Thursday, 12 March 2020

Coronavirus: Hollywood Actor, Tom Hanks And His Wife, Rita Test Positive

MARCH 12, 2020

Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for coronavirus while filming in Australia.

The 63-year-old Academy Award-winning actor who is currently on the Gold Coast in Queensland filming Baz Luhrmann’s untitled production about Elvis Presley, made the announcement via Instagram.

Tom Hanks revealed that they tested positive for coronavirus after feeling “a bit tired, like we had colds”.

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Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.

Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?

We’ll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves!

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A heart-melting video of Popular Nigerian singer, D’banj and his son ”working out” has gone viral on social media.

The video was shared by the singer’s wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow with the caption “my boys are working out”.

See Video Below:

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Coronavirus: Hollywood Actor, Tom Hanks And His Wife, Rita Test Positive

Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for coronavirus while filming in Australia.

The 63-year-old Academy Award-winning actor who is currently on the Gold Coast in Queensland filming Baz Luhrmann’s untitled production about Elvis Presley, made the announcement via Instagram.

Tom Hanks revealed that they tested positive for coronavirus after feeling “a bit tired, like we had colds”.

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We’ll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves!

3-man Syndicate Arrested For Impersonating EFCC, ICPC

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Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three men in Uyo the Akwa Ibom State Capital, for allegedly impersonating operatives of both the Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. The arrested suspects are Norbert Rampa, 51; Patrick Essien, 50; and Gabriel Daniel, 32.

Rampa, Essien and Daniel, along with other members of their team had paid a courtesy visit to the Commissions office in Uyo, on September 19, 2018, under the Grassroot Development Advocacy Initiative (GDAI) which they claim was a registered organisation, under the auspices of National Anti-corruption Coalition (NACC).

During that visit, their National Director, Essien, spoke extensively on the several trainings that their members had gone through to ensure grassroot engagements in budget processes, aimed at sustaining the fight against corruption. Rampa who introduced himself as the Director of programmes emphasised on their 'robust' collaboration with the ICPC, with an unsettling request that they be granted operational powers, to which the zonal head refused and advised them to report all perceived corrupt practices to the Commission.

But the team paid no heed to that advice as some of its top ranking members embarked on various levels of forgery and impersonation to facilitate their criminal activities which must have been going on for years under the guise of 'Grassroot Initiative'.

The modus operandi of this criminal extortion is purely hinged on intimidation of innocent persons and extortion of same under the pretext that they were in an operational joint tax force of both the EFCC and the ICPC.

But they ran out of luck when they picked on one Aloysius Udobong, an elderly retiree for their game of intimidation and extortion.

When they initiated their move to intimidate and extort Udobong but could not, they decided to send in a fictitious petition against him to the EFCC, with well concocted claims that he was a corrupt retired public servant.

When Udobong was invited for questioning, he volunteered his statement against the 'Grassroot' trio, with documented evidence of their forgeries and false claims which instantly turned the table against them as they automatically became the suspects.

According to Udobong, sometime in 2018, the syndicate issued him a letter of investigation purportedly emanating from the EFCC and attempted to extort him, but when they discovered that he wasn't willing to comply with their financial demands, they left. But returned again to his residence in 2019 with more letters this time, showing details of all his assets and properties, threatening to prosecute him unless he "settled" them.

After his statement had been taken, Mr. Udobong also presented some of the various invitation/investigation letters which he claimed were personally delivered to him by Rampa. On seeing the forged letters, operatives of the Commission decided to carry out a search of their various apartments. The outcome of that search completely established the fact that Rampa, Essien and Daniel, had been impersonating the EFCC and ICPC in the state and beyond.

Some of the forged documents recovered from their apartments include: forged EFCC letter-headed papers; ICPC operational jackets; forged Identity cards of National Anti-corruption Coalition of ICPC/EFCC Partnership; various forged letters to individuals and organisations purportedly coming from EFCC and ICPC; forged investigation letters to First Bank of Nigeria; handwritten drafts of fake petitions against individuals; forged investigation letters from the suspects to the complainant Mr. Udobong and a Desktop computer.

