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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a temporary suspension on the issuance of new licences for three telecommunications categories. NCC’s spokesperson, Reuben Muoka, disclosed the suspensions in a statement on Friday, noting that the suspension commences immediately. The three categories of suspended telecommunications licences are Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Interconnect Exchange (IX), and…

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President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Community Development, Abiodun Essiet, has appealed to stakeholders to cease implementing policies and programmes that exploit vulnerable and economically handicapped people. Essiet made the appeal in a statement issued in response to Friday’s controversial planned mass wedding of 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, stressing that such programmes…

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The Federal Government has announced measures to prevent the extinction of Lake Chad. This was made by the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, at the Water Summit and Exhibition held in Abuja. Professor Utsev highlighted several initiatives, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Lake Chad Basin Commission and…

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All is set for the Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Kano, Nigeria. The Second Extraordinary Session, according to the ECOWAS Parliament, will be held at the Bristol Hotel in Kano, the Commercial Centre of the country, between…

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the availability of 2024 E-Tags for purchase at all 24 federal airports nationwide. This announcement follows a presidential directive requiring all citizens to obtain e-tags for airport access. FAAN disclosed this in a statement on Thursday via its X handle, @FAAN_Official, stating that the e-tags are…