The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, has said more than 100 million Nigerians have no form of identification. Aziz, who spoke on the topic: “Strategic Roadmap for ID Development”, in a Zoom meeting with editors on Wednesday, said less than 50 percent of the country’s population is not enrolled […]
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The Nigerian Army has expressed sadness at the unfortunate incident in which suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists ambushed and killed innocent women and children in Faduma Koloram village, Gubio LGA of Borno State. In a communique by its spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, the army revealed that already a large contingent of military personnel have been drafted […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday hailed the leadership of the ninth (9th) National Assembly on their first anniversary. In a statement issued by , Mr Femi Adesina, Special adviser to the President on media and publicity, the president said the assembly has positively impacted the lives of Nigerians in the last one year. President […]
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The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the nomination of Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. During the plenary on Wednesday, the Senate also confirmed the nomination of Reginald Karawusa (Imo), Ibrahim Boyi (Katsina) and Obisan Joseph (Lagos) as full-time commissioners of the agency. Their confirmation followed the consideration of […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said it embarked on measures that will ensure safe and efficient operations post COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC Director, of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement quoted the Director-General of the […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, had an argument over the first degree certificate presented by the governor from the University of Ibadan. Oshiomhole, in Abuja at the inauguration of the APC’s screening and appeal committees for its members contesting governorship primary in […]
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The Government of the state of Kaduna has lifted lockdown in the state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday. According to him, places of worship are also reopened but only on Sundays and Fridays. El-Rufai also announced that supermarkets, hotels, providers of personal services such as hairdressing and barbing salons […]
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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, resumed duties at the Red chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday. Kokomansion understands that this is the first time Kalu is attending a plenary session since his release from prison. On his arrival at the Senate, Kalu who spoke to reporters said “I […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that the country might just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the NCDC, stated this while speaking at the House of Representatives on Monday, when members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) appeared before a joint committee of the […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. The PTF said Nigerians are avoiding being tested; a situation that is said to be responsible for the low testing ratio to the population. This was made known at the House of Representatives on Monday […]
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