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The case of the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria, by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is before President Buhari for consideration. This was revealed to newsmen, by the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu. Shittu said “The good thing is that MTN did not contest the fact that they had violated the regulations and guidelines. They never contested it. They admitted they were at fault. They apologized for their role in the saga and they made a commitment that what happened will never happen again. And of course, they made a plea for review of the payment terms.” Adding that “The issue is now before Mr President. He will take the necessary decision at the appropriate time. And the President would do what is best for the public interest.“ “I don’t think there is any conflicting position on where government stands on the MTN issue. Recall that there were violations which were established against MTN,” Shittu said. The 36 state Governors in Nigeria, recent...

An explosion has hit a bus carrying military presidential guards in the capital Tunis, witnesses said on Tuesday. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but one witness said there had been several casualties.

On Monday, Global Witness released a report condemning the actions of the Canadian company Kilimanjaro Capital Ltd. The report, written by Global Witness, accuses Kilimanjaro Capital Ltd. of purchasing billions in oil and mineral assets from secessionist groups across sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2014. Among the nations listed were Angola, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. The report argues that the opaque nature of these dealings may have incentivised violent conflict across. For example, the deal struck in Cameroon included a clause requiring the separatist group to achieve “full independence” encouraged the separatist group to ignore peaceful methods of settling their grievances. Kilimanjaro argued that all funds they dispersed were earmarked for education, diplomacy, humanitarian, and legal purposes. However, Global Witness noted that the many of the separatist movements which signed deals with Kilimanjaro have violent histories. According to the Global Witness report, the ...

I hate any form of Violence and I am sorry I Serious Domestic Violence Involving Police Officer call anyone out who is involved in such irrespective of their status in the society...... A seen on stella's blog Domestic Violence is WRONG! ''Dear Stella, I am a resident of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, today at my office  Stella I met a woman in very grievous condition with a baby of about 11months and seriously ill with hernia strapped to her back. This young lady Ann Kierebo is about 29yrs old. She was cohabiting with one Sgt. SEYI MATTHEW OSUNTOKUN WITH NIGERIA POLICE FORCE NUMBER 212822  currently serving with the ANTI ROBBERY SQUAD RIVERS STATE. SGT Osuntokun believes he has all power and he can never be brought to book for the grievous damage he has done to a girl that bore him a son he has refused to take responsibility . Upon getting home from her shop on Saturday, 21st November, 2015,  he handcuffed her to the burglary in their apartment, fired two sho...

Hundreds of agitators for the creation of Biafra Republic, yesterday, besieged an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, demanding the unconditional release of the self-declared leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. The placard carrying protesters, who wore T-shirts and caps with inscriptions like “Biafra Now or Never”, “Buhari Release Kanu For Us”, “On Biafra We Stand”, yesterday, sang and danced outside the court premises, while hearing was going on in the criminal case that was entered  against Kanu by the federal government. Meantime, following an order of the court, the Department of State Security, DSS, yesterday, produced the detained Director of Radio Biafra and Television, Kanu. Chief Magistrate Shauibu Usman had at the last adjourned date, berated the DSS over its failure to produce Kanu in court on two consecutive times the matter came up  before the court. Magistrate Usman said he was disappointed that the security a...

The new Consul-General of the Consulate-General of Germany in Lagos, Mr Ingo Herbert, on Tuesday announced his government’s decision to increase scholarships for Nigerians and other Africans. Herbert told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that his government had at its recent bilateral meeting decided to increase its annual scholarships from 450 to “a more reasonable number”. “Before now about 450 Nigerians benefit every year from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). “But from our recent bilateral meeting, the German government has decided to increase its annual scholarships to Nigeria and other countries from 450 to a much more reasonable number,’’ he said. Herbert said that the initiative was part of the German’s human development agenda aimed at giving more Africans opportunities to go and study in different German educational institutions. The envoy also said that it had become imperative to increase the scholarships following the growing interest of Niger...

