LAGOS – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says GSM operators have collected 47.8 million National Identification Number (NINs) from subscribers as at Jan 18. This is contained in a statement by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director, Public Affairs on Tuesday in Lagos. Adinde quoted Minister of Communications and Digital Economy …

BARCELONA – FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been handed a two-match ban for his sending-off against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. The punishment was confirmed by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday. Messi fouled Asier Villalibre late in the Spanish Super Cup final which FC Barcelona lost. It was the …

ROME – Veteran striker Mario Mandzukic has joined Serie A leaders AC Milan and is returning to the Italian top flight he had left in 2019. “AC Milan is delighted to announce the signing of Mario Mandzukic,” the Rossoneri said on Tuesday on their website. “The club and the striker …

ABUJA – The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said over 4,000 inmates have been freed nationwide so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in 2020. Aregbesola said this during the inauguration of 53 operational vehicles purchased for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Tuesday in Abuja. The …

ABUJA – The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, says his ministry is determined to accelerate the pace of industrialisation of Nigeria, to create wealth for citizens. Onu, who made this known on Tuesday, in Abuja, when a delegation of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) paid him …

ENUGU – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) destroyed more than 2,000 substandard cooking gas cylinders fabricated in Onitsha and its environs on Tuesday. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the agency seized the substandard cooking gas cylinders …

LAGOS – The newly appointed Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has a strong warning to drug barons and traffickers to back out of the illicit trade or be ready for hard times. Gen. Marwa issued the stern warning in his remarks …

LAGOS – A EFCC witness, Okechukwu Akubue has broke can of worms, exposing how the former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (rtd) and two senior NAF officers embezzled the service N21billion funds while in office. Akubue, in his examination-in-chief before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi on Monday …

… 59 new cases recorded, as active cases rise to 353 BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has said it is putting adequate measures in place ahead of the reopening of schools in the state to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). Addressing journalists at …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration will collaborate with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), to improve accounting best practices among civil servants in the state. The governor gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the President of ICAN, …