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Yearly Archives: 2019

India cancels poll in southern area over ‘vote buying’

Indian election authorities have cancelled voting in a southern region of the country after seizing more than 110 million rupees ($1.5 million) they believe...

Ousted former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir moved to prison

Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison, days after he was deposed in a military coup. Reports say the...

NCC worries over fraudulent SIM registrations

Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in March 2011 issued directives to telecom service providers to commence Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards registration nationwide. A total of...

INEC server: Atiku Abubakar to summon Microsoft, IBM, Oracle to testify

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is insistent that the Independent National Electoral Commission stored election results in a server...

Federal government, Interpol sign MoU on police information system

The Federal Government, and International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on data and information sharing under West...

Nigeria’s birth registration increases by 29 million

A birth registration programme implemented by the q), with support from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has increased the number of children between...

DPR restates commitment to check hoarding, diversion of petroleum products

The Ibadan Field Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has restated its commitment to check the hoarding and diversion of petroleum products. Mr...

FG to look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy – finance minister

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy as part of strategy to...

Lagos consumes 20 million eggs daily

Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Oluwatoyin Suarau, has said the state consumes 20 million eggs daily, one of the largest in the country. He made...

Police commissioner reveals reasons for Zamfara killings

Mr. Celestine Okoye, the Zamfara state Commissioner of Police, said on Wednesday that the main reason for persistent terror attacks in the state was...

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