NCC suspends data price increase

The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators.

The NCC said the decision is to allow for further consultation.

Senate orders NCC to halt data tariff increase

The Senate has ordered NCC to halt its plans to increase the tariff of data bundles across all networks. NCC had ordered all networks to effective tomorrow December 1st, increase its data bundle tariff.

The Senate gave the order on Wednesday after a motion raised by the Deputy Senate Leader, Ibn N’Allah.

In a statement on its official Twitter account, @NGRSenate, the upper chamber condemn the action of the regulatory agency.

We never ordered telcos to raise data prices—FG

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu, speaking on Wednesday on RayPower FM’s Fact File programme disclosed that the Federal Government never gave any directive to telecommunications operators in the country to increase prices of data from Thursday, December 1, 2016 as claimed.

The Minister said he was never consulted before the announcement was made. He stressed that the government did not authorise the operators to raise the tariffs.

APC suspends Shehu Sani indefinitely

The All Progressives Congress (APC)Tudun Wada ward, Kaduna has placed the Senator Shehu Sani on indefinite suspension.

Senator Shehu Sani is the Senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts,

Sani’s suspension was announced in a letter addressed to him. The letter was signed by the Secretary of the APC in his Ward 6, Tudun Wada ward, Kaduna, Mallam Awal Abdulhamid Garba.

House of Reps want fuel price reduced

The House of Representatives on Tuesday during its session urged the Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to reduce the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).

Hon Abubakar Fulata in a motion titled “Urgent Need to Review the Petroleum Price Template” said the current price of PMS could be reviewed downwards without affecting the profit margin of marketers and transporters.

PDP senators stage walk out after losing member to APC

Senators who are members of the PDP staged a walk out after Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday announced the defection of Yele Omogunwa, a senator from Ondo south, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Until his defection, Yele Omogunwa was the only PDP senator from Ondo state.

MTN set to increase browsing rate

MTN is likely to increase data tariffs from December 1, 2016 based on a text message sent to MTN subscribers this afternoon.

The text message reads: “Dear customer, please be informed that from December 1, some MTN data tariffs will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC to operators. Thank you.”

 

Details later…

Rotimi Akeredolu emerges Ondo State Governor-Elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the November 26, 2016 governorship election in Ondo State.

INEC Returning Officer Prof. Ganiyu Ambali during the collation of results from 18 local government areas in the state disclosed that Mr. Akeredolu polled 244, 842 votes in the election while and his closest rival Mr. Eyitayo Jegede of People's Democratic Party (PDP) polled 150,380 votes while Mr. Olusola Oke of Alliance for Democracy (AD) polled 126, 889 votes.

Fire engulfs female hostel at Yaba Tech

One of the female hostels in Yaba College of Technology in Lagos has been engulfed by fire.

According to The News Agency of Nigeria, the hostel known as ‘Bakassi building’ was on fire for two hours before the arrival of the fire service.

Grace Mugabe declares self new President of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean first lady, Grace Mugabe declared herself as the new president to take over when her husband, Robert Mugabe eventually steps down due to his concerned health issues.

According to Buzz South Africa Grace made the declaration while speaking to the ruling Zanu-PF party women’s league over the weekend.

Pope Francis grants Catholic priests power to forgive abortion

Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis on Monday granted all Roman Catholic priests powers to forgive abortion. This right was previously reserved for bishops or special confessors.

The Pope made the announcement in a document known as an “apostolic letter” after Sunday’s close of the Church’s “Holy Year of Mercy.”

The Pope said, “That abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life” but “there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with (God).”