Nigerians at home are currently bracing for a blazing diplomatic row with Britain as the United Knigdom plans to deport over 500 Nigerians who have been resident in that country today. For over two weeks now, the affected Nigerians in the UK have been crying out to the Nigerian Government to come their rescue,but it appears their cry for help has fallen on deaf ears. Some of these Nigerians are married to British nationals, and deporting now will mean that they may never get to see their families and loved ones in the UK again. Sad enough too, the Nigerian Government has been uncomfortably silent on the allegation of Nigerian High Commission officials in the UK taking £3,000 bribe from UK officials to issue travel certificates to the affected Nigerians. The families of the affected Nigerians at home here are wondering why the government is not taking any action on the issue, when of course,it is common knowledge that the British Government will never condone its own citizens...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that some persons who served under the Goodluck Jonathan's administration have started to refund part of their loot in office. This followed months of speculation that former officials of government had volunteered to return such stolen public money as a way to get soft-landing in the hands of the present administration. Addressing Nigerians residents in Tehran, the capital of Iran where he attended a summit of Gas Exporting Exporting Forum (GECF), he also explained why those accused of corruption had not been charged to court, saying that it was due to the need to gather enough evidence against them. He however assured that proper investigation was being done to get the evidence to begin their prosecution soon. Buhari pointed out that it was easier for him to deal with corrupt people when he was a military head of state in 1985 when it was possible to arrest culprits and put them in protective custody compared to now where he must adher...

Two pilots have been ejected from downed plane and one captured by Syria rebels, AFP has reported. NATO member Turkey on Tuesday shot down a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border, threatening a major spike in tensions between two key protagonists in the four-year Syria civil war. The Turkish presidency said in a statement that the plane was a Russian Su-24 fighter jet, while Turkish media said one pilot had been captured by rebel forces in Syria. Moscow confirmed that one of its planes had been shot down, but said the pilots’ fate remained unclear. The Turkish army said that the plane had violated Turkish airspace 10 times within a five minute period and was shot down by two Turkish F-16s. However Russia insisted that the plane was inside Syrian airspace. “A Russian Su-24 plane was downed under the rules of engagement because it violated the Turkish airspace despite the warnings,” the Turkish presidency said. Reports said two pilots had ejected from the plane and Turkish...

"For Nigeria who just had another terrorist attack. Facebook won't create one, so I did this myself." Richard Thrift writes on his Facebook page. "Just making a point. Every western cause is given special treatment by Facebook and then a terrorist attack in Africa does not get its attention." he added

One of the four suspected kidnappers of a four-year-old-boy, Steve Kanu, in Abeokuta has confessed that she regretted her action. But that it was her boyfriend, who wanted to travel abroad and wanted to pay her bride price, that put pressure on her to commit the crime.” Young Steve was kidnapped at his parents’ home at Laderin Estate, Abeokuta, on Monday, November 2, 2015. He was, however, rescued alive last Friday by the men of the Ogun State Police Command, who swooped on the kidnappers at Nsukka, Enugu State, and rescued the boy alive. A ransom of N1m was paid to the kidnappers before he was rescued. Dr. and Mrs. Mucipay Kanu, beamed with smile when they appeared with their son at the state police command headquarters, Eleweran, on Monday. The suspects arrested for the crime were also paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali. The suspects are Kenechukwu Amoke (21), Anayo Amoke (35), Oluchi Asadu (20) and Maureen Uchenna (25). Maureen, who was a staff nurse in Dr...

The five people believed to be Igbo traders were said to have been shot dead at Madala Market on Thursday Night between 7 – 8pm. Our correspondent reliably gathered that the yet to be identified gunmen were said to have stormed the Madala market and made straight to a shop believed to be that of some Igbo traders and ordered them to recite the Holy Quran of which they could not. The gunmen who were not satisfied with the development opened fire on the five people at close range leaving them dead immediately. An alarm which was raised by other traders close to the shop where the five people were killed attracted passers by who sent a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer Suleja where a detachment of armed police were drafted to the scene. However, before the police men could arrive the spot, the gunmen had already fled, leaving their casualties in their own blood. The five casualties were later identified as John Kalu, Oliver Ezemah, Uche Nguweze, Sunday Emmanuel while fif...

Migrants stuck on the border between Greece and Macedonia have sewn their lips together to protest against not being allowed to continue their journey. About six men, apparently from Iran, stripped down during the demonstration near the village of Eidomeni. Oscar Webb is a journalist who witnessed their extreme actions. (Photo Credit: Reuters)