“Our Parents Are Really Suffering” – Students Beg Ajimobi

Daily Post reports that the president of federation of Oyo state students’ union, University of Abuja chapter, Adebimpe Peter Babatunde has cried out to Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi to pay outstanding salaries to their workers.

Babatunde urged him to prioritize payment of workers’ salary arrears as their parents are suffering.
However, he recognized the efforts Ajimobi has taken to make Oyo state a better place like the recent creation of local council development areas aimed at bringing government closer to the people,
“Governor Ajimobi should make payment of workers salary as one of the cardinal agenda of his government,” the leader noted.

“Our parents are suffering. The government should not do as if all is well in the state; we suffer in our various schools as students from Oyo State because our parents have no money to cater for our needs.

“We have several cases of self withdrawal from higher institutions because of inability to meet up with the financial obligations required. This is not good enough for a state that is noted for playing leading roles in the nation.

“Oyo state as we all know is a pace setter, we make good records not bad records for other states to emulate. We appeal to the governor to sustain the good names of the state right from the days of the late sage, Papa Obafemi Awolowo,” he said.

Adebimpe further urged Ajimobi to increase the state’s internally generated revenue instead of total dependence on the monthly sharing of the federal allocation.
“The era of banking on the monthly sharing of money from the Federation Account is over due to the collapsing of the crude oil prices in the international market.

“Governors should think out of the box to justify the mandate given to them by the voters,” the statement concluded,” he said.
The war between the government and Oyo workers over unpaid salaries have been lingering for a while.

However, last year, The Oyo state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has blasted Governor Abiola Ajimobi for failing to pay the balance of April salaries to staff of local government including Primary School teachers in Oyo state.

The NLC described Ajimobi’s refusal to pay salaries as a rejection of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) mutually singed in the wake of the salary crisis that bedeviled the state.

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You Won’t Believe What FG Plans To Do With Buhari’s “Change Begins With Me”

The federal government has mapped out plans to sell the just launched “change begins with me” campaign.

In a statement signed by the Segun Adeyemi, the special assistant to the minister of information, the new campaign will be unveiled to the private business owners in Nigeria.

Adeyemi in the statement said the minister of information Lai Mohammed will perform the unveiling ceremony on Thursday, October 6 to the private sector.

The minister said the plan to unveil the campaign to this sector of Nigeria’s economy is in line with the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari that the private sector is a major stakeholder at the launch of the initiative.

He said: “The unveiling will not only deepen the private sector’s understanding of the campaign, but will also make it possible for that critical sector to know how they can key in to it.”

He also noted that the unveiling ceremony will take place by 11 am at the Abora Hall of the Eko Hotel and suites on Thursday, October 6.
The “change begins with me” campaign was launched by President Buhari on September 8, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The campaign is aimed at changing the attitude of Nigerians towards positive behaviour that could improve on the country’s quest for a sustainable development.

Meanwhile, the campaign has also been marred with various scandals like the pronouncement made by two media consultants that the idea was stolen by the present administration.

Similarly, some days after the “change begins with me” campaign it was observed that the speech given by the president was plagiarized from another speech by the president of the United States of America Barack Obama.
The presidency have also claimed that the presidential media aide has been sacked over the incident.

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IMF - Good News, Nigeria Will Be Out Of Recession In 2017

As economic recession bite harder on Nigerians, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s economy will be out of recession in 2017.

According to IMF, the economy will grow by 0.6 percent next year adding that it is projected that the recession will outlast 2016 with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contraction of 1.7 percent.

“Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economies continue to struggle with lower commodity revenues, weighing on growth in the region,” IMF said in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released in Washington
“Nigeria’s economy is forecast to shrink 1.7 percent in 2016 and South Africa’s will barely expand. By contrast, several of the region’s non resource exporters, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Senegal are expected to continue to grow at a robust pace of more than five percent this year.”
IMF also forecasted a GDP contraction and subsequent recession for Russia and Brazil throughout 2016.

The fund added: “Growth in emerging Asia and especially India continues to be resilient.
“India’s gross domestic product is projected to expand 7.6 percent this year and next, the fastest pace among the world’s major economies.”

