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Subscribers to the MTN network have decried MTN's silence on its adoption of 16 digits recharge pin which they described as yet another insult to its customers in Nigeria. Speaking with THISDAY during the week, the president of National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOM), Deolu Ogunbanjo, expressed shock over the development as he was just getting to know as there was no prior notice to its implementation. According to Ogunbanjo, there was nothing wrong in the new development. He however frowned at the failure of the company in carrying stakeholders along, a development he described as an infringement on customers' right. "MTN is becoming more arrogant in the business environment. In the recent time, they have been exhibiting unNigerian-like behaviour and this is rather unfortunate. Recently, the company fired its Nigerian outsourcing firm and gave the job to a South African based Agency. Also the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the company to stop running advertisement on its Tru Talk package ,but they have refused to heed the regulatory body's directives even as I speak. Now they have chosen to switch to 16 digits pin but without making it public, for me not to have been knowledgeable about this, so will it be for many others. Right to be informed of any new development about a product is consumers inalienable right as guaranteed by the Consumers' Protection Council to which MTN has denied its customers”, he complained. Contacted, MTN Public Relations Manager in Nigeria, Funsho Aina confirmed that there was no formal communication on the latest move except for the notice that was on its twitter and facebook pages. The notice reads, "We wish to confirm that the 16 digit logical PINs currently in circulation are genuine. While the new 16-digit PINs will ultimately replace the regular 12 digit PIN currently in use, please note that all recharge cards with the 12-digit PIN remain valid while stock last. We urge all customers to purchase their logical PINs and recharge cards from only authorised vendors or retailers” Asked the motive behind the move, they responded, "No reason". The South African owned Telecommunications Company in June made a switch from 12 digits to 16 digits logical pin and till date, not many are aware. From our investigations, the few number of users aware of this development got to know at the point of purchase. According to kikelomo Mofikoya, a primary school teacher who uses MTN, she almost had a fight with the card seller when she saw 16 digits as against the 12 digits she was used to. " When I bought the MTN recharge card and saw 16 digits, I almost exchange blows with the seller, thinking it was fake, not until I loaded it and saw it to be real. MTN got it wrong by not making announcement to that effect". While the company claimed to have passed a notice via the social media, it was also discovered that the new 16 digits had been in circulation long before the notice was communicated on 28th June, 2015.


