Day: June 27, 2024

‘Nigerians To Start Using Three-In-One ID Card August’

Ganiyu Amodu

In two months, Nigerians will begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission has confirmed. It said the single multipurpose card combining multiple functions of identity, financial and social services will be made available to citizens across the country by August this year. A high-ranking member of the implementation team, who asked not to be named, disclosed the new information during an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday. The official stated that the commission had been working tirelessly to meet its goals,…

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NIMC Debunks Allegation Of Data Compromise, Advises Nigerians To Avoid Issuing Data To Phishing Sites

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has debunked allegation of the exposure of sensitive data of Nigerian citizens just as it advised Nigerians to avoid issuing their data to phishing sites. Head, Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke in a statement assured the public that the data of Nigerians has not been compromised, and the Commission have not authorised any website or entity to sell or misuse the National Identification Number (NIN) amongst all the identities stated in the report. He mentioned idfinder.com.ng, Verify. Ng/sign in, championtech.com.ng, trustyonline.com, and anyverify.com as data…

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Lokoja Or Nothing: Drama As Yahaya Bello Begs To Be Tried In Kogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was absent for his scheduled arraignment and plea bargain, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday, wrote the court a letter that he would prefer to be tried in his state. Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Abdulwahab Mohammed, claimed that only the Kogi High Court in Lokoja has the territorial jurisdiction to preside over the allegations that were brought against him. Adeola Adedipe, one of the lawyers in Bello’s team, told the…

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Aisha Maikudi, Meet 41 Year-Old Female Prof. UNIABUJA Appointed Acting VC

Ganiyu Amodu

A 41-year-old Professor of International Law, Aisha Sani Maikudi, has been appointed as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) by the institution’s Senate. Maikudi, before her appointment, is the UniAbuja Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic. Her appointment was announced following her nomination at the valedictory Senate meeting on the university campus in Abuja on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. According to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, Maikudi’s appointment was in a “temporary capacity effective after the tenure of the current Vice-Chancellor, pending the ratification by the Governing Council.” Na’Allah rounds…

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Ex-Super Eagles Forward, Peter Odemwingie Becomes Professional Golfer

Ganiyu Amodu

Former Super Eagles forward, Peter Odemwingie has officially become a professional golfer following his graduation from the Professional Golfers Association school. The PGA disclosed this in a post via X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The post reads, “Peter Odemwingie is best known for playing top-level football, scoring over 30 Premier League goals for West Bromwich Albion and representing Cardiff City and Stoke City. “He has played in two World Cups and even won an Olympic medal in 2008. In his post-football career, he turned to golf and is now a…

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‘Suicide Or Not?’ Reactions Trails e-Commerce Giant, Konga’s ex-CEO Death

Ganiyu Amodu

. “He was reported to have called his US-based brother and daughter from other marriage on how his wealth should be shared” ‘Last hour of Nick Imudia   This is the sad tale of how Nick Imudia, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, died. Unconfirmed report making the rounds alleged that Imudia committed suicide in his home. Platforms Africa can not confirm this. Here is one of the reports that has gone viral on how the Konga ex-CEO died. “Nick, who was until…

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