October 2020

NCC Grants MTN, 9mobile Right To Trial Of National Roaming Services

NCC Grants MTN, 9mobile Right To Trial Of National Roaming Services

October 25, 2020 6:56 pm

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted two mobile network operators, MTN and 9mobile, approval to carry out trial on national roaming services.

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Roaming service enables a mobile subscriber to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services when travelling outside the coverage of a particular network geographical area by utilising the network coverage of other networks.

National roaming services means that subscribers in Nigeria can seamlessly make calls in areas of the country their network operators do not cover because such networks have entered …

South-West Governors, Ministers Visit Lagos, Urge For Peace

South-West Governors, Ministers Visit Lagos, Urge For Peace

October 25, 2020 6:30 pm

South-West governors and ministers visited Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lagosians over the EndSARS protest mayhem in the state.

Read Also: Attacks In Lagos Planned, Attempt To Weaken South-West Economy

The visitors, who also called for peace to reign, went round some of the property that were destroyed during the mayhem.

Sanwo-Olu, in company of state government officials, also took the South-West Governors and Ministers to some affected areas including Igbosere High Court, City Hall, Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Lekki Toll Plaza, NPA Headquarter, among others.

Speaking after the inspection of the destroyed …

Ekiti PDP, APC Trade Words Over Alleged Sponsorship Of Armed Thugs

Ekiti PDP, APC Trade Words Over Alleged Sponsorship Of Armed Thugs

October 25, 2020 6:17 pm

The factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traded accusations over the sponsorship of armed thugs molesting the people after the EndSARS protests in the state.

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The PDP members loyal to former Governor Ayodele Fayose warned that the governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, would be held responsible should there be further breakdown of law and order in the state, alleging that armed thugs sponsored by the governor are now going about attacking people and destroying property.

The party said …

Attacks In Lagos Planned, Attempt To Weaken South-West Economy

Attacks In Lagos Planned, Attempt To Weaken South-West Economy

October 25, 2020 5:30 pm

South-West Governors have expressed shock over the extent of the destruction of public assets and private properties by hoodlums in Lagos State.

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The Governors and South-West Ministers were in Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the destruction of public and private facilities by hoodlums who had hijacked the #EndSARS protests by youths.

The delegation of Governors and Ministers was received by Sanwo-Olu at the State House in Marina, where the Lagos helmsman showed them the pictorial evidence of the violence before visiting some …

COVID-19 Palliatives Many Injured In Kogi Stampede

COVID-19 Palliatives: Many Injured In Kogi Stampede

October 25, 2020 5:25 pm

Four persons reportedly died and many injured as a result of a stampede that occurred when hundreds of people on Sunday stormed the Kogi State warehouse in Lokoja to cart away the remaining palliatives from the building.

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The warehouse located along the Murtala Mohammed way, very close to Kpata market in Lokoja was invaded as early as 7 am since Saturday to Sunday by mostly women and youth who stormed the place for covid-19 palliatives.

The dead victims were said to have been stepped upon when the gates were …

Attacks, Looting Of Property Inimical To Public Good —Buhari

Attacks, Looting Of Property Inimical To Public Good —Buhari

October 25, 2020 5:20 pm

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday qouted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as condemning the looting of public and private property in parts of the country.

Read Also: Looting: Ayade Orders House To House Search In Cross River

He qouted the President as saying that the development was inimical to public good and stood condemned.

Shehu disclosed these in a statement titled ‘Again, President Buhari condemns loss of lives, appeals for peace and brotherhood.’

The statement read, ‘As the judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos …

Guinea’s Conde Wins Over 59% Of Votes In Presidential Poll

Guinea’s Conde Wins Over 59% Of Votes In Presidential Poll

October 25, 2020 3:57 pm

Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has won 59.49 percent of votes in a hotly contested election where he sought a controversial third term, according to provisional results announced by the country’s electoral authority Saturday. 

His main rival, opposition politician Cellou Dalein Diallo — who claimed victory before the publication of the results — received 33.5 percent of the vote, according to the electoral authority.

Police were out in force in the capital Conakry during the announcement, an AFP journalist saw, following days of post-election violence in which at least nine people were killed.

Much of the controversy in Guinea centres on …

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

Cameroon School Attack Kills 8 Students

October 25, 2020 3:56 pm

Attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual school in Kumba, but the area has been caught up in violence between Anglophone separatists and government forces for three years.

“At least eight children were killed as a result of gunshots and attack with machetes,” at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy, a statement by the local UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

“Another twelve were wounded and taken to …

Shiites Debunk Rumours Of El Zakzaky’s Death

Shiites Debunk Rumours Of El Zakzaky’s Death

October 25, 2020 2:57 pm

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, says it has found it necessary to dispel the rumours currently making the rounds that the leader of the movement, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has passed away.

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In a statement signed by its Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, the sect said, ‘We believe the originators of the rumours and its circulation are government-sponsored mischief-makers trying to plunge the nation into further chaos.’

‘Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky was visited by his family members on Saturday, 24/10/2020 in the Kaduna Correctional Centre where he is being held

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Looting: Ayade Orders House To House Search In Cross River

Looting: Ayade Orders House To House Search In Cross River

October 25, 2020 2:55 pm

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has ordered for search of residential houses of people of Cross River State for possible recovery of looted items.

The Governor said in a press release signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity Christian Ita that security agents should take legitimate action to halt violence and recover the stolen items.

Prof Ayade confirmed that more soldiers were deployed to Calabar to help quell violence and asked security agencies in the State to take legitimate actions to halt the arson and carnage witnessed in some parts of Calabar.

The governor also wants the …

Pope Francis Reacts To Unrest In Nigeria

Pope Francis Reacts To Unrest In Nigeria

October 25, 2020 2:52 pm

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has urged everyone to pray for Nigeria.

The Bishop of Rome made the call on Sunday.

He said supplications were needed to forestall further civil disorder in Africa’s most populous country.

‘Let us pray to the Lord for Nigeria, so that every form of violence might always be avoided, in the constant search of social harmony through the promotion of justice and the common good’, he tweeted.

Read Also: Pope Francis Indicates Support For Same-Sex Civil Unions

There has been widespread violence after the End SARS protests demanding an end to police …

Military apprehends 123 palliative looters in Jos

Military Apprehends 123 Palliative Looters In Jos

October 25, 2020 2:50 pm

The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested 123 suspects for vandalising and looting items from private businesses and government properties in Jos.

The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, presented the suspects to newsmen on Sunday in Jos.

Okonkwo said that the suspects defied the 24-hour curfew imposed by the State Government to perpetrate the criminal act.

He said some of the suspects were arrested while looting properties at the Plateau Agricultural and Development Agency (PADP), located at Dogon Dutse of Jos North Local Government Area of the state.

Others, he said, were arrested …

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