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Confusion trails Teleology’s alleged withdrawal from 9mobile By Prince Osuagwu (Hi-Tech Editor) There appears to be some confusion in the news that new owner of 9mobile Teleology Holdings has withdrawn from the deal as the local arm, Teleology Nigeria, dismisses the story. The news broke early yesterday morning that Teleology Holdings Inc, represented by former MTN Chief Executive, Adrian Wood had withdrawn from the 9mobile deal, citing delays in effecting important contractual agreements by the local partner, Teleology Nigeria. This is happening just about two months after it received approval to take over operations of 9mobile as the preferred bidder. Going! Going! Gone! Finally, 9Mobile goes to Teleology The two arms appear to be trading tackles. While Teleology Holdings is accusing the local partners of blocking it from concluding a management services contract, the local partner was short of calling the international arm a fraud, saying it does not want t...

Tension as MC Oluomo is stabbed during APC rally in Lagos There is tension in some parts of Lagos State, after Musiliu Akinsanya, an official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), popularly known as MC Oluomo, was stabbed in the neck during a rally organized on Tuesday, for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Three journalists were also shot at the event, which took place at Skypower field in Ikeja. Among those that were hit by the bullet were the group political editor of Nation newspaper, Emmanuel Oladesu, News Telegraph correspondent, Temitope Ogunbanke and Ibile Television cameraman, Abiodun Yusuf. Trouble started at about 1:30 pm when Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was delivering his speech. Suddenly, suspected NURTW rival groups started shooting at each other. Nigerians have taken to social media to express their apprehension, especially with the stabbing of MC Oluomo. On Twitter, so...

2019: Why we won’t transmit results electronically – INEC update by Vanguard  …Says it’s futile to buy PVC as ‘we’re far ahead of buyers ’ By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Independent National Electoral Commission admitted on Tuesday that it would not transmit the result of the 2019 election as widely expected due to lack of an enabling law to strengthen its hands in doing so. INEC boss, Mahmood Yakubu But the commission however mocked on desperate politicians clandestinely buying permanent voter cards from some ignorant Nigerians with the hope of using same to achieve electoral advantage during the polls. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Yakubu Mahmud, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, said that it was futile for politicians to buy off PVCs from other Nigerians, as the commission had devised strategies to neutralise such devious acts. Mahmud said: “It is futile for politicians to buy off permanent voter cards with a view to using them to ri...

3 journalists shot as violence rocks Lagos APC rally Three journalists were on Tuesday shot at a rally organised for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The rally was held at Skypower field, Ikeja, Lagos. Among those that were hit by the bullet were the group political editor of Nation newspaper, Emmanuel Oladesu, News Telegraph correspondent, Temitope Ogunbanke and Ibile Television cameraman, Abiodun Yusuf. A number of persons were also injured, robbed and beaten at the rally. Trouble started at about 1:30 pm when Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was delivering his speech. Suddenly, suspected rival groups of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) started shooting at each other. Hoodlums took advantage of the occasion as they robbed people of their phones, money and bags. An NURTW official Musiliu Akinsanya also known as ‘Oluomo’ was beaten with sticks by thugs. Despite the stampede caused by...

2019: Buhari tells Nigerians what to do to Governors who failed to pay workers salaries President Muhammadu Buhari has advised electorates not to re-elect governors who failed in their first terms. Buhari said Governors who failed to pay civil servants salaries even after collecting bailouts from the federal government, should not be allowed to return to office. The President who is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said Nigerians’ votes should go for competence. Buhari spoke with the Hausa service of the Voice of America, which was aired Tuesday morning. According to the President, he saw no justification in governors collecting bailout funds from the federal government and still failing to pay wages. He said, “I wonder how these governors are able to sleep knowing that they have refused to pay workers their wages. “These workers have families to cater for, they pay rent, pay school fees, Hospital bills and food for their famili...

