Multichoice, the parent body of Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) seems to be in for trouble as the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) is set to do battle with them. 

CPC has launched an investigation into the quality of service rendered by DSTV, a product of Multichoice following several reports of unsatisfactory service filed by customers of DSTV.

CPC in a notice of announcement of inquiry signed by its Director-General, Earlier this year, Multichoice and Multichoice Africa which runs DSTV as a satellite pay-TV service across Africa announced a hike in its monthly subscriber fees in South Africa and across the rest of the African continent, leading to subscribers outrage in Nigeria.

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Subscribers in Nigeria saw their monthly subscription fees skyrocket from April with a massive 20% to a whopping 30% for the various DSTV packages despite complaints about the quality of service to customers in Nigeria by Multichoice Africa via DSTV.
and served on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, said that it had been inundated with a barrage of complaints by consumers, who alleged wide-range abuse of their rights.

The CPC noted in the notice of investigation, “These complaints in effect allege that the DSTV service does not conform with international best practice and is specifically designed to exploit Nigerian consumers who have suffered loss by not being able to fully enjoy or receive the benefit or actualize the full purpose for which they purchased or subscribed to the service. The complaints include poor quality of service such as incessant disruption of service without compensation, while subscription is current; monthly subscriptions lasting less than 30 days; and poor redress mechanism and consumer service.”

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Other complaints according to CPC are advertisements on consumer care lines at the expense of consumers; poor implementation if of decoder swap policy; and effecting price increase for subscriptions despite payment before due date of increase.

The council revealed that its investigation would include receiving relevant evidence and documents from complainants, Multichoice satellite broadcast experts and witnesses as well as relevant sector regulators.
The CPC said that despite its earlier interventions in the form of meetings, telephone and written correspondences with Multichoice to resolve the issues and developed quality standards to safeguard the interest of consumers, complaints had been pouring in unabated against the company

Atoki said the council’s action is in line with the focus and commitment of the Federal Government to engage in sectoral interventions to address the numerous problems facing Nigerian consumers with a view to getting a saner marketplace in the country.

Earlier this year, Multichoice and Multichoice Africa which runs DSTV as a satellite pay-TV service across Africa announced a hike in its monthly subscriber fees in South Africa and across the rest of the African continent, leading to subscribers outrage in Nigeria.

Subscribers in Nigeria saw their monthly subscription fees skyrocket from April with a massive 20% to a whopping 30% for the various DSTV packages despite complaints about the quality of service to customers in Nigeria by Multichoice Africa via DSTV.

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Sea stars are the source of eternal youth, researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden claim.

Some species of starfish have the ability to regenerate lost arms and can regrow an entire new limb given time. Experts believe that this ability is possible due to a special kind of DNA that doesn’t age as it does in humans. Besides, some sea stars can reproduce asexually – by cloning, as adults either by fission of their central discs or by autotomy of one or more of their arms.

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Sea stars is probably the source of eternal youth

Among starfish that are able to regenerate their whole body from a single arm, some can do so even from fragments just 1 cm long. This unique genetic feature was found in starfish that have telomeres as well as humans – biological caps found at the ends of chromosomes. Their function is to protect genetic data in chromosomes from damage, make it possible for cells to divide and renovate.

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With age, humans’ telomeres get shorter leading to such age-related illnesses as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and many others. The shorter is telomere the closer is death. What concerns starfish cloned telomeres, their newly formed tissue lives longer, shows signs of delayed aging and better health. Scientists believe they can make human DNA follow the same pattern, producing humans that could, in theory, stay young for their entire lives.

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 Founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has placed a curse on all abducters all over Nigeria for the pain they bring to Nigerian families.

While speaking at the third service at Faith Tabernacle, Ota in Ogun State on Sunday, Oyedepo told kidnappers: “As long as I am here in Christ, your endeavours in this country are cursed.”

Bishop Oyedepo

He then added: “For all of you who continually bring sorrow to families, I curse you and your sponsors.”