Maurice Obstfeld, IMF chief economist and economic counsellor, who spoke on the outlook, said global economic growth would remain subdued in 2016 following a slowdown in the United States of America and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

Obstfeld also stated that the fund forecasted a slight pickup in 2017 and beyond, driven mainly by emerging market strength.
“Taken as a whole, the world economy has moved sideways. We have slightly marked down 2016 growth prospects for advanced economies while marking up those in the rest of the world.”

Nigeria’s economy was earlier projected to contract by 1.8 percent in 2016, but the October version of the WEO has seen that reviewed positively to a contraction of only 1.7 percent.
The country has recorded a 0.36 and 2.06 percent contraction in the first and second quarter of 2016 respectively, plunging into its worst recession in 29 years.

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Suspended Hausa Actress Rahama Releases Open Letter

Top Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau, who was suspended/expelled recently has released an open letter over the issue and apologized to her fans. She got into trouble for featuring in a romantic musical video.

Read the letter by Rahama below:

Following the events of the last few days and MOPPAN’s unilateral decision to exclude me from the Hausa indigenous film industry, known
as Kannywood, I would like to use this medium to address my fans, friends, those who have been affected and all who have shown concern.

To those who I have offended in any way, shape or form and who I have caused any anxiety by featuring in the said music video, I sincerely apologise. It was a job and I was carrying out my role in my profession, as I would in any other production, be it a Hausa language film or a Nollywood production.

However, innocuous touching with other people in my line of work is inevitable.
I have lines that I would never cross and indeed I live and stand by the tenets, “actions are judged according to intentions”. The outcome of the events that have taken place has come as a surprise to us all.

I may have fallen short of some people’s expectations, but it was never my intention. I make no excuses for my actions and I take full responsibility.
Thank you to all those who have reached out at this time and to everyone in general for your unwavering support.

Your passion and loyalty hasn’t gone unnoticed and I am privileged to have your support. This, I do not take for granted and I want nothing more than to continue making you all proud.

I implore us all to be more tolerant and forgiving towards one another and to cease all the senseless abuse, name-calling and backbiting.

This achieves nothing other than to cause a huge divide amongst us. May we all continue to benefit from the Almighty’s mercy and may He protect and guide us all as we go about our daily lives.

Rahama Sadau 

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Chelsea Star Finally Returns To Barcelona, (Guess Who)?

The Chelsea and Spain international has joined his national team to prepare to face Italy and Albania over the next five days.

The star hinted: “I was looking forward to coming, to see the people I left behind and see how things are going. I always wish them the best and I hope they can stay on top.”

The 29-year-old was signed by Chelsea from Barcelona in August 2015 in a deal worth around £20 million.

Previously, Chelsea player has revealed that he wants to join Barcelona: “Hopefully [I can return to Barcelona], I know it’s difficult, I spoke with the president when we saw each other at the Cup final and I also spoke with all the people who love me there. It’s complicated, but I’ve always said I would like to retire at Barca”.

Last year Pedro explained that money was not the cause of the transfer, but the need to play competitive football.

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Actress Eniola Badmus Escapes Fire Outbreak In Her Home

Actress Eniola Badmus revealed via Snapchat that there was a fire outbreak in her home yesterday night.

However it was put out. Badmus thanked God and her neighbours for saving her life.

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Olamide Gave Me Complete Free Will In The Production Of “GOLD” Album – Adekunle Gold Reveals

Adekunle Gold has been excellent so far with his debut album “GOLD” receiving rave reviews at the moment. The YBNL star now speaks to Guardian Life on his music, Gold album and other issues lingering around especially his controversial single “Ariwo Ko“, which makes believe that the single was crafted for certain people.

Its no lie that the Gold album is exceptional and Adekunle Gold is also surprised at the reception the album got.

Adekunle said;

“I expected success, but what I didn’t expect was a huge outpouring of love and it’s been amazing, ever since I dropped the album, it’s been love all the way, I’ve travelled out of the country and the reception has been equally amazing.”