www.thisdaylive.com/articles/subscribers-decry-mtns-new-recharge-pin/214292/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) yesterday narrated how former Adamawa
State governor Murtala Nyako, his son, Abdulaziz
(a serving senator), and two of the ex-governor’s
aides allegedly looted billions of public funds. Facing trial with them at the Federal High Court
sitting in Abuja are Zulkifikk Abba (Nyako’s ex-
political adviser), Abubakar Aliyu and five
companies in which they allegedly have interests. The companies are Blue Opal Limited, Sebore Farms
& Extension Ltd, Pagoda Fortunes Ltd, Tower Assets
Management Ltd and Crust Energy Ltd. They were slammed with a 37-count charge of
conspiracy, money laundering and abuse of office. The commission in its counter-affidavit to the
accused persons’ bail application at the court, said
that it would be out of place to grant them bail in
view of the gravity of their offences. It also claimed that the ‘mysterious deaths’ of two
of its witnesses – Ma’aji Mohammed Iro and
Abdulmalik Dalhatu – “has instilled fear in other
prospective witnesses in this case.” Iro was, until his death, a Regional Manager with
Zenith Bank. He was said to be in charge of Adamawa State
Government’s accounts with the bank, and
allegedly assisted the accused persons in
laundering billions of naira from the state’s coffers. The EFCC said: “The 1st and 2nd accused persons
(Nyako and Abaduaziz) are the owners of the 6th
accused (Sebore Farms & Extension Limited), which
they operated by themselves. Several fictitious
contracts, running into billions of naira, were
awarded to the said 6th accused while the 1st accused was governor of Adamawa State. One
Ma’aji Mohammed Iro was in charge of the accounts
of Adamawa State with Zenith Bank. “On the instruction of the 1st accused, Ma’aji
Mohammed Iro made several cash lodgments
running into billions of naira into the accounts of
several companies and individuals including the
accounts of the 6th to 9th accused (Blue Opal Ltd,
Sebore Farms & Extension Ltd, Pagoda Fortunes Ltd, Tower Assets Management Ltd and Crust Energy
Ltd) all from the accounts of Adamawa State
Government for no specific reason. “On the instruction of the 1st accused,
N698,408,011.62 was paid from the account of
Adamawa State Government with Zenith Bank into
the account of the 6th accused (Sebore Farms and
Extension ltd) with the same bank to service and
liquidate the loan of N500 million obtained by the 6th accused. “Another sum of N160m was deposited into the
account of Agrited Nigeria Ltd on the instruction of
the 1st accused from the account of the Adamawa
State Government with no contract rendered to the
state. “Several moneys running into over N5 billion of
Adamawa State funds were transferred to the 9th
accused (Crust Energy Ltd) mostly on the
instruction of the 1st accused. “About N240 million of Adamawa State was
invested by the 7th accused – Pagoda Fortunes Ltd
(a company owned by a son of the 1st accused) in
Hill View Estate, Abuja, an estate owned by the 2nd
accused (Abdulaziz Nyako). “The 3rd accused (Zulkifikk Abba), who is a
political adviser to the 1st accused, is the owner of
Alpharetta Farms Ltd, one of the companies
through which funds of Adamawa State was stolen.
The 3rd accused is a director in the 9th accused
(Crust Energy Ltd), a company controlled by the 2nd accused and through which several billion of
naira belonging to Adamawa State was stolen. “The 4th accused (Abubakar Aliyu) is a signatory to
several accounts of the 5th accused (Blue Opal Ltd),
through which several monies running into billions
of naira from the funds of Adamawa State
Government were laundered to develop Hill View
Estate, Abuja.” However, Justice Evoh Chukwu rejected EFCC’s
objection and granted bail to the accused persons
at N350 million with either two sureties or one,
who is a director in any Federal Government’s
establishment. The sureties, the judge said, must own landed
property in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), show
evidence of tax payment for the last three years
and must swear to affidavit of means. The accused
persons are to deposit their travel documents with
the court.


news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/423646-how-nyako-son-aide-looted-adamawa-by-efcc.html

The Independent National Electoral Commission
has fixed dates for the conduct of governorship
elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The commission said in Abuja on Friday that
governorship election will hold in Kogi State on
November 21 while that of Bayelsa State is to hold
on December 5, 2015. This information was contained in a statement by
INEC’s Chairman, Information and Voter Education
Committee, Dr. Chris Iyimoga. Iyimoda added that primaries for the elections
shall be held on or before August 23, 2015 and
September 5, 2015, respectively for the two states
in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral
Act 2014 (as amended). The commission added that campaigns by political
parties shall commence on July 24 and end
on November 29 in Kogi while that of Bayelsa will
be from September 6 to December 4, 2015. Governorship elections did not hold in the affected
states during the last April 11 governorship
election because the tenure of the two governors
have yet to end. The two states are in the hand of the main
opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. However, while Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State
is battling with the All Progressives Congress,
which has made serious incursion into the state,
Governor Seriake Dickson on the other, is facing
internal rebellion within his party in Bayelsa State. The APC had the upper hand in Kogi State during
the last general electios. Meanwhile, there are also rumours that Wada may
be denied his party’s ticket for the election due to
what a member of the National Working Committee
of the PDP attributed to the governor’s “poor
performance.” “The information we are having is that Wada is not
doing well and that if we field him, we may lose the
state,” the source added. Indication that Wada may not have things easy
appears to be manifesting. When the governor visited the party headquarters
over the cancellation of the ad-hoc delegates for
the Ward Congresses in the state 10 days ago, he
stormed out of the party national secretariat,
shortly after meeting with the Acting National
Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus. Wada, who arrived at the party secretariat early in
the morning to have a meeting the NWC, was kept
waiting for hours.


www.punchng.com/news/inec-fixes-dates-for-kogi-bayelsa-gov-elections/


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Tydies:
Finally, we now have a handsome coach.

lol, dude u spoke my mind...

blublahd:
ox

so ox is the advice u will give him?


Dear, carry the teller to the bank 2mao, dont loose it.

