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NIMC office The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it is carrying out a revalidation of its frontend partners (FEPs) to renew their licences. NIMC frontend partners provide enrolment services on behalf of the commission nationwide to Nigerians. In a statement on Wednesday, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, NIMC director-general (DG), said all enrollment activities at the FEP centres are temporarily put on …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won in all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, according to results released by the state independent electoral commission. The election was held in all the 18 local government areas of the state covering Edo North, Edo Central and Edo South senatorial districts. Apart from the …

  The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to the safe, healthy working conditions and environment of Nigerian workers. The minister stated this on Wednesday in her keynote address during a two-day workshop for the review and validation of the National Profile on Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) organised in Abuja …

The federal government has given all illegal miners of Nigerian mineral resources an ultimatum of 30 days to either join notable mining cooperatives or face the full wrath of the law. It also unveiled plan to set up a special surveillance task force that would include policemen and other relevant agencies to secure the mines in the country. Minister of …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger, Alhaji Zakari Jikantoro has resigned his position. Jikantori announced his resignation on Friday in Minna, after briefing the state party executive members of the resolutions taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He said the decision to resign as the chairman of the party was …

The Rivers State Government has ordered the closure of the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt, with immediate effect. The media organisation which confirmed the development in a post on its website late Sunday, said the operations were shut down by telecommunications engineers who were contracted by the state government accompanied by heavily armed …

A lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ayo Ojediran, has reportedly slumped in his office and died. Reports said that the lecturer was rushed to the university’s clinic after he slumped on Tuesday, but could not make it. Speaking on the incident on Wednesday, the President of the Faculty …

At least three persons were confirmed dead when a three- storey building under construction collapsed in Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi North local government area of Anambra State on Sunday. The victims were identified as Chizoba Aniefuna and his two sons who were said to be working on the building when it came down on Sunday morning. Another victim trapped in the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will review the Appeal Court’s ruling which affirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the March 18 governorship election in the state. A three-member panel of the appeal court led by Justice Yargata Nimpar on Wednesday evening dismissed the appeals filed by the Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and his PDP counterpart, Abdulazeez Adediran aka …

The United Kingdom issued some 132,000 visas to Nigerians in the first half of the year, Jonny Baxter, British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He disclosed the number in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. Baxter, however, could not readily give the total number of applications …