When rising acts sign to record labels, not much room is given to them to use their discretion, their always under strict supervision but with Adekunle and his YBNL boss, Olamide, that was totally different as he got all the space to spice up his album with his own creativity.

“For my album “Gold”, I pretty much wrote the music myself. During production, I was the one telling the producer which direction I wanted everything to go. Olamide really entrusted everything to me, and was always there to remind me that he knows I can do it.

He’d say “Just see it as your business, I’m only here to guide you.” So based on all this, it really just made sense to put me as the executive producer. And of course, I got the approval from my oga (Olamide).”

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TECNO Forays Into The International Stage With Global Launch Of Its Flagship Smartphones In Dubai

Aims at becoming the most competitive mobile brand in the world…

Taking its first official step into the international scene, mobile technology giant, TECNO Telecoms launched its flagship devices the Phantom 6 and Phantom 6 Plus, on the 25 of September 2016, in one of the most beautiful venues in the world – the prestigious Armani Hotel located in the Burj Khalifa, Dubai.

There were over 80 local and international media present at the launch to witness the growth of TECNO Telecoms.

Among the prominent international media which were present and broadcasted the launch live include the Al Khaleej, Emirates News, Dubai One TV, the Gulf News, Deutsche Presse-Agentur DPA (German News Agency), Xinhua News Agency and the Dubai Bureau. Other notable guests at the event included Chidi Okonkwo, General Manager TECNO Mobile (Transsion Holdings); Kimura Makoto, General Manager of SONY; Jeremy Doutte, CEO of Jumia; Arthur Wang, Senior Director Corporate Sales International of MediaTek; Martin Kariithi, Manager Android Partnerships for Google (West Africa) and other business partners of TECNO Telecoms. Interestingly also, popular TV personalities Mercy Aigbe and VJ Adams were also present at the event. 

 

Some global partners of TECNO Mobile

The dynamic mobile multinational has done well for itself and mobile phone consumers in Africa over the last ten years. In 2006, TECNO entered the Africa mobile market sphere and since then, has been delivering quality mobile devices – smartphones, smart-bands and tablets, with the aim of making high-end mobile devices readily available to consumers.
Their customized product lines focus on how to meet the needs of the African consumers and how to effectively serve them. After only 10 years of operations in Africa, TECNO has become one of the leading mobile phone manufacturers across the world.

From L-R – Chidi Okonkwo, Mercy Aigbe and VJ Adams

Over the past decade, mobile phone penetration rate in Africa has risen from 6% to 80% and TECNO Mobile being a major driver of this development, is already servicing over 35 African countries while currently retaining the largest market share of 41.1% and 31.1% in Tanzania and Nigeria respectively.

Mr. Vane Ni, Deputy General Manager and Global marketing lead at TECNO Mobile said, “we are proud of what we have been able to achieve in Africa so far and we are confident the time is right for us to duplicate the same success across other emerging markets. When we arrived Africa 10 years ago, very few people would have thought that we would grow so fast to control the largest market share of 25.3% across six major African markets – Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Cameroon and Ethiopia”.

Today, TECNO has extended its web to more than 48 countries across the Middle East, South East Asia and South America, serving about 2.5 billion consumers which is about 35% of the world’s population. This feat clearly makes the brand a force to reckon with, not just in Africa but also globally.

TECNO’s market share all over the world

“Never say it, show it.

TECNO Mobile customizes its devices based on different consumers’ preferences and the Phantom Series, which embodies the best of technological advances yearly is expected to impress smartphone consumers across different emerging markets. The customized Phantom 6 and Phantom 6 Plus is sure to be appreciated by both local and international consumers.

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Rice Smuggled Into The Country Not Fit For Consumption – Customs Warns Nigerians

Mr Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Customs, has said 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders into the country are not fit for human consumption.

He said this at a joint news conference on illegal rice importation to Nigeria yesterday in Abuja.
He said samples of some of the rice seizures made over a period were referred to NAFDAC to ascertain their condition.

He said the test reports certified that smuggled rice through the borders was unfit for human consumption and so Nigerians should desist from it.

