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7 facts about the proposed multi-purpose National Identity Card
1. The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three. 2. The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc 3. The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and…
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Gowon: Strange, but true……
Gowon was the only person to become Nigeria’s Head of State as a bachelor. Gowon was the only Nigerian military officer to have jumped the ranks of Colonel and Brigadier when the Supreme Military Council promoted him from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to a Major-General on 1st June 1967. Gowon was the youngest ever Nigerian to become Head of…
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Frank Mba: 10 facts you need to know about the new DIG
The appointment of a former 3-time Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba as Deputy Inspector- General of Police, DIG, by the Police Service Commission, has been hailed as a welcome development. A consummate, refined and vastly experienced cop with 31 years in service of the Nigeria Police Force, Mba has transversed different departments of the force in strategic areas of…
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