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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria have increased to 162 million, close to the nation’s population figure which is now put at 195 million. This fact is contained in the NCC monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website...

  The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, has spoken again on the state of the nation. Oyedepo, when reacting to a statement recently credited to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina that “You can...

The National University Commission (NUC) has attributed low students enrolment in Nigeria private universities to the basic programmes offered by the institutions. It said it many parents would not be inclined to paying the kind of fees being paid in the private universities only for their children or wards to...

Richard Akindele, a professor of Management Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has finally raised the veil on events that culminated in his dismissal by the institution. Akindele was recently dismissed after being found guilty of sexual harassment of a postgraduate student of the institution, Monica Osagie. In...

  Shareholders of Cadbury Nigeria Plc on Friday approved N301.51 million as total dividend for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2017. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dividend, which will be...

The Supreme Court on Friday, July 6th dismissed the three remaining charges of false asset declaration brought against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. In a judgement on Friday, the court affirmed the June 2017 decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which ruled that the prosecution failed to prove...

  Anxiety deriving from the growing epidemic of sexual violence and homicides related to domestic abuse has attracted the focus of the panel of TV Series – Patito’s Gang in the episode to be aired on Saturday July 7; Monday July 9; and Wednesday July 11 from the various Channels...

  Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, a former Secretary to the Osun State Government,has been bestowed with an award of *Leadership and Love for People With Special Needs* by the Federal Government College of Education, Oyo. The award programme which took place on Tuesday during the maiden National Conference on Early Childhood...

  The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has restated the need for women to understand the importance of healthy life as they represent a vibrant force in the economic development of a nation. Arabirin Akeredolu made the assertion when she led other members of the Forum...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said it was organising a three-day prayer and fasting to seek God’s intervention for an end to the growing rate of killings across the country. In a statement from the media assistant to the CAN President, Adebayo Oladeji, the association said it will also...