“Importation of rice into the country is not banned but restricted on the point of entry to seaports only. We remain firm in our resolve to enforce the restriction of rice imports only to our seaports.

We have re-organised our anti-smuggling patrols to provide additional capability and bite,” Mr. Ali said while speaking on how to stop them from coming into the country.

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Coach Says Ghanaian Premier League Cannot Develop Because Players Have ‘Too Much S3X’

Former Ghana international Malik Jabir has blamed the wild s*x life of the players as the reason why the Ghanaian domestic league is not developing.

According to Jabir, who now manages Asante Kotoko, the league has not progressed as hoped because players spend time having intercourse before matches.
“A lot of today’s players cannot play 90 minutes because they get so tired easily,” he told a national radio station. “And you know why? Because they don’t sleep enough and don’t train enough and they engage in too much s*x.

“There are beautiful young girls in Ghana and they won’t leave them alone.”
Jabir explained that players struggle to manage their time properly and has urged them to find a balance between football and s*x.

He added: “There is time for s*x and time for football, but if you mix the two you will never reach the top.”

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We Don’t Have Funds For Match Against Zambia,- NFF Cries Out

Amaju Pinnick, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday said they lack adequate funds for the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Ndola on Sunday. 

Pinnick said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Sports yesterday. His words;
“Nigeria was paired with former Africa Cup of Nations winners, Zambia, Algeria and Cameroon, who have been to the World Cup seven times. Algeria is the highest ranked team in Africa as we speak.

 It is a group that is called ‘Group of Death’, which means we need to intensify our preparations. We need to monitor our players and make sure that the ticket is made available.

“The good news is that I think we have a very sound technical crew and we also have a lot of our players doing very well, but the missing link is our financial incapacitation, which activates practically everything you do on the field and off the field.

“Before now, we have sent a representation to government for intervention because funds were not coming in from our sponsors, which relates to the economy of the country at the moment and it has been very difficult for them –that is what they claim. So, we didn’t have any option but to resort to writing to government, which we did and we are still waiting for a response from them and the match is five days away.”

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Beautiful 35-Years Old Lady Died A Month To Her Wedding As Family Blames Fiancé

A 35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has been electrocuted at her fiance’s home on Ajoke Kazeem Street in the Idimu area of Lagos State.

Punch Metro learnt that Ewere’s fiancé, Segun Tolani, was fixing an electrical fault when the incident happened.
She was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the area but was rejected before being confirmed dead at the Igando General Hospital.

A Punch correspondent, who visited the area on Tuesday, gathered that Ewere and Tolani had scheduled their wedding for November and preparation was in top gear when tragedy struck.
A resident, who did not want to be identified, said the incident happened around 1pm on Saturday, adding that it created chaos in the neighbourhood.

He said, “The man had wanted to change his old cable TV decoder and antenna. When power was restored, he discovered that he didn’t have electricity in his house.
“He wanted to do it himself, but neighbours advised him to get the service of an electrician. He contacted an electrician who billed him N2,500. But he said the charge was too high. He decided to go and rent a wooden ladder from someone in the area.

“He mounted the ladder on the wall and called the lady from inside the room to assist him in holding the ladder. She held the ladder with one hand and held an iron pole beside the room with the other hand.
“While he was working, the wire fell and touched the pole she was holding and that was how she was electrocuted.”

Punch Metro learnt that Tolani called for help from a next-door neighbour, whose wife reportedly rushed to the scene to pull out the victim with her bare hands.
She was reportedly flung by the electric current.

An electrician was said to have been invited, who then disconnected the power.
“The woman fell down and hit her head against the concrete floor. People tried to resuscitate her by giving her milk; but she didn’t come round. A lot of time had been wasted. She was rushed to a private hospital in the area, but she was rejected.
“We took her to the general hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Her corpse was deposited in a mortuary,” another resident said.

Punch Metro gathered that Ewere, an indigene of Ewuru, Delta State, worked in Union Diagnostics, a medical lab in Ikeja, while Tolani, who hails from Ekiti State, worked with an insurance company.
When our correspondent visited the victim’s family house on Ogidan Street, Idimu, they said the family was too distraught to talk about the incident.

