After months of a seal being slapped on it, the Federal Government has lifted the ban on new Subscribers Identification Module (SIMs) card registration, giving prospective subscribers a breather. In a new directive, the government stated that communication companies in the country that had been under strict directives not to issue new SIMs would begin […]
Manchester City’s appeal against a two-year ban from European competition will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) from Monday in a case of wide-reaching repercussions. City are accused of overstating sponsorship revenue to hide that they had not complied with UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules between 2012 and 2016 and […]
Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism , Mr Dogo Shammah, on Tuesday while briefing newsmen after a stakeholders meeting at the Government House, Lafia disclosed that Nasarawa Government has lifted its ban on religious gathering aimed at curtailing the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Governor Abdullahi Sule had on March 2, […]
Against the backdrop of concerns in some quarters of outbreak of famine in Nigeria next year, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has urged the Federal Government to immediately stop the export of food items to neighbouring countries, especially through the land border.Speaking in Isa LGA of the state at the flag off of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as unacceptable the Monday’s directive by the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to bar a television house, the AIT, from covering his activities. The PDP pointedly declared that the suppression of the media, under any guise, portends danger for the nation’s democracy. The PDP, in a statement by its […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman, has lifted the suspension placed on the operations of Discovery Air. This was contained in a letter sent to the management of the airline titled, “Notice of Restoration of Air Operators Certificate (AOC)”, which was signed by the Director General. But in […]
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has been handed a two-match ban by the French Football Federation for comments made about a referee on Twitter. Aulas branded the performance of Clement Turpin “appalling” following his side’s 1-1 Ligue 1 draw with PSG in February, in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic levelled with a 69th minute. The comments landed Aulas […]
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has aired her opinion on the ban of the controversial movie, 50 shades of Gray. Omotola said that while she understands with the national censors board on their reason for the ban because it was explicit, she maintained that romance is part of life and the movie should have been for […]
Boeing Co. has recently announced that high-density packages of lithium batteries present fire risks and should not be carried on passenger planes until safer methods for their transport have been established. This adds another call to the increasing clamour to stop bulk shipments of lithium-ion batteries on passenger planes. Reuters recently quoted a Boeing statement […]