A lawyer, Festus Onifade, has disagreed with MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of DStv and Gotv, over the firm’s application challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal in a suit filed against it. Onifade and Coalition of Nigeria Consumers (CNC), in a counter affidavit filed before a Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, described the prayers by MultiChoice as “incongruous.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while Onifade and CNC are 1st and 2nd claimants, MultiChoice and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) are 1st and 2nd defendants respectively. The company, in a motion…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday promised to hand over to whoever Nigerians elect to succeed him in 2023. The president stated this in a brief response to journalists after Eid prayers to mark this year’s end of Ramadan. “I will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect to succeed me,” the President said, while also admitting to having sleepless nights over the security situation in parts of the country. He, however, promised to spare no efforts in dealing decisively and mercilessly with the criminal gangs. “The national security chiefs and the Police IG are very much aware of the situation and…
By Amos Aar, Makurdi THE Chief Imam, Central Mosque, Makurdi, Dr Suleiman Habib, has admonished Muslims to eschew immoral behaviour like backbiting, lies and other vices. Dr Habib gave this admonition Monday in an interview with newsmen at the end of Ramadan fast (Eid-al-fitr) in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. “We pray our leadership, may Allah guide us, let us elect those that love us not those that we love and let God choose for us not what we want because Allah knows the best for us. “May God give us leaders that will care for the poor and the…
By Amos Aar, Makurdi THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has zoned 2023 governorship ticket to both Benue Zone C and Jechira Tiv geo-political group. Zone C is made up of Idoma including all Idoma sub-ethnic groups – Igede, Akpa, and Ufia, while Jechira comprises Vandeikya and Kwande Tiv cultural zone. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday night, signed by Hon. Paul Biam, the APC State Secretary who doubles as Secretary of the Governorship Zoning Committee. “The All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue State Chapter has announced resolutions after the party held a 2-day retreat on…
WE may never know what happened. But let me tell you what we know. On Sunday, April 24, 2022 in Owerri, the Imo State capital, there was a traffic snarl and unfortunately, officers of two federal security agencies, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), were caught in it. Given the age-long rivalry among the armed security services, there was an altercation on who will get off the road for the other. Forcing other motorists off the road in traffic is a way the military and security services terrorise the Nigerian civil populace.…
By Amos Aar, in Makurdi SUSPECTED herdsmen militia last Friday reportedly ambushed personnel of the Benue Agro-Rangers and Livestock Guard in Makurdi, the state capital. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Benue State Command, in a statement made available to National Record on Sunday morning signed by Civil Defence Public Relations Officer (CDPRO) Mr Ejelikwu Michael (DSC), said: “Today being 29th April, 2022, at about 13:30hrs, Agro-Rangers personnel who were providing security coverage to Livestock Guards who had arrested some cows violating the open grazing law were ambushed by suspected heavily armed herdsmen along “Iniongon” area, near Lower Basin…
RECENTLY, there has been outrage by Nigerians over the price of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of major parties like the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest in the 2023 general elections. To become president in the APC, the nomination form will cost that candidate a whooping hundred (100) million naira and in the PDP it will cost the candidate a whooping forty (40) million naira. These prices are truly outrageous and further prove the truth that has been discovered for a long time now; that both parties are the same, and that…
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By Amos Aar, Makurdi THE Makurdi Division of the Benue State High Court on Thursday acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, over the rape to death of Ochanya Ogbanje, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2018. But, the Makurdi Division of the Federal High Court in a separate case, also on Thursday, convicted Mr Ogbuja’s wife, Mrs Felicia Ochiga-Ogbuja, for negligence in the rape to death of the deceased teenager. Mr Ogbuja and his fugitive son, Victor, who are both maternal relations of the deceased, were accused of serially raping her until she fell ill and subsequently…
RETIRED public servants in Abia State on Wednesday protested against unpaid pension arrears by the state government for the past 38 months (3 years and 2 months). The retirees have also not received their gratuity for the past 20 years, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The pensioners, operating under the aegis of Concerned Abia Pensioners, marched round the major streets of Umuahia, the state capital and later to the Government House, Umuahia. They accused Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration of being insensitive to their health and welfare amidst the current economic hardship in the country. The pensioners urged the…