Professor Sadiq Suleiman, personal physician to
Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Sani Abacha
has explained the circumstances that lead to his
death.
Addressing newsmen recently, Professor Wali says
Abacha’s health was in good condition before his death, adding that contrary to the believe that the
ex-military ruler ate poisoned apple served by
some ladies, he didn’t meet any woman when he
arrived the villa. His words, ”Abacha was generally healthy though
he had some health issues. He was treated and
responded very well. He didn’t have any heart-
related diseases at that time”, Wali said. Speaking specifically of June 7, 1998, the day
Abacha died, Professor Wali said, ”around 6 am I
had a phone call from his security officers, and
they said, “please come, come to the villa, come
urgently!” Before I even could get ready, they
came and picked me. I had no idea what it all was about”. ”I arrived then I saw chief security there and he
said “doctor come in, please, come in!” We all
rushed and I just saw the president. There was
another doctor who came earlier, resuscitating
him. “Abacha was in the sitting room. He was on the
couch. He was in his normal work clothes. I didn’t
panic. I’ve seen a lot of serious problems before in
my practice, but to affect him was very tough,
definitely. “I joined and we did as much as we could to
resuscitate him. But I realised that he was dead
because he was firming. We just continued
resuscitation and even injected some things, but it
didn’t work”.
”I said, sorry – there’s nothing we can do. Immediately the security officer took over, and he
invited all the service chiefs to come to Abuja. Most
of them were based in Lagos”. Professor Wali said he was determined that there
should be an autopsy to find out what caused the
death. After much deliberating, the family declined,
preferring the quick burial in line with Islamic
tradition. ”I still tried to take some samples of blood and
urine and hair and things like that, just thinking for
the future chemical tests,” Professor Wali said. ”It’s very difficult to say [whether he died of
natural causes]. The blood test we did, has shown
some raised cardiac enzymes [proteins that are
released into the blood by dying heart
muscles].That’s why we thought maybe it was
cardiac attack”. Addressing rumours that Abacha died after he had
been poisoned, or spent a night entertaining
young ladies, Professor Wali said, ”when I entered
[Abacha’s premises], there were no ladies. It might
be true but I did not see them. Concerning the
poison, as I said no post-mortem has been done, so I couldn’t assure whether he was poisoned or it
was a heart attack”.


dailypost.ng/2015/07/09/im-not-sure-abacha-was-poisoned-by-ladies-former-personal-physician/



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Major markers in Enugu State have shut down in
protest of the recent relocation of Boko Haram
prisoners to Anambra State. A street protest is equally expected to follow the
market closure.
The umbrella traders’ had announced that there
would be a peaceful protest today over the issue.
An announcement late yesterday signed on behalf
of AMATAS by the President General, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo Ewepudike, and Secretary, Chief
Chuma Eruchalu, said: “This is to inform all the
traders in Anambra State and South East that all
markets in the South East will remain closed
tomorrow, Thursday, 9th July, 2015, so we can all
embark on peaceful demonstration against Boko Haram detainees in Anambra State.” AMATAS expressed regrets for any inconveniences
to be caused by the market closure and protests.


dailypost.ng/2015/07/09/breaking-enugu-markets-shut-over-relocation-of-boko-haram-prisoners/

abeg oo, these herdsmen and bokoharam na the same people bah??

one thing i've learnt is never to take the fall for anyone,, cos in the end, its everybody for himself.. If outing them will save your job, pls do.

