NIMC Crackdown On Illegal NIN Enrolment Operators, Urges Nigerians To Use Only Approved NIN Centres
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), through its Inspectorate Compliance and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), through its Inspectorate Compliance and Enforcement Unit (ICEU), has stepped up its crackdown on illegal NIN enrolment, unauthorised data modification and extortion. A recent enforcement operation in Gwagwalada and other locations led to several arrests and the seizure of illegal enrolment equipment. State signed by…
LAGOS Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to investigate allegations of AI-generated photographs and manipulation of personal data in the preliminary Register of Voters published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). SERAP called on Tinubu to direct the National Commissioner and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fighting between rival ethnic groups over access to water in central Chad has killed at least 25 people and left 22 others wounded, the government said Sunday. Chad, considered by the United Nations to be among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change, is regularly hit by deadly intercommunal clashes over…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian political analyst Sam Amadi has raised concerns over the safety of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), warning against any plot to harm him ahead of the 2027 general election. Amadi made the statement in a post on his official X account, where he called on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The camp of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed a viral report and photographs circulating on social media claiming that the former Anambra State governor was hospitalised after breaking his neck in a gym. Obi’s spokesman, Idris Zekeri, described the report as false in an exclusive interview with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, advanced to the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Venezuela in the quarter-finals on Sunday. Captain Azeezat Oduntan converted a late penalty in the 89th minute at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Morocco to secure the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian professor of political economy, Pat Utomi has reacted to a heated exchange between some supporters of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi and supporters of President Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST reports that a viral video clip showed supporters of the two presidential candidates engaged in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Binance customers withdrew $3.6bn (£2.7bn) of assets from the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange as it reopened on Sunday following what is believed to be the largest hack in history. The firm suspended all transactions in the wake of the incident, which impacted $6.3bn worth of digital assets. Major organisations, including the US…