Other forged items recovered include a fake letter headed paper clearly written: 'a national anti-corruption coalition (NACC) of ICPC/EFCC partnership, that captured Rampa as 'Head, Intelligence Investigator/Operations', a forged EFCC letter headed paper with the Commission's logo on the left hand side and the coat of arms on the right hand side and forged identity cards.

The trio were arrested on Friday, September 13, 2019, by operatives of the Commission in Uyo and are currently providing useful information. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/09/17/3-man-syndicate-arrested-for-impersonating-efcc-icpc/

Three Islamic clerics arrested for fraud, serial rape

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Three self-acclaimed Islamic clerics who specialized in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.

The suspected fraudsters were also accused of having unlawful carnal knowledge of their female victims.

The suspects, identified as Aliu Abdulfatai, 50; Sule Adebayo, 36 and Lekan Olokodana, 31, were reportedly arrested following a report by one of their victims.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said a female victim (name withheld) reported at Adigbe Police Station that she was duped of N70,000 by the suspects and also raped by one of them.

Oyeyemi disclosed that investigation revealed that one of the suspects had used the proceeds of their fraudulent act to build a private school in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

The police spokesman stated that the suspects got in contact with the female victim, who is a marketer with real estate company, on the pretext that they wanted to purchase a large expanse of land.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/09/three-islamic-clerics-arrested-for-fraud-serial-rape/

Alleged Forced abortion & Manslaughter: Police to investigate new petition Against Biodun Fatoyinbo, Funke Adejumo, Prophet SK Abiara

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Nigerians are about to witness a new scandalous revelation with Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, Funke Adejumo and Prophet SK Abiara at the centre of an alleged abortion and Manslaughter allegation.

Weeks after Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo was invited for questioning by the Police Headquarters in Abuja over his alleged involvement in the rape of professional photographer, Busola Dakolo, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo is being investigated for another crime bordering on alleged possible manslaughter.

According to reports, a petition which includes an audio recording has been submitted to the office of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, accusing Fatoyinbo of coercing former church member, Ifeoluwa Dolapo into undergoing a procedure to abort a baby after allegedly impregnating her - a procedure which eventually caused her death.

“According to the revelation from the audio clip, the 1st Suspect (Biodun Fatoyinbo) threatened the deceased, and requested that she got rid of the unwanted pregnancy as he surmised that it would be scandalous and injurious to his reputation as a highly revered and renowned Pastor,” the petition reads.

“While the deceased assured the 1st Suspect that she would keep the news of the pregnancy private and just within her family, the 1st suspect insisted and ensured that an abortion of the pregnancy was carried out with the reluctant acquiescence of the deceased.”

The petition which was submitted by Pelumi Olajengbesi, a public interest lawyerz, who alleged that the renowned clergyman and woman, Pastor S.K Abiara and Rev. Funke Adejumo were not only privy to the crime but also assisted Fatoyinbo “to conceal the offences”.

BBNaija: See How Nigerians Voted For Their Favorite Housemates (photos)

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Below is how Nigerians voted for their favorite housemates in the house, Tacha tops the chart while Khafi with lowest percentage of votes.

Khafi became the 16th housemates to be evicted from the big brother season 4 of the pepper dem gang.

Gist from Gistmore : http://gistmore.com/bbnaija-see-how-nigerians-voted-for-their-favorite-housemates-4

Toyin Lawani & Pretty Mikes Nude Video Advert Finally Emerges Online, Fans React

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Controversial celebrity stylist, Toyin Lawani and controversial Lagos socialite, Pretty Mike did a nude 'Adam & Eve' inspired advert for a sex brand a while ago.

The photos went viral some weeks back, but the video has just been released online and fans are divided in their reactions.

Some are not bothered about Pretty Mike, they are bothered about Toyin Lawani because she's a mother of 2.

