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The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) is setting up a special channel for receiving complaints from DSTV and GOTV subscribers who have been unable to renew their subscription at their bouquet prevailing price as at July 31, 2018. The CPC noted that the above measure become necessary following Multichoice’s deliberate disobedience of court order restraining them from increasing their subscription rate or prices, pending the determination of an application before the court. In a statement issued by the DG of CPC Mr. Babatunde Irukera, consumers experiencing the above challenges are advised to send an email to  multichoicecompliance@cpc.gov.ng , stating relevant information, including smart card number, name, telephone number, date and time of failed attempt to pay, supporting same with relevant evidence such as a screenshot or document (where necessary). The statement reads: “It has come to the attention of the Consumer Protection Council that customers of MultiChoi...

A three-storey shopping complex under construction in the Jabi area of Abuja has collapsed killing, one person and leaving about 50 others trapped. Emergency workers are battling to rescue of of the survivors of the incidents. The incident occurred around 1:30pm. A source said children and food hawkers were among those trapped in the building.

Max Lomas, the friend who discovered Bobbi Kristina Brown unconscious in her bathtub in 2015, after an overdose, has reportedly died of an apparent drug overdose. TMZ reports that Lomas was rushed to the hospital after he was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor at a friend’s house in Mississippi on Wednesday, August 15. Along with Bobbi Kristina’s then-boyfriend Nick Gordon, Lomas found Bobbi Kristina unresponsive in her tub in January 2015. . The daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was subsequently hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma. She died six months later in July at the age of 21. Back in February 2012, Houston was also found dead in her bathtub at the Beverly Hills hotel. She was 48 years old.

A 22-year-old man, Yusuf Hassan, has been apprehended for chopping off the hand of his friend, Abubakar Umar, with a machete, during a fight over one Habiba, on Wednesday, in Dakwa, Abuja. Dailytrust quoted Umar as saying Habiba had relocated with her parents from Kaduna, some months ago, and that before they could get a room to rent, he gave his room to them as a temporary shelter and relocated to his friend’s room. “My friend, Yusuf, started developing interest in the lady. However he suspected me of also having same feeling for her, which is not true. . That was how I started having problem with him to the extent that he once warned me that it could be the reason for him to terminate my life. The family got another place and I eventually returned to my room,” he added. . However, on Wednesday, Yusuf attacked Umar with a machete, but as he (Umar) attempted to dodge it, it hit his hand and cut it off. The Zuba Divisional Police Officer, CSP Fodio Sani, confirmed the incid...

Lady in tears after her soldier boyfriend proposed to her, yesterday, at the Faculty of Law, Bayero University, Kano

A video has emerged of a man identified as Stanley, beating one Boma, a friend to his girlfriend, Anita, for allegedly slandering him. The incident happened, this morning, along Aba road, Port harcourt, Rivers State. According to reports, Stanley had told Anita that he has a white collar job, however, Boma, was said to have put a lie to the claim by telling Anita that her boyfriend is a yahoo boy. Angered by the claim, Stanley confronted Boma, today, and assaulted her. Source: Instablog9ja

A Kenyan bus preacher recently lost his cool after one of the passengers gave him Ksh.1 as offering. . According to CitizenTV, bus preachers are common in the country and at the end of their sermon, they usually turn to passengers to ask for offerings to help them spread the Word even further. However, in a video shared by a Twitter user, Brian Mutinda, one preacher lost it and can be heard lecturing the passengers, wondering how one “can give a man of God who will bury you, such money.” “Can you give this to your child? You can’t. How come you can give me, a man of God?” the agitated preacher asks a passenger. He then went ahead to label the offering “satanic.” “It’s satanic, evil-minded, you cannot give something like this. Even if you find it inside the bus, you can’t pick,” he vented.

PhD students of the Department of Mass Communication at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (formerly Anambra State University), were shocked, yesterday, when their lecturer walked into the class, dressed like a lady. According to Massmediang, the lecturer was to teach a topic on “Culture shock and gender issues,” hence his dressing. It was gathered that the students were visibly uncomfortable with his appearance and one of them even wanted to walk out of the class. The lecturer observed the initial reactions of the students before proceeding with the lecture.

World’s Football governing body, FIFA have turned down a proposed visit by a Nigerian delegation, led by the Minister for Sports, Solomon Dalung, in a bid to discuss the ongoing leadership tussle rocking the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Nigeria is in a race against time to avoid a worldwide ban from football after FIFA gave Nigeria until Monday, August 20, 2018 to handover the administration and offices of the Football Federation to Amaju Pinnick and his Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi. In a bid to circumvent FIFA’s judgment, Dalung wrote to FIFA on Wednesday, August 15, through the office of the Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, seeking to meet with the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, alongside members of his reconciliatory committee and Chris Giwa, head of the other faction. However, FIFA, in a swift reply to Dalung’s request, signed by its Secretary General, Fatma Samoura, rejected the idea while reiterating the stance of the Bureau Council of FIFA to ban Nigeria on ...

