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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has been appointed as one of the board of directors of Twitter. The development is coming a day after Musk acquired a 9.2 percent stake in the company. Parag Agrawal, the chief executive officer of Twitter, disclosed this on his Twitter page on Tuesday. […]

Telecommunications companies have started barring outgoing calls of subscribers who have yet to link their national identification number (NIN) with their subscriber identification modules (SIM) cards. On Monday, the federal government directed all telcos to restrict unlinked SIMs from making calls. TheCable had reported that the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage ended on March 31 — […]

Barth Nnaji, former minister of power, has declared his intention to contest for the 2023 Enugu governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nnaji announced his intention to contest for the election on Sunday at a ceremony which took place at Umuode in Nkanu east LGA, Enugu state. […]

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has declared his intention to run for the Kebbi state governorship in 2023. Malami, who is also the minister of justice, declared his intention to run for the office at an event in Kebbi on Monday. He lost the Kebbi governorship ticket of the All […]

Tundun, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 election, has criticised her sister, Hafsat, for using their father’s name to promote the presidential bid of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi. On Saturday, Bello declared his intention to run for president in 2023 on the platform of the All […]

Sheikh Nuru Khalid has been sacked as the chief imam of the Apo legislative quarters Juma’at mosque in Abuja. The Islamic cleric was initially suspended for his anti-government sermon during the Jummat service on Friday. He criticised the government for its inadequacy in dealing with rising insecurity in the country. In […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is not overwhelmed by the security challenges of Nigeria. On Saturday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo had said Nigerians are no longer safe anywhere in the country and that the Buhari administration is overwhelmed by insecurity. Speaking on Monday […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and planning, says the N1.3 trillion intervention fund the federal government provided for the power sector has not yielded any significant result. On March 1, 2017, the federal government approved the sum of N701 billion as a power assurance guarantee fund for the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader […]

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to introduce visa restrictions for citizens of nations that Russia considers “unfriendly” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, signed on Monday, will suspend Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime. Putin also ordered the Russian foreign ministry and other bodies to decide on introducing personal entry restrictions […]