President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Lamorde, as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF-CC).
A statement yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Communica-tions, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, said ACP Lamorde, currently the EFCC’s director of operations was appointed following President Yar’Adua’s approval of AIG Nuhu Ribadu’s nomination for a course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
The statement reads: “Further to his approval of AIG Nuhu Ribadu’s nomination for a course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Lamorde as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). ACP Lamorde is currently the EFCC’s Director of Operations.”
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro had in December last year announced the decision of the police high command to send the EFCC chairman on a nine-month course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, in Plateau State.
The IG noted while making the announcement: "His going on course does not remove him from being a police officer or stop him from performing his anti-graft duties. Going on course will only make him a better officer and improve him for the job.
"Ribadu is first and foremost, a police officer and an AIG for that matter. As you know, courses are a pre-requisite for progress both in the force and the military. Such courses help to develop both the employee and the organisation he works for. People who go to NIPSS must attain certain ranks and their going is based on seniority.
However, a section of the society saw the action as a plot to remove Ribadu as the head of the anti-corruption agency by some ex-governors facing trial for corruption.
Irked by the decision, some Nigerians even got in touch with Yar'Adua – mainly through open letters – but he insisted that he was not involved in the whole process.
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, condemned the decision to send the EFCC boss to NIPSS, describing it as a “contemptuous New Year gift that constitutes an assault on the corporate integrity of the nation.” source is thisday newspaper

thanks tboy81, my decoder is now working perfectly.thanks alot

pls i need help on my hitv decoder.i mistakenly reset all the settings on the decoder yesterday and since then i cannot get any of the stations.my installer is not around.can anybody help with the settings?

i am not confirming it but i dont think there customer care can be lying

thank God ikeja station is back and i hope hitv content and programming will improve.hitv was so boring when there was no premiership matches

i have not seen our xmas gift on the satellite platform.i mean trace tv

we want hitv plans to materialize soon.it is not easy to stay with hitv considering the standadr dstv has already set

I hope the hitv talk with sky will materialize soon and please get mtv base on satellite soon.i am missing the channel on hitv

thanks for the info and it is good news that we might be able to watch trace tv this xmas

raahym,thanks for all the answers to the question but i think hitv needs to work hard to get more contents and thus win the approval of nigerians inother to chase the exploiters away.You people should please enter into talks with your satellite owners so as to give you more space for more foreign channels and also have talks with the owners of this channels to make them available for this region.you CAN ENTER A DEAL WITH MBC FOR ITS NETWORK FOR NIGERIA.
Please make the people at your customer care informed because they dont seemed ro be informed anytime i call them to ask about information as regars channels and content.
I want to ask if HITV IS GOING TO GIVE US ANY SURPRISE CHRISTMAS PACKAGE IN TERMS OF NEW CHANNELS ON THE SATELLITE PACKAGE. THANKS

RAHYM, PLS I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CHANNELS ON THE SATELLITE PACKAGE AND THAT OF THE CABLE PLATFORM CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE PAY THE SAME AMOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTION ,WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO UPLOAD MORE FOREIGN CHANNELS LIKE MBC NETWORK ON THE SATELLITE PACKAGE.WHY DONT WE HAVE MTV BASE ON THE SATELLITE PACKAGE.THANKS PLEASE WHEN WILL TRACE TV BE ON SATELLITE PACKAGE

i dont even think hitv is proudly nigerian they just used this plpy to scam nigeria.on their satellite package we cant even see nigerian channels or even watch nigerian news , all we see is hi-nonsense.why do their representative or insiders here run away form adressing the real issues,i am talking about URFRIEND AND RAHYM

HiTV has added another feather to its cap with the addition of Trace TV to its bouquet of premium channels.

The addition of the channel came on the heels of the acquisition of the broadcast rights to the exquisite channel. Trace TV channel now boosts the number of music channels available to the teeming number of its subscribers; both on the terrestrial and satellite platforms.


Trace TV; a channel, which made its debut on the musical scene in 2003, is predominantly a channel that celebrates urban culture, with a bias for the youth within the age bracket of 11-35. What makes Trace unique is its packaging; a perfect blend of urban culture incorporating fashion, sports, cinema and dance delivered through the medium of music.



However, Trace is a music channel making a difference by encouraging

Unity in diversity, interactivity, respect, proximity, mobility, generosity and success. Its promotion of unity in diversity can be seen through the constant celebration of the music of the diverse regions of the world: Latin America, Africa, Caribbean, Europe and many others.



Trace TV’s style also makes it outstanding. Music buffs are not just entertainment in the conventional, rigid-like manner of airing only music videos. The channel spices up its presentation with hits, concerts, shows, reports, features, interviews, documentaries, magazines.

In addition to Trace, HiTV has more than twenty channels in its kitty; enough to make its rivals green with envy. These channels cut across news, entertainment, movies, sports, music, lifestyle, kids, Christian programming and lots more.
i saw this on their website www.hitv.com.ng.