                     The Presidency, on Monday, confirmed that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo remains the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The presidential spokesman said the victories recorded by the ruling All Progressives Congress in legislative elections held in three states over the weekend were indications that victory is certain for the Buhari/Osinbajo presidential ticket in 2019.

The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Haruna Isah, has been declared winner of the Lokoja/Kogi House of Representatives by-election held on Aug.11. The Returning Officer, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi, who announced the results on Sunday in Lokoja, said Isah polled 26, 860 votes to defeat Alhaji Bashir Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 14, 845 votes. Ajayi said that Ahmed Imam of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) scored 2, 916 votes, while the candidates of the Accord Party and Alternative Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 149 votes and 2,984 votes, respectively. The Labour Party scored 90 votes; Democratic Alternative scored 159 votes; while Megga Party of Nigeria scored 50 votes, Ajayi stated. He said that 19,960 votes from 17 polling units were cancelled due to violence and other malpractices, saying that 15 of the affected polling units were in Lokoja Local Government Area, while two were from Kogi Local Government Area. Givi...

A 47-year-old Mrs. Veronica Iorshe, from Howe, Ugee Council Ward, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State has revealed how she slept with her own biological son and eventually took in for him. Mrs. Iorshe said she slept with her son just to save her marriage. Recalling how she was able to lure her son to perform the incestuous act with her, the woman told Vanguard, “I am not a loose woman. I am just a woman who loves her husband very much and didn’t want to lose him. “I did what I did to save my marriage, though I feel guilty about it. It was not easy but I slept with my first son from my first husband so that I could give my husband a child. But rather than sustaining my marriage, the plan has scattered it and I have lost it. “I got married to my husband eight years ago. We had no child. The worst was that I never got pregnant even for one day. When I discovered that I was no longer getting younger, I was worried as much as he and his parents were. His mother became...

Maryam Sanda, who was charged with the murder of her husband in Abuja last November, has reportedly given birth to a baby boy. Excerpt from Yabaleftonline says the Abuja-based woman allegedly stabbed her husband, Bilyamin Bello, in the chest, neck and genital area, over alleged infidelity. He died from his injuries. Maryam, who was nursing a daughter she had with Bilyamin at the time, was also pregnant with a son. She was taken into custody after the death of Bilyamin but was granted bail in March 2018 after the court received medical reports confirming her pregnancy and illness. Maryam, who is the daughter of Maimuna Aliyu, the former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans Limited, has now welcomed the son, according to Sahara Reporters, and a low-key naming ceremony will hold on Tuesday August 14, 2018.

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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has written a letter to the Acting Director-General, Department of State Security, DSS, Mathew Seiyefa, to as a matter of urgency release the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, the Shiite leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-zakzaky and his wife, Hajia Zeinab El-zakzaky and hundreds of others illegally being detained by the DSS. Falana, while congratulating the new DSS boss on his appointment, said the former sacked DSS DG, Lawal Daura committed lots of atrocities as innocent people were detained for years and months without trial and that even when such people were ordered to be released by the court, he would flout the order.” “We are, however, compelled to draw your attention to the fact that our law firm has had a running battle for the last three years with Mr. Musa Daura, the immediate past Director-General of the SSS as a result of the incessant arrest and detention of Nigerian citizens and foreigners without tr...

I know many Nigerians don't like to read, you have got to read this and be abreast of the political shenanigans of Najia. According to excerpt from PM News, Some National Assembly members said they are not sure whether the two chambers will reconvene tomorrow to consider the 2019 budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is because the Chairman, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has not made any official announcement. The Nation reported today that many senators and House members, who were set to go on summer holiday and perform the Hajj rites, remain in Abuja because there is no word from the National Assembly’s leadership. A member of the House from the Northwest said: “This budget is important but there is anxiety everywhere on the security implications of recalling members. “From the look of things, our leaders are looking at all options on how to make the ratification of the budget easier.” A principal officer of the House, who spoke in confidence, sa...

A 36-year-old contractor, Joe Blankson is a HERO! A resident of Bakana, Rivers State. He singlehandedly rescued 13 passengers in a boat accident, but lost his life saving others. He died saving lives!He is a HERO of our modern time.

A 45-year-old man, Julius Ochim, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impregnating his own daughter, who eventually gave birth to a baby girl. . The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said: ”The man was arrested following a complaint by his daughter who reported at Shagamu Police Division that her father has been having carnal knowledge of her since she was 9, after the death of her mother in 2009.” Oyeyemi added that, consequently, the lady reportedly got pregnant for the suspect and gave birth to a baby girl who is now three years old. On why she did not report after many years, the lady reportedly told the police that her father ”used to threaten her with cultural implication of refusing him to sleep with her.” . . He said on interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but blamed it all on the devil’s handwork. He reportedly confessed that he had been sleeping with the young woman since the demise of his wife. . . The po...