British lawmakers to hold key Brexit vote on January 15 A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May as she tells makes a joke about the opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s failure to demand a no-confidence vote against her government, during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London on December 19, 2018. – British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn got himself into trouble on Wednesday for apparently muttering “stupid woman” at Prime Minister Theresa May during a heated exchange in parliament over her delaying tactics on Brexit. The Labour Party leader could be seen appearing to mouth the words in response to May making a joke about his failure to demand a no-confidence vote against her government after he had accused her of leading the country “into a national crisis”. (Photo by HO / PRU / AFP) / British MPs are set to hold a critic...

 Egypt will host 2019 AFCON Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between June 15 and July 13, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad announced in Dakar Tuesday. The CAF executive committee preferred Egypt to South Africa as replacements for original hosts Cameroon, who were dropped due to delays in preparations and concerns over security. “I am pleased to announce that Egypt will host CAN (Cup of Nations) 2019,” Malagasy Ahmad told reporters. AFCON 2019: Rohr submits new programme of action to NFF “I want to thank the two countries — they came to the rescue of the CAF when we saw that the evolution of the work in Cameroon was not developed.” A CAF official told AFP that Egypt received 16 votes from the executive committee, South Africa one and there was one abstention. Ahmad made the announcement just hours after CAF said it would not disclose the winner until Wednesday to allow the media to concentrate on the annual award...

Your tears will flow until you confess your role in Chibok girls’ abduction, Fani-Kayode tells Shettima Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that until the Governor of Borno State Mr Kashim Shettima confesses his role in the abduction of the Chibok girls and tells Nigerians why he and others started Boko Haram his tears will flow. Fani-Kayode on his Twitter handle said The Gov. of Borno wept about the plight of his people in the hands of Boko Haram during a meeting with Buhari. The truth is until he confesses about the role he played in the abduction of the Chibok girls and tells us why he and friends started Boko Haram his tears will flow. — Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) January 8, 2019 Gov Shettima weeps at Aso Rock, says insurgents are threatening to take over Recalled that Governor Kashim Shettima, who almost broke down in tears when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja with a delegation from Borno over insurgency in the northeast. Sh...

See How Man Charges His Phone Due To Power Outage In Katsina. Photos A man has taken to social media to show how he charges his phone due to power outage in Katsina state. The man identified as Ibrahim A Wada, revealed that he charges his phone with a car battery following blackout in Kankia local government area in Katsina state. According to him, the power outage has been on for weeks now due to faulty transformer in the area. The man is also is calling on the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), to resolve the issue source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/see-how-man-charges-his-phone-due-to.html

R. Kelly's Alleged Sex Slave Victim Challenges Him Everything you need to live well Hell was let loose when Lifetime aired its docuseries on singer, R. Kelly with the docuseries having many of his alleged sex slaves coming forward to speak on their experiences. Now, one of Kelly’s alleged victims, Asante McGee victims is putting out a challenge to the singer to test if he is, in fact, telling the truth. She wants him to take a lie detector test and do it live on national television. Celebrity gossip site, TMZ spoke with Asante McGee, one of the women who made allegations against Kelly on “Surviving R. Kelly” and according to her, one of the first thing that needs to happen to save other girls she claims are trapped in the “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner’s clutches is simple, folks need to wake up. She goes on to say that his longtime fans must stop supporting him and pull back so they can see what’s really going on then hold him accountable for his alleg...

Tinubu takes charge of Buhari’s reelection campaign Senator Godswill Akpabio (right); National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and others at the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council in Abuja…yesterday He can’t represent you at debate, Atiku tells president President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday inaugurated the 2019 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council with himself as chairman. He promised to make sure that governance and his work as president of the country do not suffer within the next 40 days despite the task ahead. President Buhari who acknowledged that the campaign would be grueling, directed the national leader of the party, and co-chairman of the exercise, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to take charge o...