However, a relative, who identified himself simply as Charles, blamed the incident on Tolani’s stinginess.
He explained that the duo had been living together for the past four years, adding that the two families had started preparation for their wedding.

He said, “They did their introduction four years ago and since then, they had been staying together. Their marriage was slated for November and the two families have bought clothes and sent invitation to people.
“Around 1pm of the day that she died, she called one of her friends that she would be going to shop for the wedding, not knowing that she would die that day.

“It was the man’s stinginess that killed her. If he had paid someone to fix the electrical fault, this would not have happened.”
Meanwhile, friends of the victim have started paying tributes to her on the social media.

One of them, Kehinde, wrote on Facebook, “Loretta (Ewere), a member of the Purchasing and Supply Students Association, The Polytechnic Ibadan, was kind-hearted, brilliant and reserved. The industrious lady was preparing for her last two exams (slated for October 4 and 6) left for her to become a graduate when she died. We love you, but God loves you most. I pray He accepts your soul and comforts your household.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident.
She said the corpse had been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy.

She said, “The woman, Loretta Ewere, was electrocuted around 9am. She was living with one Segun Tolani, to whom she was supposed to be married next month. They were fixing a GoTV antenna when power was suddenly restored. Ewere, who was holding the antenna wire, was electrocuted. The corpse has been deposited in a mortuary for a post-mortem examination.”

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Yahaya Bello Appoints First Kogi State Female Chief Press Secretary

The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has appointed 35-year old Petra Akinti Onyegbule as the first ever Kogi state Female Chief Press Secretary.

Petra Akinti Onyegbule is the first ever female Chief Press Secretary in Kogi state and Northern Nigeria, the second ever Female CPS in Nigeria and the only female CPS in Nigeria at the moment.

Before her new appointment, Petra was the Governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media.

Petra Akinti Onyegbule has since resumed office We say big congrats to her.

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Rooney tired of debate over his favourite position

Wayne Rooney has promised to accept whatever role England manager Gareth Southgate wants him to play after admitting he is tired of the debate about his best position.

Rooney has spent the best days of his glittering career as a striker, but he was deployed in midfield by then England boss Roy Hodgson at Euro 2016 after finishing last season with Manchester United in the same position.
However, the England captain often positioned himself in a deep-lying role in last month’s World Cup qualifier against Slovakia.

That was the only match for England manager Sam Allardyce before his shock departure last week and, with interim boss Southgate preparing to name his side for Saturday’s qualifier against Malta, Rooney has been quizzed about his preferred role once again.
“I don’t know, it’s a question for Gareth,” a visibly annoyed Rooney told reporters on Tuesday.
“The question of where I’m going to play… it’s getting a bit tired the question of whether I’m going to play as a striker, in midfield or as a number 10.

“I’ve answered that question many times and it’s the same answer: I’ll play wherever the manager wants me to play.
“I don’t pick myself, I haven’t picked myself ever and I will play to instructions.
“I’m sure the instructions from Gareth, whether it’s to play or not to play, are instructions I will carry out to the best of my ability.”

– Irritation –

Rooney’s clear irritation at the constant questions compounds a difficult time for the 30-year-old at club level.

Named on the bench for United’s last three matches, he arrives on England duty in the unusual position of looking for game time.
“Of course you want to play as a footballer player but it is my job, I love football and I love being involved with the team,” he said.

“Obviously I’m not starting at the moment at Manchester United but I have to work hard to try to get back in the team and the starting line-up, which I’m doing, and when I get my chance I have to take it.
“But again I’m fully supportive of the team and the players, the manager and Manchester United.

“Of course I want to be involved but the most important thing is that we win.”
Rooney’s desire for team success is just the same at international level, where Southgate will be leaning on him to lead during this unstable period.

Understandably pleased to have been kept on as captain by his former international team-mate, Rooney hopes to repay the manager with strong performances against Malta and Slovenia over the next week.
“Of course we have to come here and be prepared to do our job,” Rooney said.
“In terms of starting again, I’m not sure. We need to build on the three points we got in the last game.

