MTN Nigeria gives free data, airtime to subscribers due to October 9 outage
MTN Nigeria has compensated its subscribers with airtime and data due to the outage its consumers witnessed last Saturday. The Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, shared the information with subscribers on Sunday. Toriola, via a video message posted on the company’s YouTube channel with its link sent to all subscribers of the network, apologised for the error. In his message, Toriola said, “Last Saturday we had an outage that left our customers without connection for several hours. On behalf of the entire MTN team, I want to start with a heartfelt apology. We are truly sorry for the
Nigerian Air Force pays bandits N20 million to avoid shooting down Buhari’s plane
The Nigerian Air Force coordinated ransom payments to armed bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army, The Wall Street Journal said, in a desperate deal that was brokered as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina. The U.S. outlet said N20 million was delivered to the bandits in Rugu Forest by a Nigerian Air Force official, who leaked details of the operation under anonymity, because the military realised that it would be too risky to leave the weapon in the hands of violent criminals operating in an area the presidential jet would fly
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu Initiative Clarifies Reliefs Sought By Biafra Leader, Nnamdi Kanu In Lawsuit Against Buhari Government
The suit seeks to enforce Kanu’s right to life and dignity, liberty, fair hearing, and freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention and unlawful expulsion. An initiative called #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu has clarified the reliefs sought in the lawsuit filed by Aloy Ejimakor, one of the counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on behalf of the separatist leader before the Abia State High Court. On September 7, 2021, Ejimakor filed a suit before a state High Court to press for Kanu’s release to get adequate medical treatments, among other rights entitled to him. The suit seeks
APC CRISES ESCALATE: Parallel leaders emerge in Kano, Abia, Ogun, Niger, Osun, A/Ibom
THE crises ravaging the All Progressives Congress, APC, festered, yesterday, as the party held parallel state congresses in many states. States affected include Kano, Abia, Ogun, Niger, Osun and Akwa Ibom. On a day that violence marred the exercise in Osun, the congress was postponed in Taraba. However, it was not tales of woe across the country as many states held peaceful congresses without factions and chaos. They include Delta, Ekiti and Ondo. Shekaru, others conduct parallel congress in Kano In Kano, in spite of attempts to prevent conduct of a parallel congress, the senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim
EFCC Questions Kwankwaso Over Alleged Fraud
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for hours over alleged mismanagement of funds and abuse of office. An EFCC source who confirmed the story to LEADERSHIP said the former governor was grilled by a team of operatives at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja over allegations of abuse of office, diversion of public funds and fraudulent allocation of government properties to cronies. Though EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, didn’t confirm the report, LEADERSHIP learnt that Kwankwaso, who is also a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, was first invited by
