Nigerian subscribers seek alternative as MultiChoice hikes tariff again
With effect from April 1, Nigerians who are customers to MultiChoice, owners of DSTV and GOTV would pay more for the different packages. MultiChoice announced the price changes yesterday, in a holding statement, but claimed that there would be concessions to cushion the price adjustments. The South African owned company, which had the last price…
admin@theprimetimesPDP plotting anarchy to return to Aso Villa, Presidency alleges
The Presidency, yesterday, came hard on the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing it of plotting to grab power in 2023 by stealth, using instruments of anarchy, social upheaval and disorderliness. The Presidency, which upbraided PDP for orchestrating the plot under the cover of the current energy crises, wondered why the party would resort…
APC throws screening open to all chairmanship aspirants
• Fears exclusion could lead to litigations• Yari warns President Buhari against imposition• Party to rake in N1 billion from sale of forms As All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention Screening Committee began its work on Tuesday evening, there are strong indications that all the national chairmanship aspirants will be cleared to face the delegates…
Amid concerns, Buhari opens $100m new Lagos airport terminal today
• Unions demand concession details• FAAN demolishes AIB regional office, others for parking space About eight years after its scheduled delivery date, President Muhammadu Buhari will, today, open the state-of-the-art terminal at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal, estimated to be worth over $100 million, is one of the five airports –…
Soludo assures of Obiano’s release as cleric, Umeh, group condemn detention
• Group decries EFCC inhuman treatment of ex-gov• Arrest has no political undertones, says anti-graft agency Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has hinted that his predecessor, Willie Obiano, who is currently being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will soon be released. Soludo, who stated this during a thanksgiving service at…
Immigration officer assaulted by colleague accuses NIS of shielding accused officer
An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Abuja Passport Office, Yemi Badru has accused the Comptroller of Immigration Service (Discipline & Award), CIS Olasiyan of disobeying the order to release an officer of the service, Umar Mohammed in his favour. Badru was assaulted on July 30, 2019, by a senior colleague, Umar Mohammed…
APC convention: President Buhari, governors to meet over consensus list
• Screening of aspirants begins today• Why Southwest APC may go to convention divided Barely four days to the National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari is set to meet with some governors to harmonise consensus list of national officers to reduce friction at the convention. The meeting is said…
Stakeholders on workable options as MPC meets today
• Deliberates on 18-month old policy rate today• Ex-committee member, Ekpo, calls for a rate hike• Market doesn’t relate with MPR rituals anymore, says Owoh• ‘Use trade policies, other fiscal incentives to drive growth’• We need a national economic summit, not MPC to fix Nigeria, says Onyekpere The Rate-fixing Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) begins what many…