Nigerians who fail to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) risk imprisonment, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said. Pantami made the comment at the sixth edition of the ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential media team at the State House in Abuja. He explained that the decision to […]
By Philomina Attah The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has warned Nigerians against contracting fake marriages with foreigners. Babandede, who handed the warning at a briefing with newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, said doing so constituted a punishable offence because it deprived the Federal Government of expected revenue from tax […]
By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has given reasons for the present hazy weather conditions being experienced over the North and Central parts of the country in the last few days. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Muntari Ibrahim, NiMet’s General Manager of Public Relations, echoed the prediction of the […]
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Primero Transport Services Ltd., Operator of BRT in Lagos State, has announced resumption of services on Ikorodu-TBS from Friday, 48 hours after suspending operations on the routes over operational challenges. Mutiu Yekeen, Head, Corporate Communications of the firm, confirmed the resumption in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Yekeen said: “We […]