₦airaland Forum

Johnnyessence:
when the court is been establish u will know the judge. The bill has already passed the second reading. So pls be expecting soon when it will be passed.

Chemcrown:
What I even want to know is the content of the law... who will be the judges ... will there be a course in our universities now called christianic law (very absurd) ... if a christian is convicted 'justly' in sharia court, will his/her case transfered to christian court for leniency (very laughable) ... if I meet a fellow christian on my wife (u know what I mean), how will this case be judged - please chemcrown, forgive and forget just as has Christ... or tit for tat or dead by hanging etc ... where will there contents of the law come from - the Bible (new testament - love your neighbour as yourselve and love your GOD with the whole of your heart or old testament - where laws could be given because of the hardness of people's heart) or are 'we' going to review sharia laws so that 'our' laws will stand CONTRARY to that of sharia? - if a man steal a goat and sharia law stipulates cutting of arms, will Christian law retrieve the man a set him free to counter the judgment, oh! the man will be put in jail...

stinechykee:
You have time of these Muslims that disguise themselves as Christians typing and posting rubbish here.They were the one that supported Buhari and now he want to islamize we Christians and also those hypocrites didn't see anything wrong wen Emirs and Imams were busy abducting and converting our young girls and those hypocrite here didn't see anything wrong in wat you are telling them

Johnnyessence:
thanks again for your reply here. We need christian court to checkmate series of atrocities been perpetuated by evil people. We have series of kidnapping cases in the north that's been not treated properly. God bless the senator that raised the bill in the senate. Tonye should please tell us what's happening in southern kaduna where christians are slaughtered. So far no justice have been served.

Beremx:
from APC to "Siddon Dey Look"

Beremx:
Una still dey carry political party matter for head?


Thank God i have repented.

Nigerian Super Eagles goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is injured again. The Eagles shot stopper had to be substituted in the closing minutes of Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 win at Queens Park Rangers on Thursday night after suffering an injury.

Ikeme is set to undergo tests to determine the severity of his latest injury.

The player could not feature for Nigeria in last month’s World Cup qualifier against Algeria after suffering a hip injury days leading up to the clash.

The 30-year-old was making his first appearance for Wolves against QPR since October the 29th when he played against Blackburn Rovers.

PMONEY6:
The joke is now fully on Oke the bad asssss looser.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a new “floor plan”, or minimum pricing, for data services by mobile operators “to address market distortions, unhealthy price wars and value erosion that could threaten the going concern of the service providers”, according to an internal working document seen by TheCable.

In a letter to the big operators, the commission had directed that the floor plan for data should be 0.90k/MB effective December 1, 2016 “pending the finalisation of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria”.

As virtually all the big operators were already charging below the new floor rate, the directive meant an automatic increase in charges for data services.

However, small operators and new entrants in the data market, such as Spectranet, Ntel and Smile, are still allowed to charge below 0.90k/MB.

NCC defines “small operator” as one that has less than 7.5% market share and “new entrant” as one that has operated for less than three years.

The regulator is of the opinion that without a price floor, the dominant operators can engage in predatory pricing to drive down other operators, meaning the industry could be moving towards a monopoly.

DATA CHARGES BEFORE NOW

BIG OPERATORS AVERAGE PRICE/MB
MTN 45 kobo
Glo 21 kobo
Etisalat 94 kobo
Airtel 52 kobo
Average 53 kobo
SMALL OPERATORS/NEW ENTRANTS AVERAGE PRICE/MB
Smile 84 kobo
Spectranet 58 kobo
Natcom 72 kobo
Average 71 kobo
A senior NCC official told TheCable that CDMA operators – such as Multilinks and Starcomms – were muscled out of the by the Big Four because of their market power.

“At the rate they are crashing data tariffs, there is every chance that they will soon kill all the small operators and new entrants. Part of the functions and duties of NCC is to check monopolistic and oligopolistic behaviours in the telecom market,” the official said.

Globacom currently charges 21k/MB apparently because of the economies of scale advantage, compared to Smile which charges 84k/MB, or four times Glo’s rate, in order to break even.

Under the new tariff regime, Smile can continue to charge 84k but Glo will have to move up to 90k/MB – a 328% increase.

MARKET PRICES

The document seen by TheCable says in line with its mandate of promoting fair competition in the industry, the commission monitored activities in the data market segment “and observed that a significant reduction in current market prices for data services; in addition to complaints by subscribers to re-introduce the price floor for data services”.

It gave five reasons for re-introducing the price floor, which was first introduced in 2014 and suspended in October 2015.

The reasons are:

Some service providers were actually pricing their services below cost, a situation which could spell doom for the industry.
Dominant Operators in the wholesale leased line market, who also operate in the retail market embarked on massive predatory pricing, a conduct capable of substantially lessening competition.
The removal of floor price for data resulted in eroding value in the market.
The need to safeguard investment and ensure growth, development and sustainability of the telecoms industry.
It is important to maintain the integrity of the network as operators lack capacity to accommodate the volume of transaction on their network.
It said: “When markets work efficiently, companies provide customers with more choice, lower prices better quality products and services. However, due to market imperfections, market forces alone cannot be entirely relied upon to discipline the operators to ensure efficient market conducts and promote market efficiency.

“It is in recognition of the above that regulatory intervention is required and has become a veritable tool to facilitate competition and create a level playing field between competitors.”

STAKEHOLDERS’ INPUTS

TheCable understands that the big operators made inputs into the decision-making process.

A stakeholders’ meeting with service providers was held in October to discuss “anti-competitive practices” in the data market and to get their comments and inputs on what the price floor should be.

At the meeting, NCC, according to sources in the know, informed the operators on the need to create a balance by ensuring that the interim price floor “is not too low in order to provide a cushion for small operators and new entrant to offer competitive products”.

It also said the price floor “should not be too high to ensure affordability by consumers” and that the rate should be fixed at a level that “will encourage growth, roll-out services and ultimately attract investments into the telecom sector”.


[b]This the interim price floor of N0.90k/MB for big operators is expected to be reviewed after a study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in the country.

tinsel:
Ondo South is how many lga?

mamboqueen:
Ondo west Local Government
APC –   18,923
PDP-    20,243

Akure North Local Government
APC-  13,092
PDP-  7, 817

Owo Local Government
APC-   27,290
PDP-  7,817

Akoko South-East
APC-     7,245
PDP-     6,769

Idanre Local Government
APC-       12,654
PDP-       12,290

Akoko South-West Local Government
APC-        25,336
PDP-        15,490

Odigbo Local Government
APC-        18,655
PDP-        19,315

Ile-Oluji Local Government
APC-       12,338
PDP-        13,652

Ese-Odo Local Government
APC-        4,002
PDP-        24,943

Ondo- East Local Government
APC-         5,922
PDP-          8,708

Irele Local Government
APC-         9,969
PDP –        11,639

Akure South Local Government
APC-        50,411
PDP-        18,125

Okitipupa Local Government
APC-       17,495
PDP-       19,035

It remains 2 Local Government

         Total

APC-         266,084
PDP-         225,328