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  PRESS STATEMENT Federal Government Lauds Citizens, Extends NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline by 8 Weeks The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FNCS. FBCS. FIIM during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration which held on the 1 of February. 2021. Dr Pantami stated that the extension is to give Nigerians and legal residents more time to integrate their NIN with the SIM. The meeting was chaired by the Honourable Minister and attended by key stakeholders, including the EVC/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), DG/CEO of the National identity Management Commission (NIMC), DG/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunica

  Justice E. A Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Sa'adu Isa to two years imprisonment for illegal dealing in petroleum products without a requisite license. He was convicted on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 after pleading "guilty" to one- count amended charge, following his arraignment by the Port Harcourt's Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The charge borders on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products, contrary to Section 1 (17) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same Act. The charge read, “That you Sa'adu Isa and others unknown on or about the 20th day of January, 2020 at Eleme, Rivers State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court without lawful authority or license to deal in petroleum products, had in your possession Forty Thousand Litres (40, 000 Litres) of Automotive Gas

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have apprehended nineteen suspects allegedly involved in internet and related criminal activities. They were smoked out of their hideout, a guest house located in the Mpape suburb of Abuja on January 29, 2021. The arrest followed actionable intelligence on their alleged criminal activities. The suspects are Sheyi Abimbola,Ogunsanmi Mola, Akinyemi Ayomide, Babatunde Owoeye, Ife – Oluwa Gbadebo, Friday Owocho, Olorunwa Emmanuel, Jibrin Sediq, Jonah Maxwell, Ibrahim Mustapha and Shaibu Chris. Others are Gabriel Ekele, Kolawole Omitogun, Washma Samuel, Yusuf Ayomide Abdulazeez, Moshood Awowole, Farouk Olamilekan, Adebayo Samuel and Lekan Olufowobi. Items recovered from them include mobile phones and laptop comp[uers containing various incriminating documents. They will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

  President Buhari departs Katsina and arrives Abuja after a Four-Day Official Visit on 2nd Feb 2021.More details later and more photos below.

  A COVID-19 testing laboratory will soon be established at the State House Clinic, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Speaking at the commissioning of State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 Isolation Centre), Mustapha said the Buhari administration is using the challenges posed by the pandemic as an opportunity to change Nigeria’s health infrastructure. He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving resources for new health infrastructure, noting that through the PTF the 2021 budget made provision for the establishment of at least one oxygen production plant in all the States of the Federation, as well as a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility. ‘‘From just two molecular laboratories for the testing of COVID-19 in Nigeria, we now have over 100 molecular laboratories, public and private, across the 36 States of the Federation ‘‘I want to commend the Chief of

  2nd February 2021 Nkechi a Gboko based Delta woman took to social media to narrate her ordeal in the last one year and further requested prayers as she wades through trying times. Nkechi who was born and raised on Welgba Chen Street Gboko East in Gboko got married to Theophilus Nwagene and they both stay in Gboko. According to Nkechi her husband went missing and since then they've been struggling to survive. A few days back the already bad situation became worse as their house burnt beyond recognition and they didn't recover any property. She wrote: "My husband Mr Nwangene Theophilus Benjamin a driver with NBC(Coca-Cola) went missing on his way to deliver Coca-Cola products at Wukari Taraba state on the 27th May, 2019 have not been seen till date." He left me with four children and a house two days back I brought my fourth child to the hospital cos she is not feeling fine and still in the hospital I got a shocking news that my house caught fire and every thing got