdown alert, PTF tells Nigerians The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake fresh lockdown alert in circulation on social media. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, made this known in a short video statement released on Thursday. There have been concerns …
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The Cross River State Acting Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Effiom Eyo-Ita, has withdrawn the 29 protesting magistrates, who on Monday and Tuesday last week took to the streets of Calabar to protest the non-payment of their two years’ salary by Governor Ben Ayade, from sitting. It would be recalled that …
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#COVI19 Testing: Clarifications On Corruption Allegations. @followlasg and @LSMOH consider it pertinent to make the following clarifications on account of series of unfounded corruption allegations supposedly against officials @LagosBiobank and IDH, Yaba It is mperative to clarify that public laboratories are only obliged to conduct #COVID19 tests on individuals who …
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Political allies and associates of the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday gathered in Ibadan to intensify mobilization for the presidential bid of the Lagos state former governor. The allies in attendance, drawn from the Southwest zone of the country include former and …
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The federal government says the January 18, 2021 resumption date for schools stands. According to Ben Goong, director, press and public relations of the federal ministry of education, the decision not to alter the date was taken after wide consultation. Adamu Adamu, minister of education, had earlier said the date …
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The Management of the Lagos State University has shut down all hostels at the College of Medicine, LASUCOM, as three students have tested positive for Coronavirus disease. A statement on Thursday night by the Coordinator, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations, CIPPR, Mr Ademola Adekoya, said the affected students …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians especially the elite to be fair in their criticism of his administration by looking at the situation of the country before the assumption of the current government. President Buhari made the call on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience …
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