SIM-NIN: Queues mount as deactivated subscribers storm telecom outlets

Some telecommunication subscribers were left stranded on Tuesday after telecom companies barred their lines from making calls following a directive from the Federal Government. The Federal Government had on Monday directed telecom companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by blocking outgoing calls on all unlinked lines after the deadline […]

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Ogun church scatters as preacher dies during sermon

A deacon at the Evangelical Church Winning All, Onikoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Francis Ogunnusi, died while preaching in the church on Sunday. The late deacon was the Baale of Onikoko community, near the Panseke area of Abeokuta. It was gathered that Ogunnusi was on the pulpit on Sunday preaching against the get-rich-quick syndrome that had […]

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I was right to criticise Buhari, FG, sacked Imam maintains

The sacked Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarter mosque, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has maintained there was nothing wrong with his criticisms of the Federal Government over the Kaduna terror train attack. As reported by The Nation, he told Channels TV that what he said was in order. He explained he simply asked the Federal […]

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Outrage as Adeboye’s son calls RCCG pastors ‘goats’

•Tweeps call for his suspension Leke Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, slammed erring pastors of the church, calling them ‘goats’ for preaching their sermons after the G.O. had finished speaking and preaching. This generated outrage on social media as many condemned the statement […]

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MC Oluomo’s sack after withdrawal from NURTW big joke – Aide

Says union has already lost Lagos The National Union of Road Transport Workers Union has lost Lagos State and should not bother engaging in comic sessions such as sacking ex-chairman of the union in the state, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. Akinsanya’s Media Aide, Jimoh Buhari, made this known in a chat on Wednesday while […]

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National NURTW sacks MC Oluomo, dissolves Lagos council

The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has dissolved its Lagos State council under Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo. The National Administrative Council of the union made this known in a statement titled ‘Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council’, jointly signed by its national president, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, and general secretary, […]

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Ex-envoy and Ondo senatorial aspirant, Sola Iji, begins mobilisation visits to LGs

From left to right: Secretary to Ilaje Local Government and former SSA to ex-Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Dr Bayo Jegede; former Publicity Secretary, AD, ACN, Hon Rotimi Agbede; a leader from Okitipupa, Hon Kola Afere; Member representing Ilaje Constituency I in the Ondo State House of Assembly and a House of Representatives aspirant, Hon Abayomi Babatunde […]

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Kaduna residents flee as bandits kill 17 soldiers, three others

Terrorists killed 17 soldiers in an attack at a military base in Polwire, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, it was learnt. A source told our correspondent that 40 wounded soldiers were taken to the 44 Army Reference Hospital facility, including 17 of them (soldiers) confirmed to have been killed by the terrorists. […]

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IPOB rejects Soludo’s promised amnesty, says ‘we are not criminals’

Kanunta Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the amnesty offered to the pro-Biafra group by Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo. On Monday, Soludo promised to grant IPOB members and other Biafra agitators amnesty if they lay down their arms. The governor made this known shortly […]

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NIN-SIM linkage: Angry subscribers besiege enrolment centres

Angry and frustrated subscribers affected by the partial Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) deactivation order of the Federal Government yesterday thronged the offices of the telecoms companies to find out why they couldn’t make calls on their phones even when they have sufficient airtime. After several extensions, the Federal Government had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission […]

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