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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been inundated with enquiries by the media on allegations of telephone "tracking" and “leakage" made against the Commission by some individuals and groups in the social and alternative Media. The Commission in a press statement on Tuesday afternoon signed by Reuben Muoka, its Director,...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ali (Retd) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU to enhance the ongoing onslaught against illicit drugs in the country...

  The University of Abuja (UniAbuja) will make business name ownership a criterion for students to graduate, according to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). “Owning a registered business name will soon be a requirement for graduation from the University of Abuja,” CAC tweeted on Tuesday quoting the leadership of UniAbuja....

  The Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that Independent National Electoral Commission INEC) deliberately withheld the real-time upload of presidential election results from polling units, Premium Times reported quoting a report by the government-owned News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to the report, Mohammed said INEC’s decision to...

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has recommended that users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to avoid falling victim to account takeover by hackers. In an advisory issued on Tuesday, NCC-CSIRT noted that WhatsApp, which is a Meta-owned service, is...

  The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that for Nigeria to win the fight against insecurity, external aggression and other threats to national peace, it must ensure a high level of electronic combat-readiness. Speaking when Officers Cadet of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)...

The Oyo State Waste Management Task Force says it has begun placement of abatement notices on homes, premises of companies and industries without waste bins across the state. The Chairman, State Waste Management Task Force, Mrs Aderonke Adedayo, made this known on Tuesday in Ibadan. Adedayo emphasised the importance of...

The Federal Government has accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Ahmed, of inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the allegation in Washington DC, USA,...

Among the 33 banks operating in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved eight to operate as international banks while others are to operate as national, regional banks among others categorizations. Banks allowed to open branches outside Nigeria are: Access Bank PLC; Fidelity Bank PLC; First City Monument...

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth who were disappointed by the Nigerian state nor the candidates who lost or won as declared by the...