National Identity Number Enrolls 107,338,044 Nigerians

As of Friday, May 10, 2024, the enrollment for the National Identity Number (NIN) has so far reached 107,338,044. The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, who disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, said the figure reflected 13.2 million increase from 104 million recorded in December 2023. The NIMC boss stressed that the commission will expedite action to ensure that all Nigerians were enrolled within record-time,...

Rivers Assembly: Court Banishes Speaker, Others – Police Takes Over Complex

Pro-Wike speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 other members have been restrained from parading themselves as legislators. This follows the face-off between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over the political structures of the state. The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction prohibiting them from convening or participating in any official meetings at the Assembly premises. The...

President Tinubu Confers Awujale With Second Highest National Honour

President Bola Tinubu on Friday conferred second national honour, GCON on HRM Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland. The event took place on the occasion of the 90th birthday anniversary of the Oba by the President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Tinubu in his remarks said, “We’re here today to celebrate and rejoice with an outstanding and extraordinary monarch on the occasion of his 90th birthday anniversary. “It also gladdens...

Rivers Crisis: Bode George Seeks Intervention Of Party Elders, Stakeholders

…Says Rivers Belongs To PDP Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has sought the intervention of elders and stakeholders of the party in the political crisis rocking Rivers State. Speaking in Lagos on Friday, George also warned President Bola Tinubu not to treat with levity the threat by some lawmakers in the state House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. While insisting that the oil-bearing state belongs...

Rivers Crisis: You Can’t Abrogate Constitution Of Federal Republic, APC Tells Fubara

…Says Gov’s Declaration That Rivers Assembly Doesn’t Exist Is Affront To Constitution The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State not to abrogate the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, pointing out that it’s an affront of the constitution for the Governor to declare that Rivers State House of Assembly doesn’t exist. The APC in a press conference on Friday addressed by Felix Morka, Esq., National Publicity Secretary of...

Senate Backs Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers

A fiery debate erupted in the Nigerian Senate this week, culminating in a vote to potentially impose the death penalty on drug traffickers. The measure passed on Thursday, marks a dramatic shift in sentencing for such offenses, which previously carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. “Any person who, without lawful authority, imports, manufactures, produces, processes, plants or grows the drugs popularly known as cocaine, LSD, heroin or any other similar drugs shall be guilty...

House of Reps Hit Pause on CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

The House of Representatives threw a wrench into the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, plans this week, directing the bank to suspend the implementation of a proposed 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The move came after a motion by Honourable Kingsley Chinda, who raised concerns about the levy’s ambiguity. According to Chinda, the CBN’s circular outlining the levy was open to misinterpretation. He argued that the wording could lead to the levy being placed...

Gunmen Storm Kogi University, Abduct Students 

Unease gripped the campus of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, in Osara, Kogi State, on Thursday night, as gunmen stormed the institution and abducted a yet-to-be-determined number of students. According to an eyewitness account, the assailants believed to be bandits, arrived around 9:00 p.m. while students were engrossed in late-night studies for their upcoming semester examinations. The witness reported, “They came through the bush, entered three lecture halls, and started shooting into...

Adamawa State Records 818 Cases Of Measles In Four Months

The Adamawa State government has confirmed 143 cases of measles out of 818 it recorded from January 2024 to date across the 21 local government areas of the state. Kadabiyu G. Jones, State Epidemiology, State Ministry of Health, Yola disclosed this during a media engagement in Yola and explained that most of the affected persons are unvaccinated children between the ages of 0-14 years. He stated that the immunization embarked upon in the affected areas...

Insecurity:  Kaduna State Government To Merge 359 Schools

Due to incessant attacks on schools by bandits leading to abduction and kidnapping of pupils, students and their teaching and nonteaching staff, the Kaduna State has announced plans to relocate 359 schools from high-risk areas to safer communities within the state. Governor, Senator Uba Sani represented by his Chief of Staff, Sani Kila, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ forum and training session for the newly established Schools’ Protection Squad. He attributed the decline primarily to...

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