MultiChoice Raises Prices of DSTV and GOtv Packages, Prompting Consumer Backlash

NewsNigeriaMultiChoice Raises Prices of DSTV and GOtv Packages, Prompting Consumer Backlash

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

MultiChoice, the leading satellite television provider in Nigeria, has announced significant price hikes across its DSTV and GOtv packages, citing operational costs and investment in content as reasons for the adjustment. This comes as a blow to subscribers already facing economic hardship. The new pricing structure, effective 1 May 2024, sees significant increases across all DStv and GOtv bouquets. The DStv Premium package, the most expensive, jumps from N29,500 to N37,000, representing a 25.4 per...

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Outrage Mounts as Policeman Fatally Shoots 2 LAUTECH Students

EducationNewsNigeriaOutrage Mounts as Policeman Fatally Shoots 2 LAUTECH Students

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

Students at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, are demanding answers after a policeman killed two brothers on Monday. The late brothers were reportedly shot during a fight involving students. According to reports, the officer, known as Saheed Rasheed, whose photo appears above, was called to intervene in the dispute between the students who were celebrating their graduation at a location near the institution. Witnesses claim that Saheed, who is...

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109 Inmates Still at Large After Downpour Triggers Prison Break in Suleja

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria109 Inmates Still at Large After Downpour Triggers Prison Break in Suleja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, is scrambling to recapture 109 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State following a heavy rainstorm on Wednesday night. According to the Public Relations Officer of the NCoS in the Federal Capital Territory, Samson Duza, the heavy rains weakened the walls of the Suleja prison and caused sections of the perimeter fence to collapse. Seizing the opportunity, 119 inmates made their move, overpowering guards...

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Nigeria Is Africa’s Prime Mining Investment Hub – Alake

NewsNigeriaPowerNigeria Is Africa’s Prime Mining Investment Hub – Alake

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 25, 2024

Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development has stated that Nigeria is Africa’s prime mining investment hub. The Minister in a virtual address to the Nigeria-Australia Investment Roundtable on Thursday reiterated the underlying policies and incentives fostering an environment conducive to business operations in the mining sector. Alake emphasized the government’s commitment to combating illegal mining and enhancing security around mining areas, citing the establishment of the elite para-military force known as “Mining Marshals.”...

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Palliatives: TUC Accuses FG, States Govts Of Owing Workers March, April Wage Award

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPalliatives: TUC Accuses FG, States Govts Of Owing Workers March, April Wage Award

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 25, 2024

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has accused the Federal and State Governments of owing workers wage ‘award for the months of March and April, 2024. Comrade Festus Osifo, President of the TUC has called out both arms of government while briefing the media on the fallout of its National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. According to Osifo, while a few states were up and doing regarding the payment of the wage award...

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Ex-VP of ECOWAS Court Condemns EFCC Chairman Over Press Conference On Yahaya Bello

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx-VP of ECOWAS Court Condemns EFCC Chairman Over Press Conference On Yahaya Bello

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 25, 2024

Professor Nwoke Friday Chijioke, former Vice President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, has condemned the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over the press conference he conducted in relation to conversations around former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. While speaking on Channels TV on Thursday, Chijioke criticized the EFCC’s approach, denouncing it as an unfair trial and labelling it as a form of media trial. He noted the importance of...

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Preparations in Advanced Stage for 2024 Africa Illustrious Award and Tech Summit

BusinessNewsNigeriaPreparations in Advanced Stage for 2024 Africa Illustrious Award and Tech Summit

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

Preparations are now at an advanced level ahead of the June 21st, 2024 edition of the Africa Illustrious Award and Tech Summit, slated to be held at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The Africa Illustrious Award is a meritorious recognition given to Africans from all works of life across continental Africa and the diaspora, for their positive contribution to the betterment of their community through what they do. For about five years now, the...

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EFCC Arrests Former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika on Allegations of Corruption

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEFCC Arrests Former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika on Allegations of Corruption

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

Former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika was arrested on Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on allegations of corruption and financial impropriety. The arrest follows a thorough investigation into Sirika’s tenure as Aviation Minister, during which several irregularities and discrepancies were uncovered, relating to contract awards, and financial mismanagement within the ministry. Sources within the EFCC reveal that Sirika is being questioned in connection with suspicious transactions and questionable deals involving government contracts...

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Pollution: Ogun State Government Clamp Down On Three Churches

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPollution: Ogun State Government Clamp Down On Three Churches

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2024

Three churches have been sealed by the Ogun State Government over alleged contravening the state laws on noise pollution and defying government repeated order. The churches are Christ Apostolic Church, Fountain of Faith District Headquarters, Gbogunmi, Itedo Alafia Community, Bode Olude; Ambassador of Truth Assembly International located on Olorunseye Avenue, Ijeun Titun and Salvation Ministries on Kuforiji Olubi Drive Adigbe GRA, all in Abeokuta. Farook Akintunde, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environmental Compliance...

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Troops Rescues 44 Women, and Children In Timbuktu Triangle

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Rescues 44 Women, and Children In Timbuktu Triangle

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2024

No fewer than 44 women and children held hostage in terrorist enclaves in the Timbuktu Triangle cutting across Borno and Yobe states have been rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army. The Director, of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement said the terrorists abandoned their enclaves and fled following an offensive operation of fierce air cum artillery bombardments and ground battle, leaving behind MOWAG Armoured Personnel Carrier, a Canter Truck, and...

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