Since May 29, things have since either been normal on certain fronts or have even gone worse in certain areas. A friend did say admitting this would amount to admitting one was wrong to back the “Change” movement during the 2015 elections. I did ask, should one have backed the “Impunity and Cluelessness” movement that was dressed in the garb of “Transformation”? And where does one admit a government has failed after just a little over a month in office? It is not so hard to admit, for instance, that the security situation is probably the worst it has been since the end of the elections if not the worst it has been all year. Boko Haram has since taken some 500 human lives in over a dozen attacks since the turn of the new government. Is there cause for worry? The Buhari government came in on the crest of a wave of expectations, those expectations have since dwindled. If that was an intentional way to set off, the government has since achieved its aim. In fact, one has met a few staunch supporters of the government who would be happy to just see a few things happen just so they can say, “I told you!” to their cynical friends. Are Nigerians wrong to expect to see things to start happening some 40
days into the new government? Maybe, they are not, maybe, the government promised too much. And they did indeed promise too much seeing as it was obvious the country was beginning to show signs of weakness as a result of unheralded corruption and dwindling oil fortunes under the Jonathan administration. Nigerians knew all about the impunity and maladministration that took place under the immediate past government, it would be pointless to excuse the early inaction of the current administration on the failings of the previous one. That is obvious enough and that failing was duly punished at the polls at the end of March. It would no longer be the job of the new administration to tell us how the past administration’s mismanagement and corruption have hampered its work; we already know that. What they must do is get to work. That is what they promised and that was why they were voted. It may be too early to pass judgment on a government that even if it had everything going for it on assumption of office, would likely need time to settle in. On the flipside, is it too early for the new government to see the importance of engaging the citizenry? There was an address to the nation on May 29, an address that was as much
a speech for Nigerian citizens as it was for the international community. There is an urgent need for a national address almost strictly for Nigerians. Press releases and statements fall short at times of national tragedies. We asked for change because we could not bear to see that the old government would go about partying hours after the destruction of lives and properties. The current administration has not done exactly that but its reactions to recent bombings have not been a sharp departure from the old. The Jonathan administration used to release statements of “condemnation” and “government’s commitment to defeat the insurgents” and to bring them “under
the full weight” of the law. It was so common, an average Nigerian could write the statement as the major difference in each statement were the dates and the location of the attack. The new administration has just simply continued from there. Something has to change! When citizens die in scores, the President must be seen. If it happens a lot, the President must be seen
a lot. That in itself would incentivise effective action. That is what holds in climes where the lives of citizens are not treated with levity. They do not even wait for 100 or 200 citizens to die before their presidents (or vice-presidents) mount the stage to address the nation. In most cases, when terrorists kill say five or ten citizens, the president gets behind the microphone. Note that the address does not have to be the conventional presidential address that is preceded by the national anthem on TV. It is more like a press briefing but this time, the president addresses the press. It goes a long way when the families of the deceased hear their president calling the names of their lost loved ones and personally offering his condolences and support. We are not beginning to talk about the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to mount an immediate onslaught on the terrorists. The sooner that happens the better for everyone. Waiting to have a perfect strategy before having a real go at the terrorists would leave more citizens dead. Boko Haram is not waiting to mount destruction; our government has no business waiting to repel them. While we work out a proactive response to these insurgents, we must understand and address the immediate challenge. They are coming closer. They tested the resolve of the Jonathan administration in July of 2011 when they bombed the Force Headquarters in Abuja, we cannot afford something like that to happen before we know that these murderers are hell-bent on breaking the will of the Nigerian people all over again. There is work to do! Politics has since the inauguration taken the centre stage. Politicians have been more obsessed with what they consider
as “taking the spoils of war” rather than offer ideas
and support for the government to hit the ground running. That is not such a surprise, it takes an outlier Nigerian politician to care more about Nigeria than he would about parochial interests. Those outliers must make their voices heard at this time, otherwise, we would simply continue the jonathanisation of Nigeria. That would simply mean that things will progressively get worse from the days of watching impunity run the show at the seat of power and gross incompetence dictate the moves of major government policies. It is too early to judge where a child would end up in life by what the child does in his or her early stages, but it would be foolhardy to ignore the child if he or she starts to show the signs the elder sibling showed that led the same to destruction in adulthood. More often than not, the morning determines the direction the day would go. For the Buhari-Osinbajo administration, this has not been such a good morning. The entrepreneurs of sycophancy, if they have already taken their place around the seat of power, would like the President and his deputy to believe that Nigerians are already impressed with their great works in the last one month. Mr. President, that is far from the truth. Nigerians are not impressed. Please, do not fall to the trap of delusion that finally consumed the Jonathan administration on March 28. Nigerians, rightfully, expected more from you because you are men of integrity and your integrity is not in doubt. But integrity does not exactly save lives, competence does and you must begin to deploy your competence into dealing with Nigeria’s most critical problems, starting with insecurity. If you want to know the truth about your government, ask someone who has never asked your government for a job or anyone you know does not depend on your government for survival


www.punchng.com/politics/buhari-is-this-the-darkness-before-dawn/

RapLawd:
Aren't you our friend also? And currently reachable for that matter!

dude, u dont wanna sleep??

