Day: November 12, 2017

Law to regulate value added services in telecoms underway

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A bill to regulate Value Added Service (VAS) in the Nigerian telecommunications sector and improve the activities of service providers is underway in the House of Representatives. The draft law, which is already in the legislative process as it has passed first reading, will soon be debated by the House. It seeks to provide a legal framework that would enable the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to ensure the time-to-time review of the current sharing formula between the Mobile Network (MNOs), the VAS and content developers. The bill will also ensure…

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Policy options for sustaining Nigeria’s economic upturn

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When I spoke at last year’s dinner, the general aura in the hall was fretful, uncertain and anxious given the precar ious position of the macro economy at that time and the recession that beleaguered the Nigeria in 2016. Key macroeconomic and financial metrics for October 2016 which were available as at last year’s event were worrisome. At that time, GDP had, for the third consecutive quarter, contracted by 2.3 percent with further contractions expected in the fourth quarter. Inflation rate had doubled to 18.3 percent in October 2016 from…

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Victor Moses nominated for BBC African Footballer of the Year award

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Chelsea right-back, Victor Moses, has been nominated for the BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. The announcement was made on Saturday in London during a special live launch broadcast. Other nominees are Gabon and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinea and RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, Senegal and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane, and Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah. Moses is also on a 30-man shortlist for the CAF African Footballer of the Year Award along the BBC nominees. The winger won the English Premier League with Chelsea…

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Donald Trump warned on Rodrigo Duterte fist salute in Manila

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When US President Donald Trump and other world leaders meet in the Philippines from Sunday, copying their controversial host’s signature fist salute could land them in hot water. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has adopted a clenched fist, often stuck out in front of his chest or sometimes at eye level, as his trademark gesture. Duterte often seeks to have visitors pose for photos with him doing the salute, with Chinese internet tycoon Jack Ma and Hollywood actor Steven Seagal among those pictured doing so. But critics warn the gesture has…

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Kennis Music advises P-Square to settle rifts, save music career

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Kenny Ogungbe, the Chief Executive Officer, Kennis Music, on Saturday advised the P-Square to urgently resolve their differences, saying the raging rift could ruin their music careers. Ogungbe gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2017 in Lagos. NAN reports that news was rife on the breakup of the two music stars, 35-year-old identical twin brothers, Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, after an irreconcilable differences. “They produced and released their albums through Square Records.…

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Neymar is the best in the world – Julio Cesar

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Julio Cesar has hailed Neymar as the best player in the world, but still thinks Lionel Messi is better. Neymar came third in this year’s FIFA Men’s Best Player award, behind runner-up Messi and winner Cristiano Ronaldo. The Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain star has been tipped as a future Ballon d’Or winner after finishing behind the Barcelona and Real Madrid heroes in 2015 as well. The 25-year-old is in fine form this season since his €222 million move from Barcelona with 11 goals from 12 games in all competitions, while…

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2019 election: What APC, PDP must do – Obasanjo

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Ahead of the 2019 general election, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, need fresh ideas to promote democracy in the country. The ex-President said this when he received PDP national chairmanship aspirants, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, at his Presidential Library, in Abeokuta on Saturday. Obasanjo maintained that he was no longer interested in partisan politics in the country. He said, “I have also said that the two parties that are there, the one in government…

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Tunisia, Morocco pick last tickets to Russia World Cup

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Tunisia and Morocco on Saturday joined Nigeria, Egypt and Senegal on the FIFA World Cup train to Russia next June. Tunisia last featured in the World Cup in 2006 and Morocco in 1998. Morocco qualified at the expense of Ivory Coast, beating the former African Champions 2-0 in Abidjan, to clinch a clear four point lead in Group C. Ivory Coast, playing out-of-sort ended up second in the group with eight points. Both teams had entered the last game, with prospects that either of them could mathematically clinch the ticket. Morocco needed…

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Buhari delivered more corruption than change to Nigerian people – Goodluck Jonathan

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the reinstatement of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, former boss of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) as a bold symptom that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government has delivered more corruption than change to Nigerians. Jonathan stated this in a press statement issued on his behalf by his former Special Assistant on New Media, Reno Omokri. The statement was a response to an interview by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi. In the interview, Abdullahi was quoted to have said that Maina is a legacy…

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Wike’s outrider threatens Amaechi with guns

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Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi was threatened with guns yesterday by an outrider attached to River state  Governor Nyesom Wike’s  convoy. It was not clear how it happened, but the All Progressives Congress spokesman in the state, claimed the outrider blocked Amaechi’s car, after allowing Amaechi’s security cars to pass. Amaechi was said to be on official tour of the state, where he was the governor between 2007 and 2015. He was driving his car in the company of Prince Tonye Princewill, who was a witness to the gun  incident. The…

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