Raahym, do you know when hi mix and hi life would be back, because out of 13 stations on sateelite, two have been out for th past 3 weeks.

help! hi mix and hi life has not been working on the satellite package of hitv since lastweek.this people are really cheats.4000 to watch premeirship alone.i am starting to lose my cool

www.phonesandpc..com. i have been to this site and i cant find the link to download it.please expantiate on how to download it from the site.thanks

please i need a link on where i can download prison break.i mean from season 1 episode 1

hitv cannot smell champions league rights,even they cannot even be able to retain the premiership bid they have now.dstv is planning big.wait and see

you guys should not take this issue personal.we all know hitv service is bad for now.lets give them till the end of the year.

there is no probability that hitv wil win the rights to uefa champions league because dstv is not sleeping.it would be difficult for hitv to even win the rights after this one exppires because dstv is going to put much money.lets wait and see

i would love to experiment it.where is the lady with the magun.this might be a scientific breakthrough for we nigerians

i think hitv should try and negotiate a deal with mbc network.it would be a fair deal for them since mbc is now free to air.please urfriend get this info to your insider.i am giving them till december 2007,if their service and content dont improve,i am going to lead a revolution against the company

pls urfriend,it seems you know much about hitv,please tell them to add more content to their chanells and they should stop repeating films on hi-nolly,hi nolly should be better than african magic cos it is a station run my nigerians and content should not be add to get and let there be informaton on each chanells,for god sake in hi-nolly,you dont even get to know the title of the film they are showin if you did not start with them.thank you

i wonder why hitv would not add mtv base for sattelite subscribers and please they should add more content to their hi- life, hi- nolly and hi-mix,they are full of repititions.imagine watching a film 3 times daily

please urfriend can you tell us how authentic this information is.hitv is full of fake promises

when will hitv stop deceiving us.when will they actually do it,i am tired of SOON

EKENEA AND MEDUBE. please dont get me wrong,i just saw that bonanza article of hitv on the nation newspaper and decided to post it here for everybody to hear.I AM NOT THEIR PRO.I DONT EVEN KNOW THEIR OFFICE.DONT CRUCIFY ME.

Bonanza as HiTV offers free airtime to subscribers 4/10/2007


In an unprecedented move, HiTV, Nigerian owned pay television station, has announced the month of October as free subscription for all existing subscribers. .
The gesture, according to the Entertainment Highway Limited, is in appreciation to its teeming customers for remaining loyal to the brand despite teething challenges.

In a statement issued in Lagos, the station, which commenced operations in February this year, said it was not unaware of the difficulties subscribers have been passing through since broadcasting of the English Premier League began last month.

Noting that several measures have been taken to redress the situation, the company said: "We are not making excuses for the lapses experienced because we are under an obligation to apply ourselves consistently and tirelessly to ensure quality services even as a start-up".

It, however, took note of a few salient factors that the subscribers should be informed about especially as the company has a policy of carrying all stakeholders along by updating them on developments and steps taken.

Among these include the freezing of satellite signals during the transmission of matches, which is as a result of technical issues emanating from the satellite service providers overseas, denial of access, which may be due to expiration of subscription fee or wrong installation of dishes, and the fact that the station cannot extend its cable service outside Lagos based on the license from the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

The hooking to satellite since August, the company noted, has made its signals available to viewers throughout the country, while the cable service, which is currently in operation in Lagos only with 17 channels, continues to grow.

Also the shortage of decoders that was experienced at launch due to high demand by subscribers has been addressed with the importation of over 100,000 decoders, just as the distribution chain has been reinvigorated to ensure smooth and prompt deliveries to all parts of the country.

On content, the company noted that the broadcasting of CNN would be discontinued at the end of September due to the malicious activities of a hostile competitor, though it has been replaced with other dedicated news channels as BBC, Sky News, and CNBC Africa.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HITV, Mr. Toyin Subair, who reiterated the company’s determination to be consumer-sensitive, added that more content in such areas as movies, news and music, which would be unveiled soon.

Subair said the immensely popular Hi Nolly, which showcases the best of Nigerian entertainment including movies, series and documentaries, has been refreshed with the addition of opera and drama, apart from more religious channels, including Love World. More local content is being developed.

Besides ensuring that there are no more breaks in transmission, he said the launch of the station’s satellite means that it signals can be received throughout the country without hitch.

Therefore, lovers of football especially the English Premiership can watch their favourite teams and stars in a more relaxed atmosphere, even with two additional channels to ensure all the eight matches to be played every week are transmitted live.

Followers of the Spanish La Liga and Italian Serie A are not left out as the matches are taken on schedule.

From different parts of the country, including Calabar, Enugu, Benin, and Kaduna, among others, subscribers have confirmed receiving clear signals on HiTV even as Subair gave assurances that "we have our eyes, ears and minds open to respond to your (customers’) suggestions while exploring further opportunities to raise the stakes".

i dont know when hitv will get down to serious business of providing quality service,i am tired of their failed promises.

i dont know when hitv will get down to serious business of providing quality service,i am tired of their failed promises.

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Update!!!
From Yesterday (27/09/2007), the following channels are avaiable:
Primetime TV
Nigizie
Hi soccer
Hi soccer
Hi sport2
.
HAVE THEY ADDED THIS CHANNELS TO TEIR SATELLITE.BECAUSE I AM ON SATELLITE AND I HAVE NOT SEEN:Primetime TV,Nigizie
,HISPORT2

pease i want to know maybe the satellite package now has more than 11 channels because i only have 11 on mine instead of the 15 the advertised and i want to know where the fault is