Month: February 2024
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NCC Orders Telcos To Bar Subscribers Not Linked To NIN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, who gave the directive through the Director of Public Affairs,…
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MTN Nigeria Reacts To Network Glitch Across Nigeria
Telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria has confirmed that it suffered a glitch that impacted user’s efforts across the country. The glitch caused anproar among many customers who were not able to carry out business activities using their sims. In a statement published on social media, the telecommunications provider said its engineers are working hard to resolve…
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20-year-old Admission Seeker Raped, Murdered in Ogun
Daily Trust A 20-year-old admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, has been reportedly raped and killed in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was killed at the family residence at Bosero community, Olodo, in Odeda LGA. Sources said the incident occurred on Sunday when hoodlums stormed the residence, raped Elemide and smashed her…
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NLC Suspends Nationwide Protest, Issues March 13 Ultimatum to FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its two-day nationwide protest. The NLC had declared a two-day nationwide mass protest for February 27 and 28, over the economic hardship cobfronting Nigerians since the removal of the petrol subsidy in May 2023. The NLC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), had on February 8, given…
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FG To Begin Payment For Unemployed Nigerian Graduates With NCE, Others
The Federal Government on Monday said it would extend its social security payments net to graduates with qualifications from NCE and upwards. Addressing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, disclosed that the programme would see unemployed Nigerian youths being paid…
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Naira Appreciates Further at Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The Cable News The naira, on Monday, appreciated further to N1,650 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. Naira appreciated by 6.78 percent, representing N120 drop compared to the N1,770/$ traded on February 23, 2024. Bureau De Change operators (BDCs) in Lagos put the buying price of the dollar at…
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FULL LIST: Agencies that may be scrapped based on Oronsaye report
Punch Newspaper President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report. As a result, the government announced the merging, subsuming, scrapping, and relocation of several agencies. In 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan established the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions, and Agencies, with Mr. Steve Oronsaye as the…
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BREAKING: Tinubu orders full implementation of Oronsanye Report
Punch Newspaper President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report.Consequently, it announced the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “So…
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NECO Gives Breakdown of Students Performance in 2023 Exam
The National Examination Council, NECO, on Monday, revealed that 50,066 candidates representing 67.35 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for Senior School Certificate Examinations got five credits including Mathematics and English language. The Registrar of NECO, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this while releasing the results and launching the Automated Annual Posting…
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Social Media: NYSC DG Issues Warning To Corps Members Attending 3-week Orientation Camp
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against sharing camp activities on social media. Ahmed said moments captured during the three weeks of exercise must only be for their consumption. The DG, according to a statement on Sunday, handed down the warning while addressing the 2024 Batch…