Oyedepo was reacting to the kidnap of one Pastor Seyi Adekunle of the Calabar Province of the Winners’ Chapel located on IBB Way in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

The pastor was abducted by five gunmen as he led prayers in his church in Calabar. The kidnappers then set his ransom at N60 million.

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The kidnappers later called Winners authorities and Bishop Oyedepo demanded to speak with them on the phone where he put a curse on them, saying “I curse you in the name of Jesus and anyone who pays ransom to you is cursed.”

After the conversation, the kidnappers released the pastor and ran away after the military alongside the police attacked their hideout.

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Pastor Adekunle has since gone back to his family and Bishop Oyedepo made sure to travel to Calabar for the organised thanksgiving service at Living Faith Church where he revealed God had a hand in the rescue of Pastor Adekunle.

Meanwhile, Cross River State Police Command Spokesman revealed that two suspects were caught before the Pastor regained freedom.

He said: “No ransom was paid but we are on the trail of other accomplices and very soon I will give you more details”.

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President Muhammadu Buhari today resumed in the presidential office at Aso Rock.

The president and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo have been living outside the Villa and used the Defence House, Abuja as their offices since their inauguration three weeks ago as the official residence was being renovated.

Now that Buhari has moved into Aso Rock, expectations are rife that the president will settle down to work and will appoint all his aides and ministers as expected.

.@MBuhari resumed duty @AsoRock this morning. pic.twitter.com/0ZGxVF0yxv

— President Buhari (@NGRPresident) June 22, 2015

Meanwhile Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has also moved into ‘Aguda House’ the official residence of the vice president.

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Photo credit: Philip Ojisua

Photo credit: Philip Ojisua

Photo credit: Philip Ojisua

The president might not have enough time to settle in properly as the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) have vowed to wage war against the new administration of President Buhari if it decides to cut the salaries of civil servants in a bid to reduce the cost of governance.

Meanwhile President Buhari is holding a meeting with all the service chiefs, who arrived the Aso Rock briefly after the president resumed ‎at the presidential villa.

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Manchester United are close to signing Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos in a dramatic twist to the David de Gea saga.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos

According to Madrid-based newspaper AS, Ramos is upset that the club has allowed his contract to run down into its final two years and wants to leave ‘Real Madrid now’ with Manchester United being a preferable destination.

If Red Devils make the deal, their goalkeeper De Gea will switch places with his Spain team-mate Ramos.
It worth mentioning that it would be the biggest deal between the two clubs since Real signed Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea

Ramos, who joined Real Madrid in 2005, has a €200m buyout clause but the club bosses are likely to ask for around €65m for a player who has won all trophies for both club and country.

The 29-year-old footballer was reportedly dis with the dissatisfied with sacking of former coach Carlo Ancelotti and Real’s failure to give him the €10m-a-year contract renewal.

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The defender hoped that the club bosses would offere him a new deal last summer after his last minute goal that took the Champions League final into extra time and allowed Real Madrid to win that match.

However, his current deal, which is worth €6m-a-season, has not been touched.

Meanwhile, Barcelona presidential candidate, Jord Majo, claimed to have been offered the chance to sign Ramos and the footballer is also unhappy that there was no ‘hands-off’ message from Real Madrid.

Manchester United are also ready to take Ramos this summer as their big European rivals sign their goalkeeper De Gea.

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The Rivers state government published updated statistics on poisoned ogogoro gin casualties. It turned out that only one in every ten people who took poisoned ogogoro gin, could survive.

The Rivers state government had liaised with the relevant stakeholders, especially dealers of the local gin, to educate and enlighten the people on current happenings concerning poisoned ogogoro

Figures of casualties, poisoned by ogogoro gin in Rivers state, are impressive. Statistics, published by the state government, has shown that only one in every ten people, who were unlucky enough to consume the poisoned ogogoro gin, survived.

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In total, 70 out of the 80 people who were unlucky enough to take local alcohol beverage known as ogogoro, have died. Besides that, two of ten survivors have lost their sight partly.

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The incidents of ogogoro poisoning took place in the communities of Woji and Gokana in the Rivers state. Government officials informed the public that no new cases of ogogoro poisoning have been registered since that.

