Month: September 2022

NCC to generate over N500bn in 2023 from auctioning 5G spectrums – Danbatta

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Nigeria Communication Commission(NCC) said it has a projection to generate over N500 billion for the Federal Government in 2023 fiscal year .   Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof.Umar Danbatta made the disclosure at an interactive meeting on 2023-2025 MTEF-FSP, organised by the Senate Committee on Finance.   He said the projected revenue would be realised from the auctioning of two 5G spectrums,saying that the bidding process for auctioning of the spectrums for 2023 had began.   He also disclosed that NCC had generated N257 billion in the first…

Military drops leaflets, jingles warning of impending offensives in forests

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Barely 48 hours after a ‘surprise raid’ by aircraft in Zamfara State that eliminated scores of bandits, PRNigeria gathered that the military has commenced dropping leaflets and airing jingles to advise civilians on security consciousness and on impending major operations deep inside the bandit enclaves.   This development is coming as a ‘violent clash’ has broken out between Turji’s fighters and Dan Bokolo, another wanted terrorist commander.   A defence intelligence source told PRNigeria that in an effort to avoid collateral damages in the renewed military operations, leaflets and jingles…

2022 Nigeria Customer Experience Management Conference holds Oct 6

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The 10th edition of the Nigeria customer experience management conference is scheduled to hold on the 6th of October 2022 during the international customer service week, this year’s edition will hold in Abuja and the conference is mostly held between Lagos and Abuja according to the organizers.   According to the organizer,Nigeria Customer Service Awards Limited,this year’s edition is scheduled to hold at the prestigious Barcelona Hotel located in the heart of the federal capital territory Wuse 2 Abuja.   The conference is mostly attended by Customer experience experts, Marketing…

Reps finalise negotiations with ASUU over strike, await Buhari’s return to present agreement

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Federal House of Representatives have finalized negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the onward presentation of the agreement to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval and implementation.     This was disclosed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.   Gbajabiamila and other principal officers of the House, who met with ASUU for hours, said: “We have been here for hours now, deliberating on issues regarding the ongoing ASUU strike. We have covered good ground.     ‘’Let…

Terror bandits kill 5, abduct 8 others in Niger community

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Bandits on Tuesday night shot dead five persons while abducting eight others at Kpampo village, near Gulu town in Lapai government area of Niger state. A resident of Gulu, Shuaibu Usman, a relative of one of the abducted victims confirmed the incident through a telephone conversation with our reporter on Wednesday. He said bandits in large numbers, wielding sophisticated weapons, rode into the community on motorcycles on Tuesday at 11:46 pm and started shooting sporadically into the air. Usman said the bandits, who operated violently amid sporadic gunshots, killed five…

JUST IN: Court orders ASUU to call off strike

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The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to go back to work.   The Federal Government in a suit prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike.   The Minister of Labour and Employment on behalf of the Federal Government had filed the matter before the court by way of referral to resolve the issue of the ongoing strike by ASUU.   J.U.K Igwe, SAN, counsel to Nigerian govt, in his submission, had informed the court that the application for…

INEC releases full list of presidential candidates, running mates

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday released the final list of candidates eligible to contest the 2023 Presidential election. The commission had in June released the particulars of presidential candidates and their running mates. But on Tuesday, INEC published the final list of the presidential candidates. The list contains names of the candidates and their qualifications. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presented Bachelor of Science degree, while his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima presented General Certificate of Education (GCE). As displayed by the commission,…

Niger state Govt is committed to Workers’ Welfare – SSG

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The Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane has reiterated Government’s commitment to the welfare of workers of the State.   The SSG made the disclosure at Government House when he received the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Niger State Council led by the State Chairman, Comrade Idris Lafene.   Ahmed Matane further revealed that the present administration has accorded priority attention to policies and programmes that have direct bearing on workers and will continue to strive to consolidate the gains recorded for the…

Police arrest Proprietor of fake College of Health Science in Niger State

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Operatives attached to Intelligence Unit of Niger state Police Command on 8th September,2022 at about 1600hrs, based on intelligence received,arrested suspects; Daniel Ishaya aged 23yrs ‘m’ of Gurmana, Shiroro and Francis Ede aged 30yrs ‘m’ of Enugu State   The two persons allegedly established and operating a fake school known as Excellence College of Health Sciences and Technology, located in Maikunkele area of Bosso LGA. During interrogation, Daniel Ishaya confessed that he established the School in the Year 2020 while he commenced admission in the Year 2021 without any authorization…

Peace is Critical for Enjoyment of human rights and development – NHRC Boss

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As Nigeria joined the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2022 International Day of Peace, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on citizens to channel their energies towards peace building across the country.   The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN, made this call on the eve of the commemoration of the 2022 International Peace Day .   He stated that making peace in the country is preferable to conflict which has escalated major human rights violations across the world and Nigeria in…