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Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS The Nigerian government says it has selected Ali Nuhu, film director and actor to become the face of telecoms consumers in the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission, which announced the deal with the Nollywood figure says it is part of activities to support the declaration of 2017 as Year of The Telecoms Consumer. “In giving […] The post Ali Nuhu | Nigerian phone consumers get ‘face’ appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology

The Naira traded at N455 to a dollar amid liquidity boost in the Bureau de Change and parallel market segments on Friday in Abuja. It also appreciated against the Pound Sterling and Euro as it traded at N545 and N470 to the pound sterling and Euro respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the […] Naira appreciates against dollar, pound sterling, Euro Source: Business

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 521 migrants, mainly from Nigeria and other West African countries, died while crossing the Mediterranean sea and desert to Italy between January and first of week of March. The organisation in a statement on Friday said it would host an online press conference on March 15 to commence aggressive awareness campaign to discourage people from embarking on such journey. The organization, which expressed worry over dangerous adventures by migrants from the region, explained that the figure was 50 more compared to the same period in 2016. IOM added that other countries involved in…

Former National Deputy Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, said fixing dates for 2019 general elections now was an “unnecessary haste’’ by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The commission had on Wednesday announced Feb. 16, 2019 for Presidential and National Assembly elections and March 2, 2019, for Governorship, State Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Councils polls. An INEC National Commissioner, Mr Solomon Soyebi, who announced the dates in Abuja, said it was part of efforts by the commission to standardise and ensure certainty of timetable for general elections in the country. Soyebi gave instances of countries,…

Gambia’s Government will launch an investigation into the finances of former President Yahya Jammeh, Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou told Reuters on Friday. Tambadou said the investigation would include his personal use of a charity bank account. The government of President Adama Barrow, who beat Jammeh in the December 2016 election before Jammeh fled into exile, had accused Jammeh of siphoning millions of dollars of public funds into various bank accounts. The government also alleged that Jammeh opened the bank accounts with other people’s names but continued to withdraw cash, including at the central bank. Reuters found that in 2012 and 2013, more than…

Stephanie Otobo, the Canada-based lady involved in a sex scandal with Apostle Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide, on Friday provided more details about her alleged affair with the pastor. Otobo claimed at a news briefing in Lagos that apart from frolicking with the pastor in Lagos, she had sex escapades with him in the United States and Italy. At the event, Otobo, who answered questions from journalists shared details about what she alleged was Suleman’s sex appetite, sleeping habits, how they arranged their meetings and payments she received. She also demanded a public apology from the pastor for…

Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday described late Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia as an uncommon patriot and nationalist who fought with former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, to keep Nigeria one. In a condolence message issued by his media office on Friday in Lagos, Tinubu also praised Ogbemudia’s record of infrastructural development in the old Midwest region. The All Progressives Congress National Leader said that Ogbemudia was a professional and disciplined military officer who played a strategic leadership role in liberating the Midwest region. He said, “I received the news of the death of the former military…

There was a mild drama in Pallam Village of Madagali  Local Government Area of Adamawa on Friday when a newly sunk borehole failed to pump water during its formal inauguration by the state Commissioner for Water Resources. The Commissioner, Mr Julius Kadala, who represented the state governor at the occasion, was shocked and embarrassed when water failed to flow from the hand pump after several minutes  of pumping by him. Dignitaries, including members of the state House of Assembly and traditional rulers, looked visibly embarrassed by the incident. The water project was  initiated and sponsored by United States based…

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid will play each other in a one-off pre-season “El Clasico” in Miami in July, organisers confirmed Friday. The La Liga arch-rivals will meet at the Hard Rock Stadium, the 65,000-seat home of the NFL Miami Dolphins, on July 29. The match is part of the International Champions Cup, the annual global exhibition series which features clubs from Europe and around the world. It is the first time Barcelona and Real Madrid have met in North America, organisers said. “I am thrilled to bring the International Champions Cup back to the city of Miami,” said…

A Paris Saint-Germain fan in Gabon killed his friend after getting fed up with being mocked about the French club’s Champions League defeat over post-match drinks, a judicial source said Friday. The 18-year-old stabbed his friend in the neck after watching the match late Wednesday in Libreville, the judicial source told AFP, confirming a front-page report in the daily L’Union. The young man, visibly intoxicated, could not take it when his friend kept teasing him over PSG’s humiliating 6-1 loss to Barcelona, which they had watched while drinking in a working-class district of the capital, L’Union reported. Asked by AFP,…