“We have to concentrate on the football, which I’m sure we will have no problem doing and the other side of it is not our issue or anything for us to be concerned about.”

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Buhari Has Authorise Sale Of Two Presidential Aircrafts Due To Recession

Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000 from the Presidential Air Fleet, PAF.

This was in the fulfilment of his 2015 election campaign promises of selling off many of the airplanes to reduce cost if elected as president.
More of the aircraft would also be sold in the coming days.

Recall that Controversy had trailed the promise in the past as to whether the president would live up to his words.
Presidency sources confirmed that PAF contains 10 aircrafts which affected the nation’s revenue.

The aircraft included Boeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-800 or AirForce One), one Gulfstream 550, one Gulfstream V (Gulfstream 500), two Falcons 7X, one Hawker Sidley 4000, two AgustaWestland AW 139 helicopters and two AgustaWestland AW 101 helicopters.

In readiness to dispose the machines, the presidency yesterday put out some advertorial, announcing the sales.
Reacting afterwards to the authenticity of the advertorials, the Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity to president Buhari, Mallam Grana Shehu said that indeed, the president made the approval for the sale.

He recalled that it was in line with the APC election campaign promises in 2015, stressing that the development would help save more money for the country.
“The newspaper advertisements for the sale of two Presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000 were duly authorised by the Presidency.

“This is in line with the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that aircraft in the Presidential air fleet be reduced to cut down on waste.
“When he campaigned to be President, the then APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari, if you recall, promised to look at the presidential air fleet with view to cutting down on waste.

“His directive to a government committee on this assignment is that he liked to see a compact and reliable aircraft for the safe airlift of the President, the Vice President and other government officials that go on special missions.

“This exercise is by no means complete.
“I am sure the Commander of the Presidential air fleet will any time from now, call you to a ceremony at which he will hand over some other aircraft to the Airforce for their operations”, Shehu explained in a statement yesterday.

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Tennis star Maria Sharapova's doping ban reduced to 15 months

Tennis star Maria Sharapova has had her two year ban from Tennis reduced to 15 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).

The Russian tennis star tested positive for banned substance- meldonium in January, and revealed in a press conference she was taking the drug for a medical condition but her ban was widely expected to be reduced as the debate around the drug meldonium continued to rage on.

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Glo launches Nigeria's 1st 4G/LTE nationwide network

Consistent with its numerous pioneering roles in Nigeria's telecommunication industry, Globacom has rolled out the country's first world-class nationwide mobile 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. This followed a successful multi-dimensional test-run of the advanced network.

L-R- Fred Edevbiri of the Legal Department, Ayo-Fasan Temitope, Brand Specialist,  Kamaldeen Shonibare, Head, Corporate Sales, Anakwe Ifunanya, Brand Specialist and Sanjib Roy, Regional Director, Technical in Lagos on Tuesday when Globacom launched Nigeria's 1st 4G LTE nationwide network.

With this development, telecom subscribers in several parts of key cities in Lagos, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Abuja in the Federal Capital City, Jos in Plateau State, Warri in Delta State, Eket in Akwa Ibom State, Benin City in Edo State, Yola in Adamawa State and Zaria in Kaduna State can immediately connect to Glo 4G LTE network, while roll-out to other major cities of the country will happen in quick succession in the days ahead.

The Glo 4G LTE, which is the country's first nationwide network implementation, is offering instant efficient broadband internet to millions of Nigerians at speeds multiple times faster than the 3G network, enabling subscribers to download ultra high definition videos in seconds.

This major milestone will enable Globacom to offer its subscribers data intensive applications, and will particularly be great news to individuals who consume huge volumes of data, as well as government and corporate organisations like banks, oil and gas companies, academic institutions and health institutions, which rely exclusively on seamless data transfer for their operations.

"We are pleased to once again play a leading role in empowering Nigerians with world class data services, helping to close the digital divide. In the last one and a half years, the people of this great country have spoken repeatedly by making Globacom the largest data network in new subscriptions. The best we can do for our people who believe in us and made us their number one data network is to give them the best technology. What we are offering is the new speed of life,” said Kamaldeen Shonibare, Head, Corporate Sales, Globacom.

