from July 1, 2016, activate the DO NOT DISTURB facility which gives subscribers the freedom to choose what messages to receive from the various networks. With this Direction, operators have been mandated to dedicate a common Short Code (2442) which will enable subscribers take informed decisions. Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Tony…
Members of the Niger Delta Avengers have been urged to sheath their sword and allow Federal government time to fashion out solutions to their grievances. This was the opinion of a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche, while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State recently. He noted that blowing…
Federal Public Servants in the country have been advised taught ways to add value to their income in order to meet up with the present economic challenges facing the country. This lecture was given by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, in Abuja when she declared open a one-day…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the recent comment by the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, that the continued rumpus in the Senate, including the alleged harassment of its leadership and the recent arraignment of its presiding officers on criminal charges of conspiracy and forgery, was all about the emergence…
The Benue State Police Command has reacted to reports that about 81 persons were feared dead recently when some suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed communities in the state. In a statement issued by the PPRO Benue Command, ASP Moses Joel Yamu, the police claimed that only 22 persons were killed during the attack. Yamu described the…
President Buhari has commended the outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Ambassador Perry Calderwood. The President applauded the Government of Canada’s humanitarian assistance to Nigerians displaced by the insurgency in the North East, and their commitment to polio eradication in the country. He highlighted the Federal Government’s effort to facilitate voluntary return of displaced…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja expressed appreciation for the important role the United States Government played in the success of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. Receiving the outgoing Ambassador of the US, James Entwistle, at the State House, the President said the US insistence on free, fair and violent-free elections largely contributed…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, will lead the country’s delegation to the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union starting on July 18 in Kigali, Rwanda. This was made known on Monday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. He said the occasion would afford Nigeria the opportunity to showcase the successes recorded by…
An appeal has been made to loyalists of President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, and those loyal to the first Vice President, Riek Machar, to allow peace to reign. Over the weekend, a clash broke out between supporters of the two leaders, leading to the death of over 200 persons. On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned that his administration will do everything to clampdown on criminals in the state. He disclosed that his government will continue its anti-cultism and anti-kidnapping war until all criminals are rooted out of the state. Wike, who spoke on Monday after he supervised the demolition of two hideouts…