Over 72.77 million active telecommunication subscribers have been barred from making calls on their SIMs, following a directive from the Federal Government to telecommunication companies. On Monday, the Federal Government ordered telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by restricting outgoing calls on all unlinked lines as the deadline for the verification expired on March 31. This directive was contained in a joint statement signed by Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, and Head, Corporate Communications at the Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke. According to the statement, 125…

Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Nuru Khalid, has been sacked for delivering a sermon that criticised the government over killings in Nigeria. The Imam was earlier suspended by the Steering Committee of the mosque on Saturday. But the chairman of the mosque committee, Saidu Dansadau, announced on Monday that Khalid’s suspension had been upgraded to sack. He said that Khalid was sacked for not being remorseful despite his suspension as the Imam of the mosque. This is despite the public outcry that Khalid should be reinstated. Khalid had, in his sermon, lambasted the government for its inability to…