BREAKING: NIMC hits 63m enrolment mark
By Emmanuel Elebeke The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, says it has captured over 63 million residents in the ongoing enrolment National Identity Number, NIN exercise. The Managing Director of the Commission, Engr Aliyu Azeez, disclosed this at the 3rd National Identity Day celebration tagged: “Identity, A Tool for Sustainable Digital Economy And National Security” […]
Alleged attack on Buhari, Emefiele: Arewa Youth Assembly impeached, expels speaker
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Arewa Youth Assembly has announced the impeachment of its speaker, Mohammed Salihu Danlami, over the alleged attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic policies and blackmail campaign on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The Northern apex socio-political youth group, addressing a press conference, Thursday, in Abuja, also […]
NDDC BOARD: RITA LORI-OGBEBOR’s lies and ethnic agenda cannot stand
Frontline civil society group, Niger Delta Integrity Group (NDIG), has taken a swipe at self-acclaimed activist, Rita Lori-Ogbebor, for once again making false claims about the in-coming substantive board of the NDDC, and for pushing an ethnic agenda that is alien to the laws setting up the Commission. In a statement to Vanguard by its […]
AIB submits interim report on Air Force plane crash that killed ex-COAS in Kaduna
THE interim report of the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force, NAF, King Air -350 aircraft that killed the former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers including crew members in Kaduna, was submitted yesterday.
Yoruba Nation’s protest with IPOB at UN must be ignored —Presidency
The Presidency said yesterday that the Yoruba Nation’s talk of human rights promotion must be ignored because of its association with the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB
Nigeria owing N35.5trn, local debt stands at N21 trillion
The nation’s public debt stock stood at N35.465 trillion as at June 30, Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Ms. Patience Oniha, disclosed yesterday.
25m Nigerians may remain outside telecom coverage after 5G roll out
As the dateline for the deployment of 5G networks in Nigeria narrows down to early next year, there are indications that about 25 million Nigerians in 114 telecommunications clusters would remain outside coverage areas as telecom authorities get set for roll out.
Why we’re borrowing to pay salaries — Akeredolu
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, explained why his administration resorted to borrowing to pay salaries of workers in the state.
Hushpuppi: Final decision on Abba Kyari’s extradition’ll be taken by Buhari —Police Minister
Police Affairs Minister, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, said on Tuesday night that the final decision on request for extradition of suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, would be taken only by President Muhammadu Buhari.
100 days after, FG says end of Twitter suspension is near
THE Federal Government said yesterday it would soon resolve issues with micro-blogging platform, Twitter, and relax the ban placed on its operation in the country.
Food prices moderates inflation to 17.01%, Kogi in highest rate
•Analysts predict further decline to 16.49% in Sept By Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said headline inflation dropped to 17.01 per cent in August, 2021 following slower pace of increase in food prices. This represents a 0.37 percentage point decline when compared to 17.38 per cent recorded in July. Meanwhile, analysts at […]