With the launch of 4G/LTE services, Globacom has unveiled a wide range of hard-to-beat 4G data bundle offers to enable all categories of subscribers to have access to the revolutionary products and services.  The benefits include free access to thousands of music, video and movie on demand. For instance, for only N500, subscribers will get a whopping 1.6GB of data, while N1000 will give them 3.2GB data. Other exciting offers include 7.5GB for N2000, 10GB for N2,500, 18GB for N4000 and 24GB for N5000. The data plans range from N50 to N18,000 to suit eveyone’s pocket.

Globacom is also offering a brand new 4G LTE router which gives access to Ultra High Speed Internet  and landline, with free SIM, 60Gb of shareable data valid for a month and free world-class content for a one-off fee of N31,000. For those who prefer MiFi, Globacom is bundling its 4G MiFi with free SIM, 60Gb of shareable data valid for one month and free world-class content for a one-off fee of N25,000.

Shonibare said the Glo 4G LTE services would make life more interesting, comfortable and enjoyable for Nigerians as the advanced technology would touch all aspects of life from education to agriculture and medical care.

“Our subscribers today already enjoy downloading music, video and movie contents and streaming contents on their phones and other devices.  But the new Glo 4G LTE network offers subscribers a significantly improved experience. The video and voice quality in video calls on different applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber etc is a lot clearer while the picture quality is crisper, and the transmission is faster,” he said.

He said the technology will enable Globacom to empower most of the over 150 million telecom subscribers in Nigeria to have access to the internet at a much faster speed, enjoy ultra high definition video without buffering and utilise other high intensive data applications with ease.

He described Globacom as the digital network for both the present and future generations. “We're the next generation network, the grandmasters 

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Angry Manchester United Player Reveals Club’s Crisis

Famous Manchester United playmaker states that Mourinho’s side must not let their frustrating performance stop them believing.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho in contract talks with midfielder Juan Mata. Despite having two years left on his current deal United he is ready to extend it. However, it should be recalled that Mata previously was sold by Mourinho from Chelsea. And probably the coach has already made a decision.

Media reports claimed Mourinho was looking to sell Mata when he arrived at Old Trafford in the summer. However, the midfielder has been a regular in the side, scoring twice in six games.
United recovered after a tough eight-day spell with three consecutive defeats with victories over Northampton Town, Leicester and Zorya prior to last weekend’s EPL encounter.

And Mata reacted: “I’m feeling angry because the team played really well but we didn’t win. It was a pity, that’s the truth. My perception from the pitch was that we were playing a good game, creating chances, passing the ball effectively, but we couldn’t complete our job. We have to take the positive aspects and know that if we keep playing like this, we will definitely get good results.”

He continued: “Against Stoke, the team was full of confidence and we wanted to keep the good streak. We did it in terms of football and the way we played, but not in the score. With only one point instead of three we are not in the best mood to take the international break, but we are aware that, at our level, everything is possible this season.”

He added: “We have five games in October that are very important and we will give our best to make it a good month. Manchester United has always had challenges and the one we have this season is still there. Many times in sport you must learn to accept those games when, even if you do many things well, you don’t win. That is football, and that’s why it’s such a nice and exciting sport.”

Mata concluded: “We’ll be back to the competition in two weeks [against Liverpool] in Anfield. It’s a massive game and we are looking forward to start working on it.”

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Breaking !! Former President Jonathan’S Minister And Her Husband Kidnapped In Kaduna

The immediate past minister of Environment in former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has been kidnapped alongside her husband in Kaduna State.

Unknown armed men have kidnapped the immediate past minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam and her 73-years-old husband, Mr Pius in Jere, area of Kagarko local government in Kaduna State.
Leadership reports that the duo were kidnapped on Monday night on their way to Kaduna from Abuja. The kidnappers, according to the source are demanding 10 million ransom to release them.

The driver of the former minister was also shot on his left hand by the gunmen.

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