Author: News Agency Report
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FG Introduces Digital Tokens To Replace NIN Slip
The Federal Government has introduced a suite of digital Tokens to replace the aging NIN slip and polycarbonate card. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami said this at stakeholders workshop on the National Identification Number, NIN, Tokenization Solution organised by National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, in Abuja. He said government adopted the…
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Court Grants 5 Accused Dowen College Students Bail
A Chief Magistrates’ court in Yaba, Lagos, has granted five Dowen College students bail after a conspiracy and homicide charge was made against them by the police. The court granted the students bail in the sum of N1 million each, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The minors have been remanded in a juvenile home…
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UNICAL Suspends Female Law Student Over Alleged Theft of iPhoneXS
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has suspended a female student of the Faculty of Law of the institution over alleged theft. The suspension was conveyed in a letter signed on Tuesday in Calabar by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and addressed to the student. According to the letter,…
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UTME 2022: JAMB Urges Candidates To Get NIN
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has asked all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, to acquire their National Identification Numbers, NIN, ahead of the exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly bulletin released by the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. JAMB said that it would…
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NNPC Alerts Nigerians Over Purported Anniversary Contest
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, has drawn the attention of the general public to a fake competition trending online which claims to celebrate its so-called “Anniversary Event”. Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, in a statement on Monday said the NNPC had nothing to do with the purported anniversary…
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Chileans Elect 35-year-old Man as President
The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile’s youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly large victory over his far-right rival in a polarizing race. Boric, 35, garnered nearly 56 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast, who conceded even before the final result…
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Benue Police Confirm Death of 3 Family Members in Fire Disaster
The Benue Police Command has confirmed deaths of three members of a family as a result of fire disaster in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene, made the confirmation on Friday in Makurdi. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity to the News Agency…
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How Watching Porn ‘Damage My Brain’ , Grammy-winning Singer, Eilish
American Grammy-winning singer, Billie Eilish, has spoken about addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating. Eilish, who turns 20 on Saturday, was speaking on “The Howard Stern Show” on Sirius XM radio on Monday. “I think porn is a disgrace.…
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COVID-19: Omicron Variant Spreading Faster, Now in 77 Countries, WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Omicron variant is spreading faster than other variants as it is now present in 77 countries. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a news briefing at WHO headquarters in Geneva that it would be a mistake to dismiss the COVID-19 strain as mild. “Omicron is spreading at…
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Adopt UTAS Platform For Payment of Salaries, Other Entitlements, ASUU Urges FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to adopt the Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) platform for the payment of their salaries and other entitlements. The union also called on the FG to pay the salary arrears of lecturer’s owed salary for 22 months for their refusal to be captured…