The Ogun State Police Command says it arrested 2,735 criminals between July and December 2020 in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Edward Ajogun, said the arrests were made when he assumed office. He disclosed this on Thursday while parading fresh 47 suspects arrested for armed robbery, cultism, human trafficking and murder, […]
The National Identity Management Commission, on Thursday, unveiled a Mobile App for the enrolment of the National Identification Number by applicants. In a statement signed by Femi Adeluyi, an aide to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, the Federal Government also released an “improved” National Identity Number slip. The ministry said the […]
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has expressed dissatisfaction over the fatal killing of a 27-year-old Nigerian, Mr George Nkencho, in Ireland. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the federal government’s agency – NIDCOM, described the killing as “callous” in a statement on Thursday. The PUNCH gathered that Nkencho was shot dead by gardaí ((Irish police) during an […]
The World Health Organisation on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution. The decision “makes the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the (novel coronavirus) outbreak began a year ago,” WHO said in a statement. The […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the ongoing enrollment for the National Identification Number (NIN) is free across the country. In a tweet on Thursday, NIMC warned that those who extort applicants risk a seven-year jail term if found guilty of the offence. While citing Sections 14, 20 and 21 of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a New Year broadcast to the nation, the Presidency said on Thursday. The information was relayed via a statement by spokesman Garba Shehu. According to Shehu, the broadcast will commence at 7 am. “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to join the network services of the Nigerian […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the 2021 budget and the finance bill into law at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. This comes ten days after both chambers of the National Assembly passed the N13.5trn budget and three days after it was transmitted to the President for assent. President Buhari presented […]
Air France-KLM has reintroduced an Airport Transit Visa for citizens of some countries, including Nigeria and Ghana, travelling to the United Kingdom after Brexit. The airline said this in a statement titled, ‘Travel on Air France or KLM to and from the United Kingdom after Brexit – January 1, 2020’. According to the statement, it […]
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, said he was seen as someone against the progress of the education sector when he warned against the reopening of schools earlier in the year. Ujah, at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and beyond, on Wednesday, said the country was not […]
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the Nigerian government is on the case of Sulaimon Olufemi who has been on death row for 18 years in Saudi Arabia over the killing of a police officer. The NiDCOM boss made this known during a meeting with Olufemi’s family who […]