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The Federal Government has directed telecommunication companies in the country to bar all outgoing calls on unlinked lines from today April 4, 2022, explaining that NIN-SIM linkage had been extended on multiple occasions to allow Nigerians to freely comply with the policy. The governments directive was announced in a statement jointly signed today by the Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head […]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to amend Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention, )Act of 2015, saying its modification would meet obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This comes after a case was filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), challenging the legality of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday night hosted the National Chairmanship Aspirants of the Governing All Progress Congress (APC), to a dinner at the State House. The Chairmen Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning committee of the APC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha were in attendance. Although details of the […]