2019: ‘Buhari, Sanwo-Olu’s victory will shock many’ The coordinator of the Independent Campaign Group (ICG) in the United Kingdom has said that the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the coming Presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Lagos State governorship of the party, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu will shock the nation as both will emerge with huge margins. The coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Yusuf made this known over the weekend in a statement made available to the press via electronic mail that with the preparedness of the two candidates and their party in Nigeria, he expressed optimism that their victory will be incomparable with some we have seen in the lands for ages. In his words, Yusuf said, “Nigerians are eager to retain Buhari for the next four years, we have seen this in their campaign across the country, both youth and old, even the pensioners have joined the movement to re-elect the president”. “As you all know, Buhari h...

Omokri releases ’15 lies of Buhari at Presidential campaign inauguration’ Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has listed what he called 15 lies told by President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch of All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign council. Buhari, while inaugurating the council at the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja, gave a National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu full charge of his re-election campaign. Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation was inaugurated into the Presidential Campaign Council, despite the emergence of leaked audios in which he allegedly criticised Buhari as someone who “doesn’t care” and “doesn’t listen to anybody”. However, Omokri has countered Buhari’s speech, listing lies from his speech on Monday. Among the lies, Omokri in a post on his Twitter page, highlighted corrupt cases condoned by Buhari’s administration. The former presidential Spokesman wrote: “1. Buhari said he was unanimousl...

Prioritising workers’ welfare in 2019  [FILE PHOTO] Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, the President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) . Undoubtedly the out gone year was a turbulent one for the Nigerian workers, as the struggle to increase the minimum wage to N30,000 from the present N18,000 is still on-going. With rallies and protests slated to be held in all the states of the federation, 2019 presents a unique opportunity for the labour movement to enhance the strategy for the improvement of workers’ welfare. While some labour leaders have described 2018 as a year full of motion without movement, others said it was indeed the most traumatic for workers, especially given the failure of the Federal Government to enact and implement the new national minimum wage of N30,000. Notwithstanding the continued fight for decent work and fair wages for workers, the organised labour has expressed its determination to ensure it overcomes the many challenges confronting it, either thro...

Shehu Shagari: Bye to a fatherly President AFTER 93 years of a life marked by remarkable historical moments, President of Nigeria in the Second Republic, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, died on Friday December 28, 2018. But, not even death can diminish his relevance as an esteemed member of the pantheon of Nigerian leaders who left indelible marks on the canvas of Nigeria’s evolving nationhood. Former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari Though well advanced in age, Nigerians across different geopolitical divides have continued to celebrate the life and times of this great gentleman. Many will for a long time remember Shagari as the humble, unassuming and soft-spoken elder statesman and one of our last surviving founding fathers. Shagari, a true patriot, servant leader – Oshiomhole President Shagari’s self-effacing personality did not stop him from making his presence felt in all aspects of public life: at different times serving at state and federal levels as local ...

CBN vs MTN: In conclusion MTN It was the night of Christmas Eve when the whole house was still and even the drop a pin could be heard. But the bigwigs at the Central Bank of Nigeria and mobile network operator MTN were concluding the long-drawn out matter of the latter’s remittances and they both released statements. It was at the peak of Christmas, so it would probably have been missed by a few people. While the difference in the perspective of both organisations was remarkable, what was clear from both versions is that the matter had been resolved and MTN would no longer be required to reverse its historical dividend payments to its shareholders. However, the CBN maintained that the proceeds from the preference share private placement were irregular because they were based on Certificates of Capital Importation in respect of which only an approval-in-principle, not final approval, had been given by the CBN. The resolution of this leg of the matter is that MTN wi...

Amina Zakari: The red flag at INEC By Yinka Odumakin MRS. Amina Zakari, the controversial National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, whose name raises the blood pressure of opposition politicians in Nigeria today is an employer’s delight .But like the bat whose only affliction is that the arms are longer than the legs, her major drawback is that she does more than a day’s work for a day’s pay. Amina Zakari Her ways in the electoral body and the manner she has deployed her influence with the highest levels of power in the country within the commission has been legendary and which has made her the sorest finger in INEC operations. Her roles as INEC’s  Director of Operations allegedly created a lot of credibility crisis for the electoral umpire in elections conducted in Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun States, to mention a few . It has been said by even international observers of the recent governorship election in Osun State that in s...