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Consumers and members of the Nigerian public have been alerted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability which allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with them. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs (DPA), Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, according to the …

Striking university workers’ unions have said their members would “consider” the appeal by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which seeks the suspension of their ongoing strike while negotiations continue. The unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists …

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated committees to screen all aspirants contesting the presidential, governorship, Senate, and House of Representatives elections on its platform. The party inaugurated the committees on Saturday in Abuja. The party had closed the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms on Thursday, while the deadline for the submission of the forms was …

The Joint Administrations and Matriculation, JAMB, in line with its desire to adhere to the ease of doing business protocol of the government, has emplaced user-friendly and simplified process of checking UTME results. How To Check Your Result “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to …

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on all its members to embark on a peaceful protest nationwide to demand justice for the slain Shehu Shagari College of Education student, Deborah Yakubu. The PUNCH had reported Yakubu was stoned by a mob and set ablaze for alleged blasphemy on Thursday afternoon. Her killing generated outrage among Nigerians. In a statement signed …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has received former Governor of Kwara State and ex-Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, in the state. This was according to the statement made available to The PUNCH by the Senior Adviser, Media Projects, Edo State Government, Mr. Crusoe Osagie. The governor hosted Saraki, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, at the Government House …

• Her Killing Barbaric, Say CAN, Amnesty International, HURIWA, Womanifesto• Murder Anti-Islam, MURIC, MMPN Declare• Christian Youths Petition IGP As Buhari Orders Probe More condemnations yesterday trailed the killing of a 200-level female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, last Thursday, over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. President Muhammadu Buhari, Amnesty International (AI), the …

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Mr Abubakar, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the Government House, Benin. The News Agency of …

Deborah Samuel who was lynched on Thursday in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy, have been laid to rest. Deborah Yakubu laid to rest She was buried in her hometown,Tunga Magajiya, in Rijau local government area of Niger State admist tears.

Govevernor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of  Sokoto state has today declared a 24-hour Curfew to enhance the restoration of law and order in the state following violent student unrest that led to the killing of Miss Deborah Emmanuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. ADVERTISING The Governor in a press statement said the sad incident that happened at the …