Avoid linking Your SIM Cards to Another Person’s NIN, NCC Warns Nigerians

NewsTelecommunicationAvoid linking Your SIM Cards to Another Person’s NIN, NCC Warns Nigerians

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 19, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says citizens should avoid linking National Identification Numbers (NINs) to another person’s SIM card. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said the commission gave the warning during its third run Telecom Consumer Town Hall on Radio (TCTHR) program, broadcast live on Human Rights Radio, 101.1 FM in Abuja recently. According to the statement,  Efosa Idehen, NCC’s director, consumer affairs bureau, during the radio program said...

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Troops Killed 50 Bandits in Kaduna Operation

Crime & SecurityNewsTroops Killed 50 Bandits in Kaduna Operation

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 19, 2021

KADUNA — Fifty bandits were killed during a joint operation of air and ground troops in Birnin Gwari LGA of the state according to the Kaduna state government. The Kaduna commissioner for internal security, Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. He noted that the Nigerian air force helicopter gunship provided close air support to ground troops during the operation. “In an inspiring success for the security forces, over 50 bandits have been...

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Nigerians Spent N54trn on Household Consumption in Six Months – NBS

EconomyNewsNigerians Spent N54trn on Household Consumption in Six Months – NBS

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 19, 2021

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said spending by citizens in Nigeria rose to N54.84 trillion in nominal terms in the first half of 2021. This is N48.22 trillion recorded in the first half of 2020 according to an Expenditure and Income Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report. Household final expenditure is the amount of final consumption expenditure made by resident households to meet their everyday needs, such as food, clothing, housing (rent), energy, transport,...

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PDP Mocks APC Over Parallel State Congresses

NigeriaPoliticsPDP Mocks APC Over Parallel State Congresses

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 19, 2021

ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its state congresses. According to the opposition party, the APC congresses were crisis-ridden in 20 state chapters of the ruling party where parallel congresses were held. Several APC state chapters held parallel congresses to elect two sets of executives on Saturday. The opposition in a statement on Sunday described the APC congresses as a harvest of confusion. PDP said the...

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NAF Denies Paying Bandits, Debunk Wall Street Journal Report

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNAF Denies Paying Bandits, Debunk Wall Street Journal Report

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied paying bandits a sum of N20 million in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun earlier seized from troops. NAF’s statement is a reaction to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which accused the force of brokering the deal to secure a 12.7 calibre anti-aircraft gun. In the report published on Sunday, WSJ reported that NAF brokered the deal just as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning...

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CAC to Block Fraudulent Registration Applications

BusinessNewsCAC to Block Fraudulent Registration Applications

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The registrar-general of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Garba Abubakar, has announced that the agency is set to block suspected fraudulent applications registering new companies similar to existing ones. Rasheed Mahe, head of media at CAC, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. The statement stated that Abubakar said the CAC recorded high applications with names similar to existing ones and indicated that the Commission had discontinued the issuance of certified true...

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SERAP Sues FG Over N4.8bn Budget to Monitor WhatsApp

Law & JusticeSERAP Sues FG Over N4.8bn Budget to Monitor WhatsApp

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the scheme to keep tabs on the phone calls, WhatsApp, and text messages of Nigerians. The NGO filed the suit on Friday before a federal high court in Abuja. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1240/2021, SERAP prayed that the court to declare the plan to monitor WhatsApp unconstitutional. Of the N982 billion approved in 2021 supplementary budget,...

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NDLEA Recommends Test for Politicians, Others to Curb Drug Abuse

HealthPeopleNDLEA Recommends Test for Politicians, Others to Curb Drug Abuse

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has called on the federal government to broaden its approach to combat drug abuse in the country. According to the drug enforcement chairman, drug tests should be mandated for citizens, particularly the youths, the group most prone to drug abuse. While speaking to NAN on Monday, he posited that public office holders should also be mandated to undergo an integrity drug test....

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SPECIAL REPORT: Outdated Textbooks, Dearth of Materials Crippling Teaching in Public Primary Schools

EducationSpecial ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Outdated Textbooks, Dearth of Materials Crippling Teaching in Public Primary Schools

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 14, 2021

By Beloved John, Staff Writer Musa’s only teaching material is the curriculum, a flat rectangular book, given to him by the headmaster of the government primary school he was employed to teach. The curriculum is the only material he could use to carry his duty. But to give life to his basic science lessons, the primary four class teacher would need a variety of instructional materials, which currently are unavailable to him. It’s been a...

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Gunmen Abduct Students of Catholic Seminary in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityGunmen Abduct Students of Catholic Seminary in Kaduna

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 12, 2021

KADUNA — Gunmen attacked a Catholic seminary, St Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy in Kaduna, and abducted some of its students. The incident occurred on Monday night at Fayit community in Kagoma chiefdom, Jama’a LGA. Six seminarians were injured during the attack according to Emmanuel Okolo, chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna. The chancellor confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday. “We announce with unease the kidnap of three...

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