SIM-NIN policy: 20.4 million Nigerians risk disconnection from GSM services

NIMC enrolment centres open weekend At least 20.4 million Nigerians risk being disconnected from telecommunication services if the Federal Government implements the National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module policy as it has hinted. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management […]

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How my sorrow disappeared when I lost my son in 2021 – Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, shared how he got over his “deep sorrow” caused by the death of his son, Dare, last May. According to the octogenarian preacher, a text message from one of his spiritual daughters turned the tide following the death of his […]

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UK jails Nigerian four years for instigating violence against Igbo

A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incited racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Shoyemi, popularly known as Adeyinka Grandson, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, first came to the attention of counter-terror police in the UK […]

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‘My wife and I now sleep less than one hour a day since our 3 children disappeared’

Abuja-based Mr Sunday Ani and his wife are having a traumatic time after their three children ‘disappeared’ from their school and have not been seen since over a week. The businessman speaks with Solomon Odeeniyi about the incident in the following interview. For how long have you been married and how many children do you […]

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Appointing Omisore, prime suspect in Ige’s murder APC secretary discredits probe -Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said the resumption of investigation into the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility with the emergence of a prime suspect in the case, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, as the National Secretary of […]

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Ogun poly graduate battling liver disease needs N7.1m for surgery

Thirty-four-year-old Kehinde Badmus, has lived the last five months in excruciating pain as he struggles to fight his way through chronic liver damage. The Ogun State Polytechnic graduate of Mass Communication, who is currently battling for his life at a private hospital in Lagos, fell ill shortly after his introduction to his would-be in-laws in […]

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First ladies’ indecency in public office

Undignified conduct of two erstwhile first ladies in Anambra State the other day relives the significance of spouses in the leadership recruitment process. Though the Anambra show of shame has petered into a comic relief, the symbolism to recurring bad governance of the men folks should not be lost on all. Clearly, the women behind […]

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Pressure group delivers PDP presidential nomination form to Peter Obi

A political pressure group, Like Minds for Peter Obi, delivered presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the aspirant in Onitsha, Anambra, on Friday. The group bought the form for N40 million at the party’s Abuja secretariat on Thursday and delivered same to Obi at his Niger Drive residence in Onitsha. Those […]

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Over 4.1 million Ukrainian refugees flee war

Women, children account for 90 percent Nearly 4.14 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia’s full-scale invasion began on February 24, with tens of thousands continuing to flood into neighbouring countries each day, UN numbers show. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said Saturday that 4,137,842 Ukrainians had fled in just over five weeks, […]

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