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The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage exercise to July 26.This was announced in a statement jointly signed by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission.The agencies disclosed that at least 57.3 million Nigerians have enrolled for the NIN, with an average of three to four SIM cards per NIN.A total of 5,410 enrollment systems have...

Chaos broke out yesterday in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when Secondary School Students of two public schools engaged in a violent fight over the death of two of their colleagues.The incident, involved students of the Baptist Boys High School who invaded the Ilugun High School, to avenge the death of their colleagues who were allegedly stabbed to death in the previous week.The invasion grounded academic activities in the school, as teache...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the online continuous voter registration exercise.With the online exercise, new voters can pre-register while those who have registered in the past can access the platform to review their voter registration status.The new voters are required to fill the forms on the portal with their bio data and required documents, after which they are expected to visit an INEC office from July 19 to comple...

The People’s Democratic Party has cautioned the Governor of Zamfara State, BELLO MATAWALLE, members of the State House of Assembly, and those of the National Assembly from the state against defecting to the All Progressives Congress.The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN said that the defection of the governor will amount to a decision to vacate office.He added that no law allows him to cross over to any other party, as his g...

Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO has cited corruption and lack of transparency, as the factors for poor contract negotiations in Nigeria.The Vice President made this known while addressing a capacity building workshop for negotiators, organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in Abuja.Vice-President OSINBAJO also called for proper negotiation in the ongoing discussion on climate change, and asked for the consideration ...

The president of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), HABU GUMEL has revealed that fifty-one Nigerian athletes have already qualified for various events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which is scheduled to begin next month.HABU GUMEL, who said the NOC and the Ministry of Sports were working together to ensure Nigeria performed better in Tokyo than it did in the last two games, revealed that more athletes were expected to qualify for the games before the end of the qualifying w...

Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA has called on estate surveyors and valuers to explore digital technology innovation to promote professionalism and unlock infrastructure deficit to achieve growth and development in the country.The Minister made the call at the 44th induction for newly registered estate surveyors and valuers, organised by Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria in Abuja.BABATUNDE FASHOLA urged the inductees...

The Shehu of Borno, ABUBAKAR ELKANEMI has said the fear of Boko Haram is preventing the residents from returning to liberated communities.The monarch said this when he hosted the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General FAROUQ YAHAYA in his palace in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.He urged the Chief of Army Staff to pay more attention to certain locations that are still inaccessible in the state due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents....

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General FARUK YAHAYA has charged troops in the Theatre of Operation HADIN KAI to be decisive and alert in the fight against ISWAP and Boko Haram Terrorists in North-Eastern Nigeria.The Chief of Army Staff gave the charge while addressing troops of Sector 3 Operation HADIN KAI and Multinational Joint Task Force, Monguno, Borno State.General FARUK YAHAYA, who praised the level of discipline and commitment to duty exhibited by tr...

Former President GOODLUCK JONATHAN has expressed concern over the increasing crime wave in the country caused by consumption of drugs.According to him most of the crimes perpetrated are drug-induced because no sane Nigerian will commit a crime except he is intoxicated.He said with all the issues bedeviling Nigeria, incidents of mental health had suddenly become a challenge as most Nigerians were currently traumatized by the happenings in the society....