One of the defendants, Tajudeen Bakare, is facing two extra counts of murder and unlawful possession of arms.
According to the commissioner, it ensures judicious use of government funds.
Nigeria’s communications minister Isa Pantami says Nigerians need NIN for digital identity, describing it as the foundation of President Buhari regime’s digitisation project.
JAMB may conduct a second 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination because of NIN challenges faced by some candidates.
Mr Pantami further stated that “a robust SIM Identity Management Solution should be deployed for effective implementation.”
Mr Oloyede said the extension of the date was necessitated by the challenges experienced by candidates in the ongoing 2021 UTME registration exercise.
Mr Buhari had acknowledged that Mr Pantami supported terrorist organisations and incited the Muslim communities against the Christians in the North through the declaration of jihad and fatwa.
Mr Buhari stated that the programme will aid the government to easily identify its citizens, especially criminal deviants.
The extension, the federal government said, was due to the virtual meeting chaired by Mr Pantami and attended by the Chairman of NCC, Adeolu Akande, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Garba Dambatta,
It’s impossible to deploy the resources of logic, reason, basic decency, and even religious morality to defend some of the sermons Pantami gave.
