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According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), it is best to dismiss any false claims regarding network outages in the nation. This was said in a statement released on Thursday in Abuja by Dr. Reuben Muoka, director of public affairs for the NCC. According to Muoka, false and misleading material that was spreading on several social media sites caught the NCC’s attention. He claimed that the platforms implied that all telecom networks and pertinent ICT Units, including the banks’ online transfer services, were going to be shut down starting today, Feb. 23. “