Former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria, and currently the convener, Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, has revealed that the Northern region is ready for restructuring. Prof. Abdullahi, who has been very vociferous in his calls for a change of tactics in respect of administering the country, in a recent interview he granted, disclosed the position of northern elders on the future of Nigeria, said that the North is ready for the restructuring of the federation. He said, “What will happen now, unfortunately for us, for…
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Suspension of SIM card registration has rendered 2m youths jobless – Association
About two million Nigerian youths have been rendered jobless by the recent suspension of sale, registration and activation of SIM cards by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The Arewa Telecom Operators Agents and Simcard Dealers Association (ATOASDA), made the claim while addressing a press conference in Kaduna yesterday. The telecomms dealers, who noted that they were aware of the Federal Government’s intention to address security challenges through linkage of National Identity Number, (NIN), with mobile numbers and suspension of new SIM cards registration, they fear that, rendering…
Read MoreAnambra: Retirees set to embark on hunger strike over four years unpaid gratuities
Pensioners in Anambra State have threatened to embark on a hunger strike over unpaid gratuities. It was gathered that the State Chairman of the pensioners, Anthony Ugozor, made this threat in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Sunday. Ugozor, who claimed that the State government was owing pensioners in the State 4 years arrears of gratuities, said the retirees would hold a meeting early next year to take a decision on the matter. “There are arrears of 4 years of gratuities in Anambra. The payment of gratuities stopped in Anambra…
Read More8 million subscribers have submitted NINs, says MTN
Telecomms giant, (MTN), has announced that so far, eight million subscribers have uploaded their National Identification Number, (NIN), on its platform. In a disclosure notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the telecomms company also said the deadline given for subscribers to update their SIM registration records with the NIN is welcome development. It also revealed some resolutions stakeholders in the industry had with the federal government. Recall that on December 21, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, met with stakeholders and it was agreed that…
Read MoreDoctor contracts COVID-19 after receiving vaccine
A New York doctor was diagnosed with the coronavirus four days after he received the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. The case occurred at Montefiore Hospital, in the State of New York. “One of our team members started to feel symptoms about four days after he got the vaccine,” said Dr. Amos Dudi, an intensive care and lung disease specialist at the hospital. “We are not sure when exactly he was infected, it may have even been before he received the vaccine or it could be after then.”…
Read MorePolice: Group writes PMB, seeks reversal of promotion by Commission
A group from the South-East, under the aegis of ‘Conference of Igbo Professionals Worldwide’, has lamented the recent promotion of Police officers by the Police Service Commission (PSC), alleging that the zone was left out and not favourably treated as others. It was also gathered that the group wrote an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, where it alleged that, like in past recruitments, appointments, promotions and allocation of resources, the region has been denied its rightful place in the exercise carried out by the Commission. The letter, which…
Read More‘Muslims outnumber Christians at Christmas service in Kaduna church’
The General Overseer of Christ’s Evangelical and Life Intervention Church, in Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, has said that’s Muslims in large number which included women, children, youth and Islamic scholars were in a southern Kaduna church to felicitate with their Christian friends and relatives during the Christmas festivities. The cleric said that every year, Muslims from various states in the North come to the church and celebrate Christmas with them. According to him, “Muslims scholars, traditional title holders, peace ambassadors, stakeholders on peace-building from Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara, Zaria, Jos…
Read MoreFake Covid-19 test result certificates on sale in Lagos – LASG
The Lagos State government yesterday raised an alarm over fake COVID-19 certificates on sale in the State. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this at a press conference to give an update on the second wave of the virus in Lagos, saying it has come to the attention of the government that a number of people who came into the country were patronising individuals who sell fake COVID-19 results certificates. Abayomi said the government was currently putting machinery in place to apprehend those doing such unscrupulous businesses.…
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