An ECWA Church in Okedayo along Kabba – Okene road in Kogi State was attacked during service on Sunday morning by gunmen. A member of the church identified as Reuben Gbenga, was killed by a stray bullet after the gunmen shot sporadically during the attack. The gunmen also kidnapped two members …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu to build biggest rehabilitation center, partners celebrities, advocates on drug abuse
Worried by the growing rate of drug abuse and other social maladies among the youths, the Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said that the state government would collaborate with over 1,000 celebrities, social change advocates on the campaign against drug abuse and other societal ills prevalent among the …
Read More »Breaking!!!! Buhari names Osinbajo Health Sector Reform Committee Chairman
… appoints Adetifa as NCDC DG President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria in collaboration with the State Governments and the FCT administration.The President named Vice President Yemi Osinbajo …
Read More »Help! Bandicts coordinate attacks with mobile phones, Zamfara Governor, cries out
As security challenges continued to assume a different dimension across the country, indications have emerged that Zamfara State Government has raised the alarm that the bandits have taken the advantage of the availability of the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to coordinate their attacks. Although, neither the federal …
Read More »Why Zamfara State Govt backs NCC’s action on network shutdown
Fresh facts have emerged that the Zamfara State government is fully in support of the temporary shutdown of telecommunications network in the state by the Nigerian Communication Commissions. TheStory authoritatively learnt that the state Governor, Bello Matawalle and the state security council resolved to the shutting of the Global System …
Read More »Insecurity : NCC Shuts Down Telecommunication Services Across Zamfara
As part of the measures to address security challenges in Zamfara State, the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunication operators to shutdown their services across the state immediately. NCC said that the shutdown would be reviewed after two weeks after which it would be considered whether to continue or …
Read More »HOW BUHARI BROKE THE JINX AT NNPC- FEMI ADESINA
The news came like a thundering typhoon last week. For the first time in its 44 years history, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had made a profit.Net profit after tax stood at N287 billion in Year 2020, sequel to the completion of the statutory Annual Audit exercise. What year? …
Read More »NCC, FIRS, Galaxy Backbone, others to promote e-Government adoption
In a bid for government at the federal, state and local government levels to be easily accessible online in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to citizens in the digital era, industry players such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Galaxy Backbone, …
Read More »NCC pegs reserve price of 5G spectrum at N75Bn
The asking price for a slot of 5G spectrum will start from N75 billion and will likely go to N100 billion after the auction process, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta said at a public hearing of the Senate today. “It is very …
Read More »Twitter Access Suspension Hasn’t Been Lifted, Says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission,(NCC) has refuted reports making the rounds suggesting that the Twitter access suspension has been lifted. Director, Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, said that there had been no communications from the Ministry of Information to lift the ban. The NCC had sent a memo …
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