Some have criticised the 37-year-old Toyin for going totally nude with Pretty Mike all in the name of advert for brand.

After the shoot, Pretty Mike had said to Toyin Lawani:

"Dem Kim K no be pass this one, i look forward to getting Unclad with u over and over again #AdamAndEveReincarnation"

Nevertheless, some have hailed her for 'being sexy'.

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Court Vacates Forfeiture Order On Okorocha’s Properties

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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State has vacated a forfeiture order secured by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on some properties belonging to former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha and some members of his family.

The anti-graft agency had early this month obtained the court’s orders for the interim forfeiture of assets traced to the former governor, his wife, Nneoma Nkechi and their daughter.

The properties are: “a 16 – block 96 – flat structure and an eight – bungalow multimillion naira estate, hotel, two schools, shopping plaza, supermarket, hospital and four vehicles.

“The same were known to those close to the state as, East High College, East High Academy, Willowood Hotel, House of Freeda, Dews of Hope hospital and Market Square Supermarket.”

The commission in an earlier statement said it would like to know how Rochas Foundation and “other accomplices” acquired and or converted some of the property for personal use.

It alleged that a prima facie cases had been established against the suspects, which they would answer to.

Vacating the Order, the presiding Judge, Kolawole Omotoso, lifted the forfeiture order on some of the properties especially the schools to enable students to resume for the new academic year.

The court however made another Order restraining the respondents (Okorocha and family members) from selling any of the properties pending the conclusion of investigation by the EFCC.

The development followed the submission by Okorocha’s Lawyer, Okey Amaechi, that the forfeiture order displayed on the school gates would negatively affect resumption of academic activities in the new session, insisting that parents would be discouraged to register their children and wards in the schools.

Meanwhile the EFCC had asked the Court to exclude two of the properties earlier listed in the forfeiture order after it was discovered that they were not owned by the former governor or any of his family members.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/just-in-court-vacates-forfeiture-order-on-okorochas-properties/amp/

Elisabeth Rohr Is Dead! Mother Of Gernot Rohr Is Dead

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Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has lost his mother, Madam Elisabeth Rohr, who died at age 97.

This was announced by the Nigeria Football Federation via its official Twitter handle.

The announcement reads:

”We commiserate with @NGSuperEagles Head coach, Mr Gernot Rohr who just lost his mother Madam Elisabeth Rohr. She was 97. May her soul rest in peace”.

https://wotzup.ng/super-eagles-coach-gernot-rohr-loses-his-mother/

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Sunday Meshioye Commits Suicide: UNILAG Staff Drinks Sniper (Graphic Photos)

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A University of Lagos (UNILAG) staff identified as Sunday Meshioye reportedly committed suicide by drinking sniper after being forced to a face a disciplinary panel set up to investigate an incident he was reportedly involved in.

The deceased reportedly faced the disciplinary panel after the UNILAG bus he was driving got burnt. It was gathered that Meshioye took the deadly insecticide on Wednesday September 11, after facing the disciplinary panel set up to investigate the incident on Tuesday September 10.

The UNILAG staff was rushed to UNILAG health center before being transferred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Idi Araba area where he died. He is survived by a wife and three children.

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https://www.reportnaija.ng/2019/09/unilag-staff-allegedly-commits-suicide.html

Xenophobia: South Africans Attack Pakistanis, Loot Their Shops (Video)

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Days after stealing and vandalising some of the Nigerians stores and properties in South Africa, South Africans move towards the Pakistanis by looting their shops.

Watch the video below

https://misspetitenaijablog.com/2019/09/12/xenophobia-south-africans-launch-attack-on-pakistanis-loot-their-shops-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neNR_ivcoUk

Onyeama: Spent N280 Million To Evacuate Nigerians From South Africa – Air Peace

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I wept watching returnees sing the national anthem, says Air Peace chairman

Allen Onyeama, chairman of Air Peace, says he wept when Nigerians who were returning from South Africa mobbed him and sang the country’s anthem.

