Month: December 2020

How To Link Your Phone Number With NIN

Since Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN) by the 31st of December 2020, we decide to discuss how to link your NIN with your SIM to avoid  being blocked while entering a new…

How Herbalist Who Impersonated Femi Adesina, GMD NNPC, Built Houses In Ilorin – EFCC

The trial of a self-styled herbalist, Alfa Jamiu Isiaka, who allegedly impersonated the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, to defraud a South Korean National, Keun Sig Kim to the tune of N30million, resumed on…

Cohesion Football Tournament Returns For A Second Year

Organisers of the annual Cohesion Football Tournament (CFT) have announced the second edition of the event scheduled to take place on 18th and 19th December, 2020 at the Shonibare Field, Surulere Lagos. The tournament is a 2-day social event aimed at engaging at-risk children between the ages of 9-13, who live within the Surulere/Mushin local…

FG Approves 173 Centres To Drive NIN Registration

The Federal Government said it has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across the country. A statement by the Head Corporate Commission of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke revealed that the license for the 173 Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector…

SIM Blocking: Reps Ask NCC To Extend Deadline On New Regulation By 10 Weeks

The House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to extend the deadline for disconnecting of any SIM card not registered with the National Identity Number (NIN) by network operators to 10 weeks. The House lauds the intention of the NCC but wants the process to…

Leadway Assurance Shines At 2020 Great Place To Work Awards

Leadway Assurance’s position as one of Nigeria’s most valuable and employee-sensitive organisations received a boost at the 2020 edition of the Best Workplaces Award Ceremony organised by the influential Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) where the Insurance icon was crowned as a winner in the Silver Category. The Great Place to Work awards ceremony…

Katsina Abduction: Bring Back Our Boys Now, Okonjo-Iweala Tells FG

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian Finance Minister and leading candidate for the director-general of the World Trade Organisation job, has urged the Federal Government to do everything possible to bring back the over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Okonjo-Iweala, who described the unfortunate incident as a recurring nightmare,…

Rivers APC: Sack Aguma, Abe And Their Cohorts From Party Now, Eze Tells Buni

After several efforts by the Buni led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at reconciling members and rebuilding the distressed chapter of the party in Rivers State, hope still seems not to be on sight as peace appears to have taken perpetual flight from the circle of the Rivers Progressives family…

Gozem, AAIC Partner To Launch Health Services Through African Super App

Gozem and Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) announce on Tuesday that they will work closely together to launch health services inside the African Super App. This partnership is the result of a recent investment from AAIC in Gozem’s pre-series A round. In the summer of 2020, Gozem launched its Super App that enables its…