Nigerian telecommunications companies have started the last stage of disconnecting phone connections, or Subscriber Identity Module numbers, that are not associated with National Identity Numbers. The PUNCH was informed on Sunday of this development by two top telecom executives who could not comment publicly on the subject. The Nigeria Communications Commission decided to defer the

Kenneth Okonkwo, the former spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, announced his resignation a few hours ago. Since then, the party’s leadership has referred to him as one of its moles. Due to ongoing internal conflict and a leadership crisis that threatened to split the party, Okonkwo left the LP on Sunday. The

On Sunday, the Presidency declared that Nigerians would always be free to peacefully demonstrate. The administration of President Bola Tinubu is prepared to serve Nigerians, not “dominate” them, according to the statement. Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, addressed concerns on the government’s position on the nonviolent protests scheduled for August