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The Federal  Government plans to introduce digital token comprising 16 alphabets and numbers to replace the current 11-digit National Identity Number effective January, 2022, it has been learnt. As such, the Federal Government plans to make illegal and a punishable offence any company or agency found verifying the 11-digit National Identity Number. This was disclosed […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) on Tuesday debunked fake information that it was organising an ‘anniversary contest’ or recruiting staff. The reaction was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Garba Deen Muhammad. “In the purported contest, unsuspecting participants are encouraged to carry out a survey by filling out a questionnaire on […]

The Federal Government via the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday reiterated that marriages formalised at the Ikoyi registry in Lagos are constitutional and legal. Several reports had claimed marriages conducted at federal registries were illegal as local governments are responsible for that aspect of public life. However, in a statement by spokesperson Blessing Lere-Adams, the […]

Libya’s education minister was arrested on Monday as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service said. Moussa al-Megarief “was placed in preventative detention pending an investigation into (possible) negligence”, it said in a statement. “The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual procedures for the […]

A 75-year-old man (name withheld) has died at the Lagos Airport in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The man arrived in the country on Monday via the Murtala  Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the United States of America. Sources at the Lagos Airport told Channels Television that the man died […]

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan yesterday did an appraisal of the federal government and concluded that though President Muhammadu Buhari was trying his possible best, Nigeria was still going through trying times. He also pledged the continued support of the National Assembly to the Buhari’s administration in its efforts to deliver on its […]

The Nigeria Football Federation will soon announce the appointment of a new foreign coach for the Super Eagles. The announcement could be made before the impending Africa Cup of Nations billed for Cameroon in January. The new coach, whose identity is still being kept under wraps, was recommended to Nigeria by one of the best […]

Veteran actress, Eucharia Anunobi, on Saturday said that the world would be boring if everyone were wise. The Nollywood star took to her verified Instagram page to share a video of herself where she spoke about friends who diss each other. She said, “Come on now, if everyone is wise, the world would be a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is looking forward to returning to his farm in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State. The president said this in Istanbul, Turkey, where a surprise birthday was organised by the Nigerian embassy in  the country. Buhari, who is currently in Turkey for a summit, clocked 79 on Friday. According […]

Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from 10 African countries, while reimposing testing and warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals. The travel restriction on flights from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt will end at 11:59 pm on Saturday […]

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulated President Buhari on the occasion of his 79th birthday. Lawan acknowledged Buhari’s purposeful leadership, vision, courage and steadfastness in the pursuit of the right cause and common good. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi. “I join […]

The Federal Government on Thursday warned Nigerians to take responsibility for their health as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, who stated this in an interview with one of Punch correspondents, said, among other measures, there was the need for Nigerians to take responsibility […]

Citizens and residents of North Korea have been banned from laughing and drinking alcohol for 11 days to mark the tenth death anniversary of their former leader, Kim Jong II. This order, which forbade North Koreans to show any signs of happiness, was given by the government authorities to commemorate the death of Kim Jong […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has uncovered an additional $72, 870,000 million linked to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The sum was said to have been discovered in an account domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc. Consequently, a former Managing Director of the bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested. Okonkwo, who is […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will not turn down calls for him to contest for the 2023 presidency. Tinubu stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with members of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja. Many support groups […]

The Ministry of Interior has debunked reports making the rounds that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all marriages conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry illegal and invalid. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages, Ministry Of Interior, described the reports as “false, misleading and […]