Onyeama disclosed this while addressing the media shortly after 187 Nigerians returned from South Africa over xenophobic attacks.

The airline had offered free flights to those who sought to return.

“I put together over N280 million in other to bring these people back, Air Peace decided to bring them free of charge, nobody paid us a dime, we decided to do it free of charge for our country and for our people.”

“When I stepped inside the aircraft to welcome them, they mobbed me and started singing the Nigerian national anthem, there was nobody there singing about separation, they felt proud to be Nigerian, they rose in unison, that drew tears from me.”

Watch video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQvrZaebGOk

Xenophobia: First Batch Of 320 Nigerians Set To Return From South Africa Today

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The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said that the first batch of the Nigerian returnees from South Africa would depart South Africa for Lagos on Wednesday.

According to Mr Adama who spoke to the the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the first batch of returnees, are expected to depart South Africa by 9:00 a.m Wednesday.

The consul general also disclosed that Air peace had indicated interest to evacuate over 600 Nigerians that were willing to return home following the latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

“The first flight leaves by 09:00 hours this Wednesday with about 320 passengers and the second batch will leave on Thursday all things being equal.

“We have over 600 who had indicated interest. All things being equal, without any hitches, the plane will take off by 09:00 hours this Wednesday.

“The manifest for the first flight is ready, and we are working on the next flight,” he said.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday called for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa following the latest attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals.

Buhari gave the directive when he received a report of the special envoy to South Africa, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairman of Air Peace Mr Allen Onyema, had last week volunteered to send aircraft to evacuate Nigerians who wished to return home for free.

“Air Peace is willing to support the Nigerian Government’s efforts in this matter by deploying our B777 aircraft to evacuate Nigerians back home,” Onyema said.

Mr Oyema advised the returnees against making payment to anyone for their flights to Lagos.

Onyema urged the returning Nigerians to be wary of unauthorised persons, reportedly collecting $1,000 from them, adding that none of them should pay for the flights.

He said, his airline is particularly concerned about the safety of Nigerians in South Africans following the attacks.

“We have not designated or recruited any agent in South Africa to collect money on behalf of Air Peace.

“So, nobody should pay money to anyone or group of persons posing as Air Peace agent or staff.

“Any Nigerian who has paid money for repatriation to Nigeria with Air Peace should request for a refund and report to appropriate authorities,” he said.

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had also pledged the Federal Government’s support to any Nigerian that wanted to return home.

Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa said this after a closed-door meeting with the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations in Abuja.

She said that the returnees would be encouraged to enroll and participate in the various social intervention programmes of the government.

“We will encourage them to enroll in small scale entrepreneurial programmes with the Bank of Industry under the social investment programme. So, there are things that they can do’’, she said.

https://www.brainnewsradio.com/xenophobic-attacks-first-batch-of-320-nigerians-set-to-return-from-south-africa-on-wednesday/

How Ronaldo’s Children Reacted When They Saw Him Score A Goal On TV (video)

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Check out the lovely video of how Cristiano Ronaldo’s children reacted when they saw him score a goal while they were watching a match on TV.

Ronaldo’s children were in their home watching their father play a football match when their mother, Ronaldo’s girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, recorded them.

They started of playing with each other on the floor with diapers on when their mother screamed goal to their attention.

When Ronaldo was shown on the screen, their toddlers rushed to the TV pointing at him and screaming “papa”.

Watch the video here https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PtbKTIU9G/?igshid=1ktjtchv29tnk

https://wotzup.ng/how-ronaldos-children-reacted-when-they-saw-him-score-a-goal-on-tv-video/

My Uber Driver Came With 4matic, Gave My Baby A Seat And Also A Toy To Play With

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Over excited Nigerian mother of one revealed how his Uber driver came with 4matic, provide a special sit for her baby, Noor and even gave her baby special toy to play with.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/BilkisuA_/status/1171352175437651968

https://www.nairafame.com/2019/09/my-uber-driver-came-with-4matic-gave-my.html

"I Am Now A Married Man" Davido Reveals While Trying To Avoid A Female Fan

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After the recent marriage introduction of Popular music star Davido and his girlfriend Chioma, in his recent ig story reveals he is now a married man while trying to avoid a female fan.

