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FG Approves New NIN Verification Service

The Federal Government on Tuesday approved a new service by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to make it easier and safer to verify people’s identities using their National Identification Number (NIN). According to a statement issued by NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, the Presidency has also instructed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies...
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Kaduna To Begin Air Lifting Pilgrims May 14

The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency on Tuesday announced that it will begin airlifting pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj on May 14. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, made the announcement in a statement by Malam Yunusa Abdullahi, its Public Relations Officer, in Kaduna. According to Abubakar,  a total of 4,060...
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Delta Speaker, 21 Others Defect To APC

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Emomotimi Guwor, along with 21 other lawmakers originally elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), marking a significant political shift in the State. With the defection, the Delta Assembly has effectively become a one-party...
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Bassa IDPs Pledge Support For Peace Initiative

Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), predominantly of Bassa ethnic extraction in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have pledged their support for Governor Abdullahi Sule’s peace initiative aimed at ensuring their peaceful resettlement back to their ancestral communities. The IDPs, drawn from over 100 Bassa communities, were displaced following the 2018/2019 communal crisis...
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Sustain Ongoing Reconciliation Process,  Eradiri Urges Fubara

Udengs Eradiri, former Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, has advised the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to strengthen the ongoing reconciliation process and shut his doors against crisis merchants. Eradiri commended Fubara for heeding his earlier advice to reconcile with his estranged political benefactor and predecessor, Nyesom Wike, noting that...
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Six Reps Members Join APC, Two Others Move To PDP

The wave of defections in the House of Representatives continued on Tuesday as six lawmakers from Delta State formally announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection follows the recent collapse of the PDP structure in Delta State into the APC, including Governor Sheriff Oborevwori...
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