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MTN, Mafab to roll out 5G services from Aug 24, says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications Limited are expected to commence rollout of 5G services effective from August 24, 2022. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director of Public Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. In December 2021, after 11 rounds of bidding that lasted for eight hours, Mafab and
Costa Rica 2022: Falconets to know World Cup opponents Thursday
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, will on Thursday know which opponents they will have to deal with in the group stage of this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals, as the draw ceremony takes place at the Teatro Nacional (National Theatre) in San José, the capital of Costa Rica. All the 16 participating
Oliseh bags life imprisonment for defiling friend’s twin daughters
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old pastor, Michael Oliseh, to life imprisonment for defiling his friend’s 12-year-old twin daughters. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, described Oliseh, the assistant Pastor of the Anointed Chosen Vessel Ministry in Okota, Lagos, as a “serial rapist” who took turns defiling
Veteran Nollywood Actor Dies After Filming On Set
A popular Nollywood actor, Sir David Osagie, who is known for playing the role of a king in movies, has died just hours after he was on a movie set. According to Actress, Ibiwari Etuk, Osagie finished on a movie set and retired to his room to sleep but never woke up. The death
JUST IN: Fayemi declares for 2023 presidential race, promises wholistic, integrated response to security crises
The ranks of those seeking to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election swelled on Wednesday with the declaration of Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi made the declaration at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja in company of his wife Erelu Bisi Fayemi, APC Governorship
Oil price tops $108 a barrel ahead of OPEC+ meeting
Oil prices rose on Wednesday ahead of the periodic meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, climbed 3.35 per cent to $108.25 a barrel at 10.20 GMT+1 — the first time since April 29. West Texas Intermediate crude futures also witnessed
Ekiti: Police arraign cleric for allegedly demanding money from church members to make Heaven
Adewumi Ademiju Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command has said it has investigated a cleric of Christ High Commission Ministry, Pastor Noah Abraham, for allegedly collecting money from members of his church with the promise to take them to heaven after rapture in Araromi Ugbeshi-Ekiti. The Police added the cleric has been arraigned.
2023: Methodist Bishops back Sanwo-Olu for second term
Methodist Church Nigeria Bishops have endorsed Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term bid. The clerics, who commended his administration’s performance, said Lagosians should grant the governor a second term to complete the projects he has started. They endorsed Sanwo- Olu’s re-election during the Opening Session of the 39th Bishops’ Council of Methodist Church Nigeria
Building Collapse: Adekunle not yet mobilised for NYSC – Coordinator
Kayode Olanrewaju The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that one of the victims of the collapsed building at Ebute Metta Area of Lagos, Adekemi Zainab Adekunle was a serving corps member, was yet to be mobilised for the scheme. NYSC, in a statement issued late Tuesday by the State
Ukraine Conflict: EU plans for new Russian sanctions on oil, military, TV
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has given details of a sixth package of sanctions to be agreed in the coming days. She listed four separate types of sanctions: High-ranking military officers who comitted war crimes in Bucha and Mariupol were to be targeted: “We know who you are, you will not get
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