He jokingly said to the female fan who is so excited to see him, he said "Madam, I don marry Oo."

Lol davido cam be savage sha.

Watch the video

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2P5EmyFeeX/?igshid=12d5j6s1g3rxm

Gist From Praizenews ;http://www.praizenews.com/i-am-now-a-married-man-davido-reveals-while-trying-to-avoid-a-female-fan/

Police Invites NANS Over Seven Days Ultimatum Given To South Africa Firms

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Leadership of the National Association Of Nigeria Student (NANS) has been invited to the force headquarter over a threat -that all South African Companies should leave Nigeria before Seven Days- issued by the student body last week in response to xenophobic attacks.

A meeting held between the IGP, Federal Republic of Nigeria and NANS ended on a mutual note. The meeting X-rayed NANS involvement so far in the Xenophobia struggle as well as both Nigerian and South Africans government’s efforts at reaching lasting solutions.While the IGP appreciated the peacefulness of NANS agitation for an end to Xenophobic attacks on African nationals especially Nigerians.

A petition submitted by the South African High Commission was responded to by the NANS leadership. The NANS President took time to debunk the fallacies and fears expressed by the South African High Commission and gave evidences of actions taken so far.

The president also reiterated on behalf of the students movement that no violence has been recorded so far in their actions and none will be encouraged as we go even further.
He also asserted that they are morally higher than the South Africans hence their resolve to press for freedom, dignity and respect for all Nigerians, Africans and the businesses they own in South Africa without violence against their persons and businesses.

The IGP advised that the students movement should operate within the ambit of the law and he assured the Police authorities of their commitment to the struggle through consistent global advocacy for the defence of all Nigerians in South Africans.

The President of NANS, Comr. Danielson Akpan, GCNS was accompanied by the Comr. Yinka Dada, JP, former NANS President, Comr. Eugene Okoloise, NANS VP National Affairs 2000/01, Comr. Ekemini Inyang Ex-Officio 1 among others.

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https://tmkonzept.com/police-invites-nans-over-seven-days-ultimatum-given-to-south-africa-firms/

Presidential Tribunal: We Have Enough Evidence For Buhari’s Sack – Atiku

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party have called on the tribunal to sack President Muhammadu Buhari when it finally delivers its judgement on their petition.

They called on the Tribunal to determine the petition on its merit rather than technicalities and ensure substantial justice.

The PDP and Atiku insisted that Buhari was not qualified to have contested the election and as such should be disqualified.

Mike Ozekhome, SAN, one of the senior lawyers in Atiku’s legal team, said it was the expectation of his client “that the judiciary, as the last hope of the common man, will be dauntless in addressing the substance of the petition by the peoples’ candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the collective quest to retrieve a stolen mandate through the legal process,” according to Sun.

“We have made a solid case before the panel. Our client, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has also presented his case supported by credible evidence.

“We had presented incontrovertible evidence to show that our presidential mandate was stolen. Every Nigerian now looks on to the judicial officers for justice.

“Nigerians are waiting and hoping that the judiciary will have the courage to do justice in the presidential election petition.”

https://dailynaijamode.com/presidential-tribunal-we-have-enough-evidence-for-buharis-removal-atiku/

Mobile Network Operators’ Assets In Nigeria Hit N1.95 Trillion

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Total assets base of mobile operators in Nigeria increased by 130 per cent between 2017, and 2018, hitting N1.95 trillion last year, from N847.97 billion.These assets include all facilities that make communications seamless in Nigeria, like the base transceiver stations, fibre cables, network operation centre, data centres, among others.