Starships4u:
Some perverts will be like:: *mehn this laps is very sexy...wish I can bang it*....

out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh....

londongal03:
.com

... I don die eeeh...

gmacnoms:
.

spacebooking this midnight?? ..

sandrannna:
The I.diot above is ubiquitous.

, what does ubiquitous mean please? Enlighten me.

see what insomnia is causing, if u were sleeping by this time. U wouldnt have typed this..

2boiz:
Did u just call that a little sacrifice? damn

judging 16yrs with 90days, i think so, wah do u think?

elantraceey:
So if the case was something like murder , I should let him get away with it? Our relationship can't even hold after that.

ok, u win,,....

'tis is getting outta hand,,.. No value for life

lalasticlala pls come and help this young man...

elantraceey:
I'm not a party to injustice , sentiments is the reason why this country is still where it is.

maybe, maybe not, sentiments in this case is sometimes a necessary evil, though....

elantraceey:
Solely depend on the reason why he was jailed, if he really did wrong he will have to suffer the consequence but if he was innocent then i'll gladly make the sacrifice.

really?? If he really commited a crime, u would leave him to rot when a little sacrifice can help him out?

buhari who??

Cutehector:
Abeg anybody read wetin d op write?

i did, u should too

Johnpaul2k2:
Nigerians are shouting against gay
but we have

1. Boko Haram
2. Corruption especially in the house of God
3. Ritual Massive killing
4. Robbery
5. Jungle Justice Spirit
6. Child abuse, especially from Northern Senators
7. Thousands of Ghost Workers
8 Bad Government which was caused by "born to rule" Geo Political Zone

Same sex marriage never contributes to the downfall of an economy, so why should we hate them?

exactly,, misplaced priorities

lol, inspiring my yellow ass,, the father lacks common sense... He thinks the son meant each pupil and teacher owned a train...

Cape Town - A Nigerian man is due to appear in
the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court after he was
caught at the station with 16 kilograms of tik
worth more than R5 million, police said on
Monday. “A 42-year-old Nigerian male is due to appear in
Cape Town Magistrate’s Court for dealing in
drugs, following his arrest on Saturday at Cape
Town railway station,” police spokesman FC van
Wyk said. “The suspect who was apprehended during an
intelligence driven operation after he arrived in
the city on a bus, had 16 kilograms of tik in his
hand luggage with a value estimated at R5.2
million.”


mobi.iol.co.za/#!/article/nigerian-man-nabbed-with-16kgs-of-tik-1.1881123


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Five Nigerian students and two local women believed to be involved in an internet fraud amounting to RM2.4 million were detained during raids in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. The five students, aged between 20 and 30, and pursuing Information Technology courses in a leading private college in Kuala Lumpur, were detained at several condominiums in Petaling Jaya, Cyberjaya, Damansara and Kuala Lumpur on June 30. Following the arrest of the five student, police detained the two local women, aged 40 and 55, who are the owners of the accounts used by the syndicate said Penang Commercial Crimes chief ACP Azmi Adam, here today. He said police also seized five laptops, 20 hand phones, ATM cards, SIM cards and documents believed to have been used to con their victims. Azmi said police launched 'Ops Merpati' after receiving a report from the owner of an ice producing factory owner in George Town who claimed he had been cheated by the syndicate. The 62-year-old victim said he had received an e- mail from the syndicate in March, informing him that he was among 50 recipients selected to receive RM15.9 million from the government of the United States. "The e-mail requested the victim to follow certain procedures to ensure he did not miss the opportunity. Convinced by the contents of the e- mail, the victim carried out 51 transactions involving money, to accounts numbers given by the syndicate before realising it was a scam. He later lodged a police report," he said. Azmi said initial investigations revealed that the syndicate had conned several victims to a tune of RM2.4 million. Police have also found transactions involving up to RM1 million that were banked in from a neigbouring country.


www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1150430



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