Day: June 15, 2017

Reps query MTN over mass sack, demand list of disengaged staff

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The House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications yesterday queried management of leading telecommunications company, MTN-Nigeria over mass disengagement of personnel. The committee during an investigative hearing into the massive job loss and drop in revenue in the industry also requested the telecommunications company to provide a comprehensive list of persons disengaged from its service in the last one year. MTN’s acting Human Resource Executive, Ajibola Opeoluwa-Calebs, while responding to questions from the committee members explained that 194 staff voluntarily resigned from the company’s service, out of the 368 staffers that…

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Senate demands 2014 Confab report from FG

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The Senate yesterday directed  the federal government to urgently adopt and send to the National Assembly the report of the 2014 National Conference organized by the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration. The directive of the Senate is coming as a necessary measure to evolve solutions to tackle  the escalating ethnic agitations in some parts of the country which is threatening the peace and unity of the nation. The lawmakers said the greatest challenge facing Nigeria is the threat to national unity, as centrifugal forces, ethnicity and religious intolerance have enveloped…

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Anti-Trump gunman attacks US lawmakers, dies in shootout

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A rifle-wielding critic of President Donald Trump opened fire Wednesday on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game, seriously wounding a top Republican congressman and three others before he was killed by police. The 66-year-old gunman was identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, an ardent supporter of liberal Senator Bernie Sanders — who said he was “sickened” by the “despicable act.” The attack provoked a wave of emotion on Capitol Hill, where Republicans and Democrats expressed concern over a possible rise in verbal or physical violence amid…

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FFF president expects Madrid boss Zidane to coach France

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Zinedine Zidane – who won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 as he amassed 108 caps – is seen as a future coach of France. French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet expects Zinedine Zidane to coach France in the future, describing it as a “logical continuation”. Zidane has made a seamless transition from player to coach, leading Real Madrid to Champions League and LaLiga glory in 2016-17, having claimed European silverware in his maiden campaign. While he remains happy at the Santiago Bernabeu, former France captain Zidane…

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Premier League fixtures for 2017/18 released

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  Kick-offs are 3pm for Saturdays and Bank Holidays and 7.45pm for evening matches unless stated otherwise. Fixtures are subject to change. Download the 2017/18 Premier League fixtures directly into your calendar Saturday, 12 August, 2017 Arsenal v Leicester City Brighton v Manchester City Chelsea v Burnley Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town Everton v Stoke City Manchester United v West Ham United Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur Southampton v Swansea City Watford v Liverpool West Bromwich Albion v AFC Bournemouth Saturday, 19 August, 2017 AFC Bournemouth v Watford Burnley v…

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Depression: Speak out to prevent suicide – Lagos CP

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to speak out on depression to prevent suicide. Owoseni spoke at the Ordinary Meeting and Scientific Conference organised by the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba in Lagos. Theme of the conference is: “No Health without Mental Health, Break the Silence: Role of Pharmacology in Suicide Prevention.” He said: “Police is the first respondent in everything you can think of and it is the way people interact with us that sometimes make us suggest they…

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Alakija’s son spends N2b marrying Iranian wife in Oxfordshire

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His mother is the world’s richest black woman so it’s little surprise that Folarin Alakija’s wedding was a lavish, no-expense spared, fairytale affair. Folarin, who is one of 66-year-old oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija’s four sons, married Iranian beauty Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifar in an extravagant bash at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire over the weekend, which is estimated to have cost around £5m, about N2billion. The father-of-one, who is in his late 30s and lost his first wife to cancer, tied the knot to his stunning wife in front of friends, family…

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U.S congress gets power to restrain Trump on Russia sanctions

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The US Congress has been empowered to block any efforts by President Donald Trump to scale back sanctions against Russia. The power would allow congress to strengthen those sanctions in retaliation for Moscow’s alleged interference in the 2016 election and its actions in Syria. The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to allow Congress exercise the power. According to Washington Post, the vote of 97 to 2 is a sharp rebuke to Trump’s posture on Russia and his resistance to the intelligence community’s assessment that the country was behind efforts to influence…

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Militants to Okowa: Account for your 2yrs 13% derivation

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WARRI—NEW Delta Avenger, NDA, a new coalition of ex-militants from the oil producing areas of Delta State, yesterday, called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to give account of the 13 per cent derivation he received from the Federation Account in the last two years and what went to the oil producing communities, especially the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC. The group, which threatened, last week, to resume fresh hostilities in the state from June 30, had accused Governor Okowa of allegedly marginalizing the oil producing areas of the…

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