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This was just as the upper chamber approved 112 as the toll-free number for emergencies. 

Kalu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

Prior to that, we had sent out invitations to the Minister and the agencies under his Ministry to a close-knitted and private event of a book presentation in our modest conference room at PRNigeria Centre, Wuye District, Abuja

The directive was ostensibly as a result of the pervading security situation in the state, but the MRA described the measure as unwarranted and unjustifiable interference with the rights to freedom of expression and access to information.

Abimbola Durojaiye, eldest son of the late Durojaiye,  disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria  on Wednesday in Lagos.

The movement, in a joint condolence message signed by their spokesperson, Olawale Okunniyi, said the sad exit of the NADECO leader on the posthumous birthday of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the June 12 presidential elections, was a loss too heavy for his associates in the progressive movement to bear.

The late Senator Durojaye, who was a prominent chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and former Chairman, board of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), died in Lagos on Tuesday, aged 88 years.

Dr. Isa Pantami made the disclosure when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday.

In a condolence letter on Friday, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, on behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission describes the demise of late Joda, who died on Friday 13th of August, 2021 at the age of 91, as an irreparable loss to the entire nation.

This is contained in a statement by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, in Abuja.

By inviting NCC and INEC shunning its own invitation, it appears the House of Reps was acting a devious and utterly treacherous script

This they said would guarantee free, fair and credible elections in the country.

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by a high-powered delegation of the Kano State judiciary to the chief telecom regulator at the NCC Kano Zonal Office, in Kano, over the weekend.

For six years, we’ve been trying to find an electoral law that works for voters. It doesn’t appear that we’re nearer a solution today than when we first started.

The most common type of cyber crime is perpetrated through email. In most cases, it comes in the form of a marriage proposal, unclaimed fund, donation, lottery, help, bonanza, bank transaction notification or credit alert etc. Some of the youths send as many as 20,000 of such scam emails everyday while others send more to increase their chance of getting their targets.

According to him, the gesture is to put smiles on the faces of the underprivileged children in the society as the nation celebrates the Eid-el-Kabir festival.

The CNPP noted that “withholding assent will be the only proof that Mr. President is not part of the conspiracy to undermine the country’s electoral process”, saying that “members of the National Assembly have remained number one enemy of Nigeria’s democracy and a major hindrance to conscious efforts to progressively deepen  Nigerian democracy to enhance good governance.”

Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja.

Same villainous estimation is heaped on his wife, influential Colonial Editor of The Times, Miss Flora Louise Shaw, over her choice of Nigeria as name in a piece she wrote for Times on January 8, 1897.

The Senate on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission(INEC) may consider electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and approved by the National Assembly.”