Some candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have decried the delay in the issuance of new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by the various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The candidates expressed their feelings in separate interviews on Tuesday in Asaba. SIM cards enable prospective candidates for the 2021 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) to acquire profile codes required for the registration for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Borad (JAMB)-organised examination. Recall that the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy had lifted the ban on registration of new SIM cards and directed the MNOs to begin issuing new…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has assured staff of the National Identify Management Commission (NIMC) of improved salary scale. Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, when the board and management of NIMC paid him a courtesy visit in his office. “We are working on the new salary scale approved by the Salaries and Wages Commission, as we make efforts to ensure an improved budget for 2021. “I have furnished President Muhammadu Buhari with all the challenges face by NIMC because the President said we must get NIN right as we cannot continue to estimate our…
The Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Salim Farooq on Monday expressed the organisation’s happiness with the facilities at KAM Holdings Ltd as well as its quality products. The Director General, who gave the commendation during a tour of KAM Holding facilities in Ilorin and Jimba-Oja, respectively in Kwara state on Monday, also commended the heavy investments by the Group Managing Director of the company, Dr. Kamoru Yusuf. Farooq, while observing that the company is impacting positively on the lives of numerous Nigerians and expatriates, also lauded KAM Holding Ltd for playing pivotal roles in the iron and…
The son of Idriss Deby, murdered Chadian president, Lt.-Gen. Mahamat Deby will head the country’s 18-month transitional government, imposed by the military, the army council said on Tuesday. The military council also announced the closure of land and air borders. “The transitional military council ensures national independence, territorial integrity, unity, respect for international agreements and treaties, and also ensures a transition within 18 months,” the council said in a statement, published on the presidential website. The transitional military council also announced it would dissolve the cabinet and the parliament. “Land and air borders are closed until further notice,” the statement…
President Idriss Deby of Chad is dead, the country’s army spokesperson has confirmed. Deby who was declared as winner of Chad’s presidential election for the sixth term on Monday, died of injuries suffered on the frontline of fight against northern rebels in the country on Tuesday. Déby who has ruled Chad for 30 years, was re-elected with 79.32 percent of the vote, according to official results released Monday shortly after the army said it had defeated a rebellion launched on election day April 11 and killed “more than 300 enemies. The turnout was 64.81 percent for the election, which the…
Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday at plenary received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari, to confirm the appointment of Acting Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Hon. Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi, as substantive Chief Judge. Buhari’s request is contained in a letter read by President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari, in the letter said his request was made pursuant to Section 256 subsection 1 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The letter reads in part: “Request for the confirmation of the appointment of Hon. Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi as the Chief Judge for the High Court of the Federal Capital…
President Joe Biden’s administration has ordered U.S. immigration agencies to stop using the controversial and dehumanising phrase “illegal alien” in reference to migrants. The term was common during former President Donald Trump’s administration, turning up frequently in statements and news releases from both Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The Washington Post reported that the shift, which also bans the phrase “assimilation” in favour of “integration”, was outlined in memos sent Monday to ICE and CBP. The White House confirmed the change to the Daily News, but declined to provide further comment. “As the nation’s premier law…
The Coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd is 80 per cent effective against death from the disease, a recent real-world study in Chile has shown. The Sinovac vaccine is also 67 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic infection, 85 per cent effective in preventing hospitalisations, and 89 per cent effective in preventing patients from entering intensive care units, according to the study released by the Chilean government on Friday. Rodrigo Yanez, Chile’s vice trade minister who forged a deal with Sinovac to host the clinical trial of the vaccine told the media that the data showed Chile had…
Our World in Data (OWID), has disclosed that 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide. The OWID, is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change and war. OWID, disclosed this on its official website handle on Tuesday. It added there was already a stark gap between vaccination programmes in different countries, with some yet to report a single dose. “Some countries do not provide data for the number of people who have been partially or fully vaccinated. “A vaccinated person refers to someone who has received at least one dose…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2021. The statistics obtained from the office of the Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah on Tuesday, showed that the revenue was generated from January to March. The data indicated that the NCS realised the highest revenue in March with N169.4 billion followed by January with N157.6 billion while the sum of N138.9 billion was generated in February. The document showed that customs realised the highest revenue of N216.9 billion within the period under review from import duty. According to the statistics,…