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NCC announces Sept. 14 as NIN-SIM linkage final deadline
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced Sept. 14 as final deadline for National Identity Number and Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) linkage. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Reuben Muoka, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, described as a significant progress the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all NIN-SIM in the country. Muoka said…
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CSO urges Rivers Govt. to extend deadline for commercial vehicles
The Rivers Bridge Initiative (RBI), a Rivers-based civil society organisation, has urged the state government to extend the deadline for commercial drivers to repaint their vehicles the authorised colours. The government had set an August 1 deadline to taxi and bus drivers to repaint their vehicles blue and white, drawing criticism for the short notice. RBI Chairman, Rufus Oba, told…
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Mobile money operator seeks shift in CAC registration
A mobile money and bank agent, Mr Fasasi Atanda, says the deadline for the registration of Point of Sales (PoS) with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is not realistic. Atanda made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. “Currently the CAC portal is very slow because of traffic. “It takes up…
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economy
Reps summon bank operators, CBN Governor over scarcity of new naira notes
 The House of Representatives has summoned bank operators and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on the scarcity of the new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bank operators are to appear on Wednesday, while the CBN governor will appear on Thursday. This is sequel to the adoption of a…
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Election
INEC shifts deadline for PVCs collection to Jan. 29
 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the timeframe for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) nationwide by eight days. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting on Thursday, to give registered voters ample opportunity to collect…
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Nigeria Government further extends deadline for NIN-SIM linkage
The Nigerian Government has approved the extension of the deadline for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) and the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) from June 30 to July 26. The deadline has now been shifted about seven times as the first deadline was December 30, 2020, two weeks after the exercise started in the country. The latest decision…
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2021 UTME: No further extension for registration – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed it will no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) applications. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin, published by the office of the Registrar and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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INEC denies plans to extend date for presidential elections
The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has denied rumours that it plans to postpone the February 14 polls. Reuters had earlier today published a story that the elections would be postponed. It had named one of the national commissioners of INEC, Amina Zakari as their source of the information. But INEC in a letter to the news agency dismissed the report…
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