The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, on Saturday flagged off the Federal Government’s verification of the National Social Register in Makoko, Lagos state.According to the minister, the exercise will ensure that the federal government’s social register is accurate and captures the people who deserve to
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WhatsApp has revealed that it will stop supporting phones that are not running on Android OS 5.0 or above. The company states that one of the oldest and least used phones will lose WhatsApp support.WhatsApp is supported on devices meeting the following criteria.-Android phones with OS 4.1 and above-iPhones with
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the Nigerian Ports Authority will soon commence the implementation of full automation and cargo tracking to promote ease of doing business across various ports in the country.Oyetola made the disclosure recently in Abuja when he received a renowned
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The Lagos government has announced a total ban on street trading and hawking across the state.The state government also banned erecting illegal structures on drainage systems and displaying wares and other commodities on walkways.The commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made the announcement on Friday via social media.He
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Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has appealed to labour unions to shelve the nationwide strike slated to commence on Tuesday, Oct. 3.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions have fixed the date to embark on an indefinite
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Friday, said it would shut down every nook and crannies of the South-East geopolitical zone on October 1 (Independence Day), vowing the event will not hold in the region.The group said events in the country as ‘spearheaded’ by its leadership in the past 63
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An Italian man, Filippo Ferlazzo, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing a Nigerian citizen in Italy, Alika Ogorchukwu.In a statement by spokesperson for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Gabriel Odu, Ferlazzo bagged the jail term on Wednesday, September 27, for causing the death of 39-year-old Ogorchukwu,
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There are different interpretations on the judgement of the Kaduna governorship election petition tribunal which was delivered via Zoom on Thursday.While some people interpreted the judgment to mean Governor Uba Sani’s election was upheld by the tribunal, others were of the view that it was declared inconclusive.It was initially reported
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The Supreme Court has affirmed Athan Achonu as the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the November 11, 2023 election in Imo State.A contestant in the primaries Basil Maduka had objected to Achonu’s candidature at both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.But the justices of the Supreme Court
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Federal Government has announced Monday, Oct 2nd, 2023, a public holiday to celebrate the country’s 63rd Independence Day. The Minister of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, on Thursday, issued a statement on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja, according to a statement by the Secretary of the
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