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NIMC registration portal: How to link your MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile sim with NIN

  MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile di major mobile phone networks for Nigeria don release easy and quick steps for subscribers to use register dia National Identification Number NIN for dia phone. Dis dey following di order wey Nigerian Communication Commission give for everybody wey dey use SIM cards to validate dia registration by linking dia NIN. NCC give two weeks deadline till 30 December for telecommunication operators to block all customers wey no gree register dia SIM cards wit di National Identification Numbers. You fit check your National Identification Number NIN just by using USSD code on your phone. Di National Identity Management Commission ask Nigerians to use dial *346# to retrieve dia NIN number. Di USSD code dey available for customers wey dey use MTN, Airtel, 9mobile and Glo network. Quick way to get NIN registration form & check NIMC Enrolment centres WIA DIS FOTO COME FROM, NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION Wetin we call dis foto, National ID card Wetin you ...

Nigerian separatist leader brought back to Nigeria to face trial

  Political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) separatist movement, Nnamdi Kanu, pictured in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, on May 26,  2017. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Nigerian separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was located and brought back to Nigeria to face trial for terrorism, Nigeria's Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said in a press conference Tuesday.   Nigerian separatist leader brought back to Nigeria to face trial Kanu went missing when he failed to appear in court in 2015 and his whereabouts prior to the arrest was unknown. Officials did not disclose where he was apprehended.  Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader "He has been brought back to Nigeria in order to continue facing trial after disappearing while on bail regarding 11 count charge against him," Malami said. Kanu was apprehended on Sunday June 27th, 2021.   Antetokounmpo suffers knee injury as Atlanta beat Milwaukee to level series Kanu was initi...

Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader

  Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of a separatist group that wants a breakaway state in eastern Nigeria, has been arrested. His movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), has been labelled as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian authorities. He was initially held in 2015 on treason charges but then fled the country in 2017 while on bail. Mr Kanu is a popular figure who has been a thorn in the side of Nigerian authorities since 2009. He used his Radio Biafra station, which broadcasts from London, to call for an independent state for Igbo people. Mr Kanu's arrest in 2015 triggered massive protests by his supporters in south-east Nigeria. He was detained on Sunday with the help of Interpol, Nigeria's Attorney General Abubakar Malami said. Mr Kanu was flown to Nigeria where he was presented in court on Tuesday by the country's secret police. It is not clear where Mr Kanu, who has British nationality, was flying from when he was arrested. The man behind Nigeria's new sepa...

Antetokounmpo suffers knee injury as Atlanta beat Milwaukee to level series

  Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo was forced off with a knee injury as they suffered a 110-88 defeat by the Atlanta Hawks that levels their Eastern Conference finals series at 2-2. Antetokounmpo, 26, had to be helped off court and back to the locker room after landing awkwardly in the third quarter. He returned unaided to watch from the sidelines, but faces further tests to determine the severity of the injury. "You lose your best player, it stinks," said Bucks forward PJ Tucker. "But this is the Eastern Conference Finals. There is no excuse. It doesn't matter whoever is playing, not playing. "They've got guys hurt. Everybody is hurt. Everybody is banged up. Everybody is injured. You've got to fight through it." The Bucks trailed by 10 points at the time of Antetokounmpo's injury, but were 25 points behind by the end of the quarter as the Hawks took full advantage of the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player's absence. Lou Williams, i...

Army, police, Abba Kyari can’t withstand Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits – Nnamdi Kanu

  Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has said the Nigerian Army, police cannot withstand Boko Haram, bandits in the Northeast.  Army, police, Abba Kyari can’t withstand Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits – Nnamdi Kanu Kanu made the remark while accusing Nigerian security operatives of killing Igbo youths while failing to curb terrorists in the Northeast. The IPOB leader lamented that DCP Abba Kyari and his team are killing imnocent youths in the Southeast.   feared dead as explosion rocks Benue community Speaking through the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, Kanu insisted that Kyari wrongly tagged innocent Igbo youths as unknown gunmen. Kanu’s remark was contained in a statement signed and issued by Powerful, on Monday.  BIAFRA NEWS : Northern Coalition Sues National Assembly Over Constitutional Review, Demands Support For Biafra The statement reads: “It is unfortunate that super con cop DCP Abba Kyari and his team are killing Igbo youths and...

feared dead as explosion rocks Benue community

  Scores have been reportedly killed in a fuel tanker explosion at the Amoke village of Apa Local Government Area in Benue State.  gathered that the incident occurred on Monday morning when the vehicle conveying petroleum product went into flame in the area. An eyewitness, Godfrey Idede who spoke with  correspondent said the number of deaths could not be ascertained at that moment. He revealed that the incident led to panic in the area as economic activities came to an abrupt halt. However, the Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Benue State, Yakubu Mohammed, while confirming the incident to newsmen, said only three persons were killed. Mohammed who attributed the unfortunate incident to brake failure said aside from the three victims, no other person sustained injury. He stated that the fire was put out after some hours, noting that there was no Fire Service stationed close to the scene of the incident.

BIAFRA NEWS : Northern Coalition Sues National Assembly Over Constitutional Review, Demands Support For Biafra

   The suit was filed by the leadership of the group, Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i l, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam joined against the defendants: Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and the National Assembly.  THE Coalition of Northern Group (CNG) has dragged the National Assembly to court, asking that the ongoing constitutional review across the country be stopped with immediate effect. The suit was filed by the leadership of the group, Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i l, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam joined against the defendants: Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and the National Assembly, Daily Trust reports. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the coalition's spokesman, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman, argued that instead of the ongoing constit...

BIAFRA NEWS : We're Considering Oduduwa-Biafra Collaboration, Britain Created Hatred Between Yoruba, Igbo— Igboho's Aide

  Olayomi Koiki, spokesman for Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), has revealed that there are possibilities that the Oduduwa Republic agitators will liaise with the Biafran Republic agitators to help them achieve their objectives faster. Koiki, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the Yoruba and Igbo are brothers but colonialists from Britain cast the aspersion of hatred between the two ethnic nationalities. He noted that the 1914 amalgamation was responsible for the notion of enmity between the Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas. Koiki said Yoruba Nation agitators have always enjoyed the support of their Igbo brothers, while reiterating Igboho's stance that any attack on Igbo people is an attack on Yoruba people.  He said, “Yes, we are looking in that direction. The 1914 amalgamation brought enmity amongst us in the first place. The Igbos never had any reason to hate the Yorubas and we also had no reason to fight them because we all had our nations befor...

BIAFRA NEWS : Police detained me for days, said I would die for selling Biafra newspaper –Delta vendor

    A newspaper vendor in Asaba, Delta State, Mr Patrick Onwanaha, who spent 13 days in police detention and was recently granted bail by a court, narrates his ordeal to MATTHEW OCHEI What is your name? My name is Patrick Onwanaha. What is your occupation? I am a newspaper vendor. You were arrested recently by the police. Can you recall how it happened?    BIAFRA NEWS : Northern Coalition Sues National Assembly Over Constitutional Review, Demands Support For Biafra I was not arrested by the police at first. It was the officers from the Department of State Services that arrested me.  What happened that day, May 14, was a terrible experience in my life. I was doing my usual newspaper business as a vendor along the streets of Asaba when I saw where people gathered in the Arcade event centre. I entered there to sell newspapers when I saw some of my DSS friends at an event there. I greeted them as usual because anywhere there is a function in Asaba and i...