National Identity Management Commission will be used by the Federal Government to invest in the harmonisation of the nation’s data, according to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who also announced that the country will shortly phase out numerous ID registrations. Speaking on Monday in Abuja, Tunji-Ojo stated that the nation needed a tech-driven data centre under the ministry. The delegation was visiting with the MTN management team, which was led by CEO Karl Toriola. “We need...
Hassan Adamu, 30, a security guard, was taken into custody by the Jigawa State police on suspicion of stealing property from Government Girl Unity Secondary School in Kazaure. DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest in a statement provided to ProbitasNews. The Vice Principal of Government Girls Unity Secondary School in Kazaure, One Bashir Ahmed, complained to the Kazaure Police Station that he had discovered some school property had been stolen by...
In observance of the Muslim faithful’s Eil-ul-Maulid celebration, the Federal Government, led by President Bola Tinubu, has designated Wednesday, September 27, 2023, as a national holiday. On behalf of the Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of the Interior, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Oluwatoyin Akinlade made this revelation in a statement. Tunji-Ojo commended Muslims everywhere for being there for the occasion this year. The minister also cautioned them to emulate the deep spiritual values that the...
The Supreme Court fire incident on Monday was deemed suspicious by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to ProbitasNews, on Monday morning at around seven in the morning, a portion of the supreme court caught fire. The terrible incident’s cause is yet unknown, but the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has started an investigation. In response, the PDP cited the court-pending appeal of election matters and claimed the development was suspicious in a statement released...
On Monday, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) leadership demanded that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu free Nnamdi Kanu, citing the rising level of insecurity in the southeast. The national head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who are under prohibition, Kanu has spent years in jail by the DSS. In a statement released to reporters in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State, and signed by its National Youth Leader, Eze Onyebuchi Chukwu, the APGA...
Wale Adedayo, the impeached Chairman of the Ijebu-East Local Government, has once more been taken into custody by Ogun State police. On Monday afternoon, Adedayo posted on his Facebook page to announce his arrest. Adedayo claims that the state government’s purportedly submitted appeal to the police led to his incarceration. “At Eleweran, Abeokuta, the Ogun State Police CID is receiving the son of guy. It’s said that a petition was written against me by the...
Reports claiming that the federal government is in talks with infamous bandits and other terrorists wreaking havoc in Zamafara State have been refuted by the administration. According to a report by ProbitasNews, the governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, charged that the FG was secretly holding talks with terrorists in a few local government districts of the state. The governor requested that the FG elucidate the accusation and look into the acts of certain dishonest...
Hyde Kalu, a youth leader for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has encouraged PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to drop the lawsuit he brought against President Bola Tinubu in the US. In the lawsuit, Atiku requested that Chicago State University—Tinubu’s alma mater—issue an injunction compelling the President’s academic records to be made public. Kalu pleaded with Atiku in a statement released on Monday to permit Nigerian courts to resolve conflicts resulting from the 2023 presidential...
Mr. Kemdi Opara, the Young Progressives Party’s (YPP) candidate for governor of Imo State in the off-cycle election scheduled for November 11th, has voiced his displeasure with the state’s leadership. Opara made the claim on Sunday during an interactive discussion about Imo State’s future with media in Owerri, the state capital. Speaking about his political campaign for the upcoming governorship and his plans to change the State, Opara stated that he entered the race to...
There had been reports that the Deputy Governor had sued the Ondo State High Court on Monday under the case number AK/348/2023, asking the court to stop the Ondo State House of Assembly from carrying out the impeachment process against him. The State House of Assembly has not delivered a notice of gross misconduct to Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the deputy governor of Ondo State. In a press release issued through his office on Monday, Aiyedatiwa...
