The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against selling their SIM cards that are already linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), asserting that crimes committed with any SIM card would be traced for appropriate action. Sounding the warning, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami said this has become necessary as…
Nigeria recorded 1617 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, 622 discharged and 14 deaths on January 18th 2021. Till date, 112004 cases have been confirmed, 89939 cases have been discharged and 1449 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory The 1617 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (776), Kaduna (147)…
Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information on Sunday said Nigerians should stone the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with their votes in the 2023 general elections if they didn’t perform to the expectations of the citizenry. Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, Momoh said when he said Nigerians should stone APC leaders…
Martins Idakpini, the lance corporal who was captured and confined for condemning head of armed force staff Tukur Buratai, has been allowed bail following 7 months in detainment. The warrior was captured and confined in Abuja after a video which was made in June 2020 turned into a web sensation. In the video, he blamed Buratai…
A 27-year-old businessman, Emmanuel Chukwuma Igwe, has been accused of hacking his baby mama, Porcia Achonu, with a cutlass, in Owerri, Imo State. Porcia, a mother-of-two, was attacked on Saturday, January 2, at about 1 am, shortly after returning from a trip to the village with her baby daddy. According to reports, Chukwuma’s younger sister served him food…
Apple Inc. lost its copyright claims against a Florida company that makes “virtual iPhones” used by security researchers to test for vulnerabilities to its system. Apple contended Corellium LLC copied the operating system, graphical user interface and other aspects of the devices without permission. It accused Corellium of acting under the guise of helping discover…
Millions of smartphone users won’t be able to access WhatsApp from January 1, 2021, onwards as their devices will no longer remain compatible with the messaging app. WhatsApp has yet again announced that is withdrawing support for certain older devices which are currently compatible with the messaging app. According to the Independent UK, older Android…
Despite suspension of ASUU strike, university students won’t resume soon following NUC directive. Students in Nigerian public universities who were hoping to resume academic work after the Yuletide following the suspension of a strike by lecturers will have to wait longer. This is because the National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a directive to all…
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecommunications companies to halt the sale and activation of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). This comes ahead of an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. In a statement on Wednesday, Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, said the directive will be in effect until the audit is completed. He noted that…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the Member Representing Nguroje State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed. An aide to the lawmaker told our correspondent on the phone that Mohammed was kidnapped around 1 am in his house in Jalingo, the state capital. According to…