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• Nigeria to Complete Digital Switch Over Project By 2022
  [NexTVAfrica] Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission said that the country's Digital Switch Over (DSO) project will be completed by middle of 2022 when the country will fully shift from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting.
  
  
• Timi Frank Berates Malami Over Position On Atiku's Citizenship
  [Leadership] Abuja -- A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has berated the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), over what he called 'uninformed comment' on former vice president Atiku Abubakar.
  
  
• Polytechnic Lecturers Begin Strike Over New Salary Scheme
  [Leadership] The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared a strike, demanding the implementation of a new salary scheme for polytechnic lecturers.
  
  
• Sylva Hosts Davido, Says Govt Committed to Youth Empowerment
  [Leadership] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has restated the Federal Government's commitment to youth empowerment.
  
  
• Afaka 39 - Army Releases Names of Recovered Students
  [Daily Trust] Kaduna -- The Nigerian Army has released the names of rescued students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna who were kidnapped by bandits on 11 March 21.
  
  
• ASUP Shuts Down Polytechnics
  [Daily Trust] SUB: The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has commenced an indefinite strike. Anderson Ezeibe, president of the union, announced this at...
  
  
• Nigeria's Fiscal Position and Sustainability - Where Do We Go From Here?
  [Daily Trust] The managers of Nigeria's economy need an urgent reappraisal of their toolkit to bring it up to date with current realities. The economy today faces a sustainability challenge given all the indicators, from revenue to expenditure, debt servicing, and investment levels.
  
  
• Favouritism Responsible for Nigeria's Backwardness - Jonathan
  [Daily Trust] A former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the tradition of favouritism in leadership positions among families, friends, acquaintances rather than ability and capability to deliver is responsible for Nigeria's backwardness.
  
  
• Nigeria's Police Chief Fired Two Days After the Country's Largest Prison Break
  [VOA] Nigeria's police chief has been fired two days after more than 1,800 inmates escaped from a prison in the southeastern part of the county.
  
  
• Paris Club Refund - Malami Denies Pushing for Payment of Contractors
  [This Day] Abuja -- The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has debunked media report that he has been pushing for suspicious payment to some contractors involved in the Paris and London Club refunds to local government councils in the country.
  
  
• Storm Stops Osinbajo From Landing in Benin, Edo 2020 Officially Begins
  [This Day] The 20th edition of the National Sports Festival was officially declared open yesterday by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.
  
  
• Buhari Approves Transition of PTF to PSC On Covid-19
  [This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the transition of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 effective from April 1, 2021 with a modified mandate to reflect the non-emergent status of COVID-19 as a potentially long-term pandemic.
  
  
• Why Adamu's 3-Month Tenure Extension Terminated
  [Vanguard] Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G.
  
  
• Covid-19 - Existing Vaccines Less Effective Against New Variants - Govt
  [Vanguard] As Nigeria vaccinates 964,387 persons; Kogi receives 16,900 doses
  
  
• Microfinance Banks Seek Extension of Recapitalisation Deadline
  [Premium Times] In the alternative, banks ask the Central Bank of Nigeria to reducing the capital requirement amount.