By Ibiyemi Mathew The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Monday met to strategise on the party’s membership revalidation and registration exercise starting on Feb. 9 in the state. The Chairman, seven-man State Supervisory Committee of the APC Membership…
The organisers of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Monday announced April 10 as the date for the 2021 edition. The Project Consultant of the race, Bukola Olopade, in a statement in Lagos, said the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon…
…warns Nigerians not to visit The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared Kogi a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease. The PTF also said that the Kogi government had failed to report testing,…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says private universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country are already accessing its N7.5 billion National Research Fund (NRF). The fund said the fund was meant to bolster the conduct of cutting-edge…
Kaduna State Government, on Monday, said airstrikes have successfully neutralised bandits in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun Local Government Areas. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, announced the operations via a press statement issued in…
By Ayo Fadimu The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the police to arrest anyone not wearing facemask in public. This is part of the full enforcement of the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, signed into…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Kebbi, has arrested a driver and his assistant whose truck was loaded with 115 bags of Cannabis Sativa, weighing 2.07 tons. The state Commander of the agency, Mr Peter Odaudu, told the…
…N472.88bn from breweries, beverages By Kayode Tokede, Akinyemi Kehinde and Mercy Akindiya The federal government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated N881.02 billion from Company Income Tax (CIT) and Value Added Tax (VAT) from banks and other financial…
Ayo Fadimu and Laraba Raphael, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief at the passing of his longtime ally, friend, political loyalist and former Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh. Reacting to the passage, in a statement by…
