NCC Approves Bids From MTN, Airtel for 5G Spectrum Auction

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN Nigeria Plc, Mafab Communications Limited, and Airtel Networks Limited, the approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction. The spectrum auction is for the deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) networks. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s director of public affairs, said this in a statement issued on Thursday. According to the commission, the qualified bidders met the criteria for participation in the licensing process of the...

Police Officers in Barracks Lack Befitting Accommodation — IGP

ABUJA — The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba has said the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is facing a gross housing deficit. According to him, less than 10 percent of its personnel in barracks have proper accommodation. Baba said this on Thursday at the quarter four 2021 public-private partnership units consultative (3PUCF) meeting organised by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Abuja. Represented by Zanna Ibrahim, deputy inspector-general (DIG), logistics and supply, the IGP...

Panel Says Lagos Government Trying to Evade Responsibility On #EndSARS Report

LAGOS — The Lagos judicial panel has accused the state government of trying to avoid its responsibility by noting computer errors in the #EndSARS report. This statement was a reaction to the state government’s white paper released last week Following the release of the panel report which confirmed the shooting of armless protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in October 2020, the Lagos government released the White Paper. A report that dismissed some of the findings...

1,144 Suspects Convicted of Corruption In 10 Months — CJN

ABUJA — 1,144 suspects linked to cases of corruption and fraud have been convicted between January 2 and November 14, 2021 according to the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Muhammad said this at the third summit on diminishing corruption in the public sector, organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The chief justice said the committee set up to handle corruption and financial-related cases has propelled an...

FG Must Exercise Restraint in Tax Increment Despite Low Tax-to-GDP Ratio – AFDB

ABUJA — President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said, the fact that the country’s tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is low does not justify the incessant tax increase. He indicated that although the country’s tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is at 6.1 percent, the FG must exercise restraint in tax increment. The AfDB boss said this on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a lecture at the 51st...

Sanwo-Olu Breaks Silence On Lagos #EndSARS Panel Report

LAGOS — Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has said the leak of the unauthorised version of the report reopened a deep wound and generated much tension. The governor said this during a press conference on Tuesday. This is the first time the governor is commenting on the report of the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality. The report of the panel was leaked shortly after it was submitted to the Lagos state government on...

#EndSARS Panel’s Report On Lekki Shooting Unreliable — Lagos Attorney General

LAGOS — Moyosore Onigbanjo, attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Lagos has said the report presented by the judicial panel is filled with many contradictions. According to him, these contradictions make the report on police brutality findings unreliable. On November 15, the panel had submitted two reports. One on cases of police brutality and another on the Lekki shooting incident. The panel had listed nine fatalities from the shooting at the Lekki tollgate on October...

Police Arrest Officer Linked to Odili Home Invasion

ABUJA — The police have arrested a certain Abdullahi Usman, a senior immigration officer, for his alleged role in the invasion of Mary Odili’s residence. Weeks ago, an apartment belonging to a supreme court judge, Mary Odili was invaded by some security operatives in Abuja. The group had stormed the house with a search warrant issued by a magistrate court in Abuja over allegations of illegal activities happening at the house. However, the warrant presented...

Barely Half of Registered Doctors Practice in Nigeria — NMA

KADUNA — Less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) is practising in the country according to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Innocent Ujah, NMA president, said this on Friday in his address at the virtual eighth biennial and scientific conference and annual general meeting of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Kaduna state chapter. He also called on the federal government to look into...

Court Ruling Shows FG’s Commitment to Fighting Terrorism — Malami

ABUJA — Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has described the designation of bandits groups as acts of terrorism as a show of the federal government’s commitment to ending insecurity in the country. His statement is a reaction to the verdict of a federal high court judge on the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups. Following an ex-parte motion filed by the federal government through Mohammed Abubakar, director of public prosecution (DPP)...

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