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Airtel Africa, telecom operator, says it paid N71.6 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC for renewal of a 10-year 900 and 1800 Megahertz, MHZ spectrum licence fees. NCC approved the renewal of spectrum licences between 900 and 1800 Megahertz, MHZ, for its subsidiary Airtel Nigeria. Spectrums are unique radio frequencies used for telecommunication over the airwaves. Also, the telco has begun registration of its subscribers for the National Identity Number, NIN, in outlets across the country. Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, Raghunath Mandava, said the spectrum licences were due to expire on November 30, 2021. Mandava said following…

A teacher, who lives in Katsina-Ala town in Benue State, has been remanded over alleged murder of three policemen, pending legal advice. Magistrate Court in Makurdi, Tuesday, ordered for the remand of Mernyi Christopher, who is charged with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, act of terrorism and culpable homicide. Magistrate Ajuma Igama, who did not take the plea of Christopher for want in jurisdiction, ordered the police to return the case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Igama adjourned the case to February 25, for further mention. Earlier, Sgt. Ato Godwin, the prosecution counsel, told the court that Christopher…

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. The Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde stated this in a statement released on February 2. Nigerians, according to the statement, have till April 6 to link their SIMs with their NIN. ”The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021,” it said. This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,…

Award-winning singer, Davido, Sunday, hailed Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, for her soul-lifting tracks that enliven his soul. The DMW boss took to his Instagram page on Sunday morning to exalt God Almighty and praise Jesus for the life given him to listen to Mercy Chinwo all morning. Davido took to his Twitter handle on Sunday morning, January 31, and praised the gospel singer saying, ”Mercy Chinwo all morning! She’s amazing!! Lifts up my soul!!! Thank you Jesus.’’ Consequently, his fans took to his comment section to describe Mercy as the singer who invokes the presence of God through her…

The wife of Dr Christian Madubuko, a commissioner who resigned from Anambra State last month, has called for help in finding her missing husband. Madubuko, a Canadian-trained Nigerian was first appointed as Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Commerce, the Commissioner for Road, Rail and Water Transportation and finally as Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism. He was said to have had a running battle with a fellow Commissioner, Mr Uche Okafor of the transport ministry, a battle which many believed he was bound to lose as Okafor was related to the wife of the governor, believed to…

Popular Nigerian Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, got more than she bargained for when she rose stoutly in condemnation of attack of Fulani herdsmen by Eastern Security Network (ESN). Sahara Reporters and Straightnews had reported that ESN, a security outfit of Indigenous People’s Biafra (IPOB), had chased away Fulani herdsmen, torching their make-shift settlements and killing their cows in Isiukwuato forest, Abia State. However, the ENDSARS protester Aisha Yesufu reacting angrily about the security outfit in the country was quoted “This is absolutely not acceptable. We cannot have security outfits taking laws into their hands & maiming, killing and destroying…

The Nigerian Army has disbanded its legal team and has pulled out of investigative hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020.  Making the announcement on Saturday January 30 after more evidences backed claims of Nigerian soldiers shooting peaceful protesters at the tollgate, a member of the army counsel, S.N. Agwhe notified the Panel of Akinlolu Kehinde, head of the army legal team submitting a memo about the disbandment.  Agwhe said “We do not have any further mandate to represent the army in any subsequent proceedings.” The panel chairman Doris Okuwobi who commented on the…

Nigeria recorded 685 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 131,242, NCDC confirmed. On the other hand, Nigeria recorded eight new deaths from the pandemic bringing the total number of deaths to 1,586 in the country. The new cases came from 16 states with Lagos having 355, Kaduna (58), Nasarawa (46), and Kano (40). Others were Akwa Ibom (33), Katsina (26), Ogun (25), Osun (21), Rivers (16), Edo (15), Oyo (13), Ondo (12), Borno (11), Ekiti (9), Kebbi (3), and Plateau (2).’’ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its official Twitter handle on Sunday wrote ‘’Till…

The Dutch court ordered the Nigerian arm of the British-Dutch company The benefitting Nigerian farmers who waited 13 years for judgment are still apprehensive of collecting their compensation from Shell Nigeria despite the Dutch Court’s ruling. It has taken 13 years for Fidelis Oguru to get the victory that he and a group of other farmers in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region so badly wanted. On Friday, the Court of Appeal in The Hague ruled that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), was at fault for environmental degradation caused by pipeline leaks in the villages…

The Eastern Security Network reportedly invaded the camp of Fulani herdsmen in Isiukwuato Local Government Area in Abia State, chasing them away and killing dozens of their cows. The Eastern Security Network, a security agency primarily made up of male and female volunteers from the region, is tasked with safeguarding and fishing for robbers, rapists, kidnappers and killers who terrorize rural areas, mainly farmers, women and their daughters. Over the years, Fulani herdsmen have been accused of killing local people in South-East Region, raping women and slitting farmers’ throats in their farmland, acts which led to the formation of Eastern…