The Federal government has released fresh guidelines for the replacement of SIM cards that are damaged, stolen or lost as part of efforts to tidy up the processes of obtaining fresh cards. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economic, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami approved the new guidelines following the recommendation of a Ministerial Task Force on issues relating to the telecom industry and National Identity Numbers. A statement signed jointly by the spokesmen of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde and Mr Kayode Adegoke respectively, noted that the new guidelines are…
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The Nigeria international returned a positive test on Friday, having been away for the yuletide break Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has returned positive for coronavirus, his Italian club confirmed on Friday evening. The Nigeria international returned to Naples on Thursday having been away to Lagos for the yuletide break. On arrival, the former Lille and Royal Charleroi star was subjected to the compulsory Covid-19 PCR test and his Serie A outfit disclosed that Osimhen posted a positive result. Fortunately, he had not met with any member of Gennaro Gattuso’s squad, and the goal machine is now set to remain in quarantine for some days. Since dislocating his shoulder in…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Nigerian army will shame and disgrace the Boko Haram and Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in 2021. Buratai gave the assurance at a sit-out night to usher in the 2021 New Year at the TY Buratai Institute for War and Peace, Buratai in Biu Local Government Area of Borno. He said the troops of Nigerian army had done a lot in the fight against insurgency in the North East in 2020, adding that they were committed to decisively deal with all forms of insecurity in…
Wife of the Lagos State governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, yesterday welcomed the first baby of the year 2021 at Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanwo-Olu presented gifts items to the baby and other babies during her goodwill visits to the hospital. The first baby of the year, a boy weighing 4.3kilogrammes was born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Onumba at 2:38 a.m. at the hospital. Sanwo-Olu said the birth of a child required that the mother is adequately taken care of, to ensure that she got skilled care during labour…
THE State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia State Command; Mr. Vincent Ogu, has stated that his command arrested 126 suspected pipeline vandals/oil thieves in the year 2020. Ogu who disclosed this at the command’s headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital, while speaking on the achievements of the command in the year under review commended the efforts of the officers and men of the command who he said have shown unreserved commitment in carrying out the zero tolerance directives of the Commandant General, Abdulahi Gana Mohammadu, against all forms of vandalism of petroleum pipelines and other critical…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), said troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, have rescued 7 abducted persons at Gidan Dan Nunu and Dutsi villages of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Coordinator Defence Media Operations Major-General John Enenche, who made this known in a statement, said “In continuation of aggressive clearance operation to stamp out banditry and other sundry crimes in the North West zone of the country, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji yesterday, 31 December 2020 while on routine patrol around Gidan Dan Nunu and Dutsi villages of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State made contact with bandits. In…
Ondo State Government has begun move to break monopoly of the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in power generation and distribution in the state. The move is to ensure electricity gets to many communities in the state that are yet to be connected to national grid system. It has proposed a new electricity bill to Ondo State House of Assembly to repeal the old Ondo State Electricity Board law. The new electricity bill was to provide enabling laws to guarantee private sector participation in power generation, transmission and distribution in the state as well…
Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President, has said that asides from the effect of COVID-19 pandemic in the past year, Nigeria suffered as a result of lazy and uninspiring leadership especially from the government at the centre. Acknowledging the other threats in the country asides the virus, Atiku advised Nigerians to put their differences aside, saying “we are exposed to a common threat of terrorism, kidnapping and sundry criminalities; the threat of economic meltdown, unemployment and poverty.” He called for the same kind of cooperation displayed in the fight against COVID-19 to be deployed in finding solutions to the other…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a proclamation extending the suspension of issuance of work visas and green cards. Trump imposed the measures in April and June to protect job opportunities for American workers amid a rise in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proclamation came hours before the president’s executive order on the immigration restrictions was set to expire. The order will now expire at the end of March, extending into the first term in office of President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to reverse Trump’s immigration policies. The proclamation said allowing immigrant workers into the country…
A former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested in the company of other activists participating in a protest against the Nigerian government in the early hours of Friday, January 1, 2021. According to a report by Sahara Reporters, owned by Sowore, police officers attacked and arrested the protesters during a peaceful procession to mark the new year in Abuja. The protesters were reportedly wounded before they were allegedly taken and detained at the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit in the capital city. It’s currently unclear how many others were arrested alongside Sowore, but four have been identified. Sowore had…