According to the 2018 Subscribers/Network Data report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), MTN’s asset, which stood at N36.1 billion in 2017, increased to N999.5 billion in 2018.

Globacom’s asset rose from N439.1 billion to N552.4 billion; Airtel N285.1 billion to N360.3 billion; EMTS N25.5 billion to N27. 3 billion; Smile N29.1 billion to N22.9 billion, and Ntel N36.03 billion to N47.9 billion

The 85-Page document showed that the total number of staff reported by the mobile operators (MTN, Glo, Airtel, EMTS, Smile and Ntel) as at December, 2018 were a total of 7,567; 188 expatriates and 7,379 Nigerians. Further breakdown in this category revealed that 4,926 of the Nigerian staff are male while the outstanding 2,453 are female. Similarly, 185 are male expatriates and three are female expatriates.

Furthermore, as at the period under review, MTN had employed 130 males, 568 females, which are Nigerians, while expatriates included 15 males and one female. Glo employed 2,199 males, and 941 females with 160 expatriates, which were a male and two females. India’s Bharti Airtel only had six expatriates, with local workforce made up of 416 males and 167 females.EMTS, trading as 9Mobile in the country, had one expatriate, who is a male, while other employees, who are Nigerians, include 809 males and 585 females.

Smile, according to NCC, had three expatriate, which are males as last December, while 123 males and 83 females. On its part, Ntel had 249 males, and 109 females.In the areas of revenue, NCC statistics showed that the mobile operators as at last December recorded total revenue of N1, 784,754,010,000. This reflected an increase of 13.9 per cent from N1, 569,861,900,000 revenue reported in 2017.

Specifically, MTN, which had N884 billion in 2017, rose to N1, 037 trillion in 2018. Globacom rose from N157.2 billion to N165.9 billion; Airtel from N315.2 billion to N399.5 billion. 9Mobile had N195.7 billion in 2017 but went down to N166.9 billion in 2018.Smile Communications Limited in 2018 recorded N11.1 billion from N8.9 billion in 2017, and Ntel fell as well from N8.5 billion to N4.4 billion.

The 2018 NCC report showed that the total operating cost as at December 2018 for the mobile operators stood at N1, 461,019, 890, 000. This illustrates a growth of 0.6 per cent from revenue figures reported in 2017, which was N1, 452,302,550,000.MTN, which controls 38 per cent of the market, rose from N685.5 billion to N768.4 billion; Glo from N56.1 billion to N165. 2 billion; Airtel from N264.5 billion to N284.1 billion; EMTS has N304.6 billion in 2017 and N217.1 billion in 2018; Smile N32.3 billion to N12.3 billion, and Ntel N9.2 billion to N13.9 billion within the period.

Further analysis of the data showed the total volume of data consumed by Nigerian subscribers increased by 50 per cent to 68,154.12 terabytes in December 2018 from 45,450.26 terabytes a year earlier.According to NCC, as of December 2018, the total active Internet subscriptions for the mobile segment was 112.06 million reflecting a 7.2 per cent increase from 98.69 million reported in December 2017.

Three of the four major GSM operators reported growth in subscription between December 2017 and December 2018.The 2018 data report showed that subscribers to Airtel Internet services grew by 24.1 per cent; MTN subscribers rose by 21.7 per cent and Globacom Internet users grew by 3.9 per cent.

However, 9mobile’s Internet subscription declined by 1.38 per cent during the 12 months under review.The regulator attributed declined subscription on the 9mobile network to low gross sales experienced within the year.The mobile market segment, according to NCC, accounted for 111.63 million of the total active mobile Internet subscriptions as of December 2018.The broadband penetration figure as of December 2018 stood at 31.48 per cent with total active 3G subscriptions at 47.33 million and 4G at 12.76 million. The data showed that tele-density increased from 103.61 per cent in December 2017 to 123.48 per cent in December 2018.

https://m.guardian.ng/business-services/mobile-network-operators-assets-in-nigeria-hit-n1-95-trillion/