The Police Service Commission has warned police personnel deployed to Edo State for Saturday’s governorship poll to eschew acts of misconduct during the exercise. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Ani warned the operatives on electoral duty in the […]
The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians for what it termed a misleading information regarding ‘Self-certification’ forms. The government had earlier ordered all account holders in financial institutions to obtain, complete and submit the forms. Nigerians have been expressing their anger over the new instruction and wondered why authorities are dragging them into another round of verification. […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in Edo State. The curfew starts 11:59pm on Friday and ends 6pm on Saturday. Police spokesman, Frank Mba, in a statement said this would ensure public order and safety during the governorship election. Mba also cited the need to prevent the movement […]
Deposit Money Banks have started to notify their customers that they will phase out old cheque books and will no longer honour such by December 31, 2020. They have also urged customers to request new cheque books. One of the banks, Access Bank, disclosed this to its customers through an email on Wednesday, entitled ‘Important […]
The Federal Government has released more guidelines that will prevent the spread of COVID-19 as more states fully reopen schools on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which disclosed this on Thursday, stated that schools had been directed to conduct COVID-19 risk assessment every week. The NCDC also disclosed that local governments and states […]
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, Wednesday warned that vaccines alone cannot defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Guterres issued the warning at a news conference in New York on Wednesday. “Many pin their hopes on a vaccine, but let us be clear there is no panacea in a pandemic. “A vaccine alone cannot solve this crisis; certainly not […]
The Federal Government has ordered all account holders in the country’s financial institutions to register their details again. The order was given despite the possession of the Bank Verification Number and the National Identification Number by account holders. This new order was disclosed by the government on its Twitter account, @NigeriaGov, on Thursday. INFORMATION: This […]
Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Laycon, has given reasons he should have wanted Ozo out of the way in the N85 million-worth reality TV show price. Laycon said he sees Ozo as a strong competition and would not want to come up against him in the finale. Ozo, Laycon, Nengi, Vee, Neo, Trickytee and Dorathy […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has condemned and sought the immediate reversal of the 10-year imprisonment with ‘menial labour’, handed down to 13-year-old Omar Farouq by the Kano State government. Farouq was sentenced by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano, having been found guilty and convicted of blasphemy on August 10. […]