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Nigeria ID4D Partners Disability Commission

…As NCPWD Laments Fake Disability Trend The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project says it is committed to partnering with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) in the implementation of the project. Project Coordinator of Nigeria Digital ID4D, Musa Odole Solomon disclosed this at a courtesy call on the Executive Secretary of…

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MRA Calls on NBC to Rescind N5 Million Fines on TV Station and Three Pay TV Platforms

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to rescind its decision to impose fines of N5 million each on a television station and three pay TV platforms for allegedly undermining Nigeria’s national security by carrying documentaries on banditry in Nigeria, saying the regulator’s action is wrong and unjustifiable in a…

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Boko Haram Terrorists Kills Three Borno Farmers

Kwiza Mbumbeh The Boko Haram terrorists have on Wednesday killed three farmers in Konduga local council of Borno state. The bodies of the farmers were recovered on the fringe of Sambisa Forest, while working on their farmlands. Confirming the incident, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, the Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa, disclosed…

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Insecurity: Police Chief Orders Crime Mapping, Massive Deployment

• Charts Pathway to Successful Election Security Management The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, met with Strategic Police Managers – Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police, and the Force Management Team – on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to x-ray the…

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DFC CEO highlights U.S. Commitment to Africa during visit to Nigeria, Sierra Leone

During his first official visit to Africa this week, DFC CEO Scott Nathan met with political and business leaders and signaled the agency’s commitment to mobilizing investment to improve food security, and expand access to critical services from electricity to technology. DFC has almost $10 billion of active investments in Africa and has recently supported…

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Zulum Visits 10 Farms in four LGs, Asks Farmers  Problems

… Explains FG’s fertilizer ban in Borno… Promises liquid fertilizer  Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday toured 10 farmlands in the outskirts of four local governments: Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mafa and Dikwa to monitor farming activities. During the separate unscheduled visits, Zulum, a University Professor of irrigation farming, interacted with farmers, asking…

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MRA Sues NITDA over Failure to Provide Details of Proposed Regulation of Online Platforms

Lagos, Tuesday, 2 August 2022:  Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) over its failure to provide details requested by the organization on its proposed regulatory framework for social media and other online platforms through a “Code of Practice…

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