It was reported earlier that the death toll from the consumption of adulterated local gin popularly known as ogogoro in Rivers state has risen to sixty-six.

Shocking details of their last hours point out deadly methanol as the most possible cause of their death. Unfortunately, few people knew what could have been done to treat the methanol poisoning and save their lives.

Following the mysterious deaths in Bonny Island, Bonny, and Woji in Obio Akpor local government areas, the Rivers state governments had banned the consumption of local gin popularly called ogogoro or kai-kai.

The Nigerian Federal Government has declared the consumption of local gin popularly known as ogogoro illegal.

FG were forced to ban the local gin after reports surfaced of the deaths of quite a number of people after consuming the alcoholic drink.

Nevertheless, local producers of gin commonly called ogogoro have kicked against the planned ban on consumption of the product by the Federal Government.

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Nigerian prophet, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele has predicted doom for the All Progressive Congress and the new administration headed by Muhammadu Buhari.

While speaking to Encomium Weekly, The primate revealed some prophesies concerning the newly sworn-in Muhammadu Buhari government, embattled drug kingpin Buruji Kashamu, plus more.

Primate Elijah Ayodele

This is what he said: “The new government will face challenges. And let’s be very watchful because there is going to be a lot of actors and drama as the government proceeds.

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“We warned Buruji Kashamu before his challenges. We sent a letter to him to have a one-on-one meeting with him in 2013. We don’t like to be publishing anything we consider personal on the pages of newspapers or magazines. We believe in telling you in private. But some of these big men always ignore us.

“Then on Buhari, if they allow him to rule properly, he will turn the country around because he has good intentions. But the point remains that we must pray for him to be able to proceed very well but he may not go for the second term.

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“And expect a new party coming up in the APC. There is likelihood of CPC pulling out of the alliance in two or three years because there is going to be power tussle in the APC. There is going to be a lot of drama in the party. Let’s pray that the party won’t have very serious problems like PDP.”

Primate Ayodele has claimed to rightly prophesied the killing of foreigners in South Africa, change of leadership in FIFA, the ship that capsized in China, change of government in Nigeria, down to which states would change party.

He says that was why he tagged his national crusade as a year of multiple surprises

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Seven months after Tunde Asefon left to volunteer in combating Ebola in Sierra Leone, his wife, Winifred, has finally openly lamented revealing the agony she has been through barely one week after their wedding in November last year.

According to Winifred, Tunde walked up to her one day, that was a week after they had wedded, and broke the ice that he had opted to go and help Ebola victims in Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone.

The news met her at the time they were preparing for their honeymoon. According to her, they had courted for two years, only for Tunde to leave one week after they exchanged wedding vows. All she could do was to lament. But the determined Tunde was left with no choice but to try to appease his wife saying “it’s better to put others above self”.

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The option she was left with was to conclude she wasn’t telling her parents and since she loved him, she was going to help support him to help the country combat the Ebola virus especially based on the on fact that Tunde assured her that everything will be fine.

She further narrated that at a point her parents became highly nosy about why she was living singly whereas she was married. Winifred opened up about her sleepless nights as she was always greeted with bad dreams with Tunde appearing to her and begging her to pray for him. The distressed new wife expressed how scared she was at those particular times. But “I never hesitated to pray” she said.

She asserted when she first told her mother, the mother became more scared than she was. However, when her father got to know about the whole thing, the parents teamed up to support the young couple. This moral and parental support helped them cope till their final reunion in May.

The couple eventually came back together after Tunde had been observed for a period of 21days in Abuja.

Meanwhile, months ago, the World Health Organisation had announced that the three countries with the highest recorded Ebola epidemic have recorded their lowest weekly number of new cases for months.

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Members of the #BringBringBackOurGirls group who have been campaigning for the release of the Chibok girls who were abducted more than a year ago are planning a march to the presidential villa to step up the call for action by government.

A letter has been written to President Muhammadu Buhari by the group to find out how his new government plans to pursure the release of the girl from Boko Haram bondage.

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Aisha Yusufu who is a senior member of the group said that a letter was sent to the president 10 days ago but no response has been gotten yet.

She said that the government needed to convince the people that they were serious about rescuing the girls as their families and Nigerians have suffered enough and are expectant. The government needed to show that it cared for the well-being of its citizens.

Yesufe was also displeased with the president for not addressing the nation during the World Refugee Day considering that the nation had thousands of refugees displaced in Cameroon and Niger Republic.

She said: : “The world celebrated the World Refugees Day on Saturday and it is disappointing that the President did not deem it fit to address the country, instead, we are flooded with pictures of him in Daura visiting his cows. It is really unfortunate that Nigerians are suffering and he did not have a single word of comfort for them.

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“ We wrote to him over 11 days ago as a group about meeting with him, so that he can tell us what he has been doing so far about rescuing the Chibok girls and ending the insurgency in the Northeast but unfortunately we have not received any reply from him, we are going to be embarking on a protest march to the Presidency, so that as citizens, we will know what is being done in our country.”

Recently, four of the Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram and were taken to the United States of America revealed how they were faring with their new life.

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The Nigerian Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has lost his bid to become Oxford’s latest professor of poetry. Five candidates were said to have keenly contested the position, a post second only in prestige to the poet laureate.

Soyinka lost jis bid in a very competitive race, coming in as runner up to the British poet Simon Armitage.

Asides Armitage and Soyinka, the list of contestants included A.E Stallings, an American and the only woman who was in the running.

Others included Ian Gregson and Sean Haldane.

Reports of the results have it that in the final tally, Armitage received 1221 of the 3340 votes cast. Soyinka came in second with 920 votes, while stallings was third with 918 votes.

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Simon Armitage, the poet.

Armitage was backed by 58 names, including John Carey and Melvyn Bragg.

Bragg who had previously supported Soyinka for the post, later publicly switched his allegiance to Armitage, telling the Sunday Times of his concerns that the 80-year-old might not “bother to come to oxford” if he were to win.

Soyinka retorted saying: “How curious that anyone would even speculate that I would allow busy and committed people – friends, colleagues and total strangers – to waste their time nominating and campaigning on my behalf for such a prestigious position if I were not serious about contesting.”

Many fans of Soyinka are bitter over the issue, they are asking a lot of question as to why Oxford did not seize the opportunity to choose its first ever black professor of poetry.

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Former governor of Anambra state, Senator Chris Ngige, has described the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Nigeria’s deputy senate president, as a disadvantage to the South East people. 

Ngige and Ekweremadu in the senate chambers when the going was good

Ngige was reacting to the recent comment by Ekweremadu that his position have made up for the Igbos in terms of zoning. The deputy senate president went on tocanvass for the South-South region to be accommodated  in the Buhari government.    

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Apparently irked by Ekweremadu’s suggestion, Ngige who is one of those tipped to emerge as the Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF) thundered, “Why should Ike Ekweremadu be making a case for the South South? Is he from the South South? He has no locus standi to say that.

“Even the South-East he is talking about, he can’t in all righteousness claim he can speak for us – the APC of the South East, nor can he speak for the Buhari-led APC controlled government, dictating for them what to do for the South East. Moreover, I was disappointed when I read Ekweremadu’s comments. I read it in all the newspapers and I saw it in the electronic media, I saw it on  the NTA, on Channels, as well as AIT, and I was a little bit confused and disappointed to be frank with you.”

Speaking further, Ngige said, “Senator Ike Ekweremadu is someone I like a lot; he is a young man, he is intelligent and I can tell you without fear of equivocation when we were in the 7th Senate. I don’t know what got over him to make this pronouncement that he has gotten the share of the Igbos of the South-East. He didn’t get our share, the share he got was for himself. He is a receiver of a stolen good. The PDP people in the Senate had an opportunity because our 59 Senators were not in chambers then they elected him Deputy Senate President and forced on us a hybrid headship of the Nigerian Senate.”

Ngige revealed that APC members in the South-East are not happy about Ekweremadu’s  emergence because according to him, the implication of his election is that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the highest ranking elected public officer from the region.

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He also opined that his election have endangered the All Progressives Congress (APC) because in his words,  “the PDP in the South-East will have oxygen to breath from since they now have the highest ranking person in Nigeria coming from the South-East, that disadvantages us and puts us in a difficult position  on our aspiration to make the South-East people to join the main stream of Nigerian politics by aligning with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government.”

Ngige who was speaking to group of journalists, also said Ekweremadu has made the job of the South East APC difficult but vowed that they were going to face the issue squarely.

He said, “You know, there are many ways to kill a rat. You can decide to go and kill it manually, you can go and put it in hot water, and you can use poison – Gammalin. We are back to the drawing table because it poses a problem for us and for some of us who know the powers and the rules of the Senate, a deputy Senate president exercises powers given to him by the Senate president. It only asks him to act for the Senate president when he is not around. The deputy Senate president is like a deputy governor- a spare tyre.

He is a spare; you don’t use your spare when your tyres are okay in a vehicle. If it is in your house, if you have public power supply you don’t use your generator. My very good friend and brother Ike Ekweremadu misfired when he said he has gotten the share of the South East. The share he got was for himself, it is not for the South-East,” he concluded.

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In a similar vein, Ngige has spoken on the expectations of the Igbo tribe as regards President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. 

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A group of ‘terrorists’ have reportedly besieged Ilu Oloye, a Lagos community which shares boundary with Ogun state, Naij.com can report.

Residents of community, who had been under attacks by landgrabbers, whom they described as terrorists, disclosed that the unnecessary attacks by the oppressors have gone out of hand, especially with the death of one person in an attack which took place on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

File photo of some women protesting the oppression of landgrabbers in Ikorodu area of Lagos state. Photo: Damilare Okunola

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In a chat with Naij.com, the residents who were represented by their legal adviser, Oluwatoyin Sadik, disclosed that they have made ceaseless compassionate appeals to the government to save them from the oppression of landgrabbers in their community, especially the leader of a syndicate; Kamoru Lamina, a.k.a. Sir K, but nothing has been done about the issue.

Some of the residents had early this year, protested (half naked) the unlawful detention of their family members in front of the Shagamu road police station, Ikorodu, Lagos state over illegal possession of landed properties in the sleepy community.

They are now expressing their grievances against Sir K, whose boys it was alleged, killed each other and dumped the corpses on their farmlands, in a bid to deliberately implicate them.

Barrister Sadik, who doubles as  the counsel to the association of Communities Against Terrorism in Lagos and Ogun states (ACATLO) stated that the kingpin has been causing unnecessary unrest for the people of the village with his boys and has likened the issue to the acts of terrorism being carried out by Boko Haram.

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“My clients are being repeatedly terrorised and it is getting out of hand,” he said.

“Those boys are like Boko Haram insurgents; they demolish houses, burn houses, loot, rape and do everything that terrorists do and we have complained to the Police but they seem not to be helping issues.

“We have been to the highest office in Abuja, but up till this moment, nothing has been done. The boys, inspired by their leader, Sir K, want to now robe my clients with a corpse of one of their boys, but we have evidences against them.

“The police seem to have been bought over by this man, that is why we are channeling our grievances to other sources.  We are crying to the public to help us out on this matter. The governors of both states should come to our aid and help us out of this mess, my clients are really tired,” he further explained.

While reacting to the allegations, Sir K noted that he was unaware of anything happening in Ilu Oloye.

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He told Naij.com that: “I have not been to the said place in a really long while and I do not have boys who were involved in any such fracas. What I know is that I have surveyors on the site and none of them was reported to be missing. So, nobody should say things that are untrue about me”.

Barr. Sadik, however, countered these claims by the alleged kingpin of the syndicate, quering that, “can you buy people’s shrines and ancestors alongside their landed properties?

“He should stop terrorising the people. If there are issues that he has to settle, there are ways to go about it, not through terrorism,” the legal practitioner averred.

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President Muhammadu Buhari holds a meeting with all the service chiefs, who arrived the Aso Rock briefly after the president resumed ‎at the presidential villa.

President Muhammadu Buhari attending to some files in his office as he resumed duties at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida.

This happened to be the first official meeting Buhari is overseeing in the presidential villa.

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It’s the third time that Nigeria’s leader meets with the service chiefs since he assumed the post.

Buhari who arrived the office at about 10am on June 22, Monday morning went into meetings with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, some presidential aides and some personnel of the Villa.

President Buhari is having a meeting with all the service chiefs in Aso Rock.

It should be noted that unlike the era of former president Goodluck Jonathan when such meetings had the Director General of the Department of State Services in attendance, the DG of the DSS was not present at this meeting.

The incumbent president is expected to make some announcements on appointments of ministers soon.

READ ALSO: Lagos Lawyer Drags Buhari To Court 

Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari formally took over as Nigeria’s elected head of state after his election victory in March 28 polls.

A presidential aide had explained recently that the president could not move into his official residence because renovation works were still going on.

He finally resumed in the presidential office at Aso Rock on June 22, today.

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The Assistant Inspector General of police Zone 6 command division, Tunde Ogunsakin has called on the Joint Task Force (JTF) to check the rise of criminal attacks on facilities of security agencies in the South South region of the country.

Commodore Bobia and Tunde Ogunsakin

The AIG while calling on the JTF stated that, urgent cooperation of all security agencies to fight organized crime in the region is long overdue.

READ ALSO: See What Suspected Robbers Did To Escape Police

Ogunsakin made this call during his visit to the Commander in charge of NNS Victory in Calabar, Commodore M.C.L. Bobia of the Zone 6 Command of the Nigeria Police.

The Commodore, in his remarks described the visit as one that will foster a cordial relationship between the Police and the Navy in Cross-River state, and will also help them collaborate with the police in bringing to book perpetrators of the Monday, 15 June, 2015 attack on the Marine Police Division, Calabar by an unidentified armed group.

In response to the AIG, Commodore Bobia stated that, the investigation into the unsavory events at the Marine Police division, will become more enhanced and urged other sister agencies to emulate the Navy.

However, Ogunsakin while calling for immediate constitution of the inter-agency task force said, the rising crime against security formation in the region must be checked so as to provide a safe environment for the people.

READ ALSO: Police Nabs 11 Kid Robbers

“The Joint Task Force will see to it that the creeks are combed of all criminal elements within them” he says.

Ogunsakin added that, the assailants appeared with hand propelled grenade launchers, Rocket launchers and multi-purpose guns in a prolonged attack that led to destruction of properties and people injured.

However, during his time as Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, AIG Ogunsakin set up an inter-agency task force which led to the drastic reduction in incidence of crime in the state.

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Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been named winner in 5 categories including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel.

On Sunday,  June 21, 2015, Transcorp Hilton Abuja was honoured with an unprecedented five awards by the voters of the 22nd World Travel Awards.

The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards for Africa’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading MICE Hotel and Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite (the Presidential Suite) at the Africa and Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2015 which took place at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort in Baie Lazare, Seychelles.
‘‘It is a great privilege and honour to be recognised for what we do by our discerning guests “, said Etienne Gailliez, general manager, Transcorp Hilton Abuja. “To win the World Travel Awards in five categories is unprecedented in Nigeria and we are delighted that our efforts at delivering world class experiences consistently to our Guests are recognised and appreciated. It is a fitting reward for the hardwork and dedication of our Team Members especially in the past year. The awards are, therefore, dedicated to all our Team Members”, Etienne concluded.
Recognition from the World Travel Awards is coming on the heels of the launch of a new vision for the hotel and the implementation of operational excellence initiatives that focus on delivering extraordinary guest service.

Receiving the awards on behalf of the hotel, Valentine Ozigbo, MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc, said ” I am pleased that the outstanding work and dedication of the team at Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been recognized once again. Receiving these awards ahead of the planned upgrade of an already award-winning facility means that we are poised to deliver an unparalleled experience on the continent of Africa; incredible things are coming both for our guests and for industry watchers.”
World Travel Awards™ exists to recognize, acknowledge and celebrate excellence in travel tourism and hospitality, which is why Transcorp Hilton Abuja was chosen by fellow professionals across the globe for a World Travel Award™. Winners of the World Travel

Awards are decided on by an independent vote from 167,000 travel agents and tourism experts in over 200 countries. The awards cover twenty-three countries ranging across the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Media can access additional information about Transcorp Hilton Abuja at www.abuja.hilton.com

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Federal Agency worker, Mohammed Suleiman writes this exciting piece detailing why former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and his successor, Udom Emmanuel should avoid mingling with the All Progressive party.

Editors Note:

1: The writer explores why the APC should be cautious of Accepting the duo.

2: Akpabio’s Fierce and sometimes extreme campaign for former president Goodluck Jonathan ‘s re-election.

3: Why Should the APC accept someone who cheated during the polls, what is the party’s principles?.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the original author. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of Naij.com, its editors or other contributors.

Full piece below…

The shocking revelation that the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, GodsWill Akpabio and his successor, Udom Emmanuel, have been visiting key leaders of the APC to pave the way for their defection to the party has once again brought to the fore the inherent weaknesses in our politics.
Should they be welcomed into the party, the APC would appear more as a group of people with weak moral content and poor ideological standing than an ideologically driven political party.

Senator Godswill Akpabio

In addition, such a cross over, if it happens, will irredeemably rubbish the anti-corruption brand of the Buhari administration and irredeemably weaken the legal case instituted by Umana Okon Umana, the APC governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom state against the disputed election of Udom Emmanuel.

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Let’s examine the Akpabio phenomenon. Between May 2007 and the first half of 2009, Akpabio maintained a chummy relationship with President Yara’Adua, but was noticeably lukewarm towards then vice president, Goodluck Jonathan. When Yara’Adua became too sick to function, Akpabio led a major campaign against the emergence of Jonathan as the acting president because he had always nursed the ambition of being picked as the vice president in 2011. This was publicly confirmed by Senator Aloysius Etok, his representative in the senate. As soon as Jonathan became the Acting President, Akpabio turned around and became his cheer leader.

The defeat of Jonathan on March 11 was a big disappointment for Akpabio who blamed the former president for not taking extreme measures to guarantee him victory. The former governor had long wanted to be ‘an enduring national political figure that is relevant in one administration to another’. His role model is Tony Anenih. But the defeat of Jonathan and the prospect of the loss of his senatorial seat at the tribunal have rankled with him endlessly. So, quickly, he ditched Jonathan as soon as he conceded defeat.

Governor Udom Emmanuel

There are many reasons why Akpabio and Governor Udom Emmmanuel should not be admitted into the APC. It is widely known that the elections in Akwa Ibom State were flawed, conducted in breach of the INEC electoral guidelines and the 2010 Electoral Law. Over 30 Akwa Ibom people were killed on the day of the governorship election across the state by in widespread violence. The APC in the state, led by its governorship candidate, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has filed a petition against the purported election of Udom Emmanuel.

Evidence that Udom was not duly elected is overwhelming, one of which is that data obtained from INEC head office in Abuja shows that the total number of accredited voters captured by card readers for the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State was 437,128, but the figure declared by the state INEC office was 1,122,836. By INEC guidelines, use of the card reader was mandatory in the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. If they join the APC, Umana’s case will be diluted or he could even be compelled to drop it; and all the sacrifices of Akwa Ibom people who deserve justice would be in vain.

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It should noted that Akpabio’s election into the senate is also being challenged vigorously by the APC candidate, Chief Inibehe Okori. Their defection into the APC would therefore tantamount to laundering their ill-gotten mandates just like criminals are always eager to launder proceeds of crime. It will also be morally reprehensible and politically repugnant if these two men join our party. Umana and thousands of his supporters were driven out of the PDP by Akpabio to create unimpeded opportunity for the imposition of Udom during the primaries.

Many PDP chieftains in Akwa Ibom like former governor, Victor Attah and former Petroleum minister, Don Etiebet have been constantly harassed, insulted and humiliated by Akpabio. In the course of the presidential campaigns, Akpabio heaped insults on our presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who by God’s grace won the election. During PDP’s presidential campaign rally in Uyo, Akpabio said: ‘Mr President (referring to then President Jonathan), some people were trained to be soldiers only, and so they do not have certificate… They can only shoot guns….Buhari is not qualified to be president as he does not have certificates’.

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The video is available on YouTube. Akpabio’s eight-year tenure as governor is trailed with controversies for the over N400 billion debt he left behind (owed to the banks and contractors), lack of transparency, reckless spending and politically motivated violence and murders. Instead of being admitted into the APC, he should stay back in PDP and give account of his stewardship in accordance with the anti-corruption mantra of the Buhari administration.
Mohammed Suleiman works in a federal agency in Uyo.

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The 2015 AY Live series sponsored by Maltina went down last weekend on Father’s Day, Sunday 21 June at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

AY hosted other great comedy stars, like Elenu, I Go Dye, Ushbebe, Gordons, Helen Paul, Akpororo, Fred Bright, Chucks D General, as well as music talents like MI and Phyno.

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The Complete Happiness AY Live series is a major part of the brand’s Laugh Out Loud campaign launched last year as a demonstration of Maltina’s wish to share happiness to consumers.

The final leg of the 2015 AY Live series will hold in Port Harcourt later in the year.

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A 24-year old saw miller has been jailed in Akure, Ondo State for purportedly assaulting and injuring a chief magistrate.

The incident was reported to have occurred on June 16, 2015 around 6:30pm at Odi-Olowo, a street in Akure.

An Akure chief magistrate’s court sitting at Oke Eda reprimanded the accused for allegedly beating one Mrs. Yetunde Ajanaku ceaselessly using his fists and shoe.

Leadership reports that the man at the centre of the storm, however pleaded his innocence but was charged with one-count of assault.

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ASP Pelumi Adejuwon said that the man committed an offence that attracts punishment and is also against section 351 of the criminal code caps 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

An adjournment for the case was put forward  in a prayer by the prosecutor in order for him to go through the case file.

The prosecutor’s application for an adjournment was opposed by Mr. Azeez Agbaje, the accused person’s counsel, who advised the court that his client should be granted bail on the grounds that his offence was bailable.

The accused man was remanded in Olokuta prison until 23rd June, 2015 in a judgement delivered Chief Magistrate Sunday Adedapo.

This shocking development comes days after the Owutu police charged a middle-aged man Ajisafe Solomon and his sister Ajayi Ayomide before an Ikorodu magistrates court over allegations of wife battering and sodomy.

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos dismissed a N25.7 billion criminal charge brought against the ex managing director of bank PHB, Francis Atuche, on June 22.

Ex-boss of PHB bank was set free alongside his wife, Elizabeth and a former Chief Financial Officer of Bank PHB, Ugo Anyanwu.

READ ALSO: Court Dismisses Atuche’s Bid To Quash N25.7 Billion Bank PHB Fraud Charge

Three people were prosecuted by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for supposedly stealing money.

The ruling was delivered by the presiding judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo.

The judge held that it is duty bound to follow with the decisions of court of appeal in the request of Okey Nwosu and Erastus Akingbola.

The court stated that though the prosecution, in its submission, was right to say that count one to ten of the charge was anchored on stealing which falls within the scope of state high court.

Meanwhile, Lateef Lawal-Akapo said that the prosecution did not make any content to as whether count 11 to 27 have any link with shares and stocks.

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“The case on all, falls with Okey Nwosu’s case. Count one to ten is within the armbit of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State because it deals with stealing. Counsel to the Commission did not make any submission to as whether count 11 to 27 have any nexus with shares and stocks. The criminal charge is hereby struck out and the accused persons are hereby discharges.” the judge said.

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