Month: November 2020

MTN, 9Mobile secure NCC’s nod for micro-chip e-SIM trial in Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators (MNOs), MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile, to carry out a trial on the workability of embedded Subscriber Identification Modules (e-SIM) Service in Nigeria. The trial, approved to run for a period of one year, will involve testing 5,000 e-SIMs by the two networks, subject to compliance with a number of regulatory conditions. These conditions include full compliance by the MNOs with the Registration of Telecoms Subscribers Regulations 2011; the Mobile Number Portability Regulations and Business Rules 2015;…

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What other African National Oil Companies can learn from NNPC – EITI

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), has tasked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to champion transparency for other National Oil Companies in Africa. EITI, a multi-stakeholder coalition that promotes extractives transparency and accountability in over 50 countries, also commended the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, for honouring his commitment to promote and deepen the culture of transparency and accountability in the Corporation. In a letter addressed to Mr. Kyari, the EITI’s Executive Director, Mark Robinson, commented: “The NNPC has set…

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How 1,538,445 candidates faired in 2020 WASSCE – WAEC

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for 2020 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) detailing how 1,538,445 candidates who sat for the examination faired. The Council, which said that the results of 215,149 candidates were withheld, maintained that this action was taken against them over various forms of alleged examination malpractices. The council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. Areghan also said results of candidates from Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State…

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Nigeria arrests ex-Tax Chief, Tunde Fowler, Over alleged N5bn Scam

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has reportedly arrested a former tax-agent and immediate-past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, over an alleged N5 billion fraud perpetrated under his watch. Fowler, a long-time ally of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is currently being interrogated at the Lagos office of the EFCC, reports online news portal, SaharaReporters. The news outlet recalled that nine senior officials of the agency were detained by the EFCC over…

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We Can’t Guarantee Security During Yuletide – Police, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

A joint meeting of law-enforcement officers in areas worst affected by #EndSARS protests in Nigeria has declared that Nigerians should not anticipate getting adequate security during the ember months and forthcoming yuletide celebration. A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who attended the meeting was quoted in a report by PRNigeria to have said that Nigerians should rather find a way to protect themselves from thugs, hoodlums and miscreants during the seasonal period. The meeting, which, according to the report, was attended by officers of the Nigerian military, security, intelligence and response…

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COVID-19 scare rocks WHO Headquarters as DG Ghebreyesus Contracts Virus

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, creating apprehension at the headquarters of the organisation. He announced the status in a series of tweet on his verified handle @Dr.Tedros. According to him: “I’ve been identified as a contact person of someone who has COVID-19 symptoms, I am well and without symptoms but will self quarantine over the coming days and self quarantine from home. “My colleagues and I at WHO will continue to engage with partners in solidarity to save…

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How Nigerian Couple married for 72 years, died same day

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Pa Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, who have being married for 72 years have died same day. Their demise, which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, had Pa Akojede reported dead around 3 a.m. on Friday, October 30, while his beloved wife died a few hours later after she got the news of her husband’s demise. Pa Akojede was 103 years while Mama was 98 years. The first son of the family aged 70, Mr Joseph Akojede, who confirmed the deaths, said that…

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Hospitalised for 3 weeks, how Nigeria’s top politician, Olapade Agoro, died

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A top politician in Nigeria and former presidential candidate of the National Action Council (NAC), Dr. Olapade Agoro, is dead. Two prominent media in Nigeria – The Punch and Premium Times – were different in their reports about the age Agoro died. While The Punch reported that Agoro died at the age of 77, Premium Times reported that the late politician died aged 78. The ex-Presidential candidate, Platforms Africa gathered, died in the hospital in the early hours of Sunday after beìng hospitalised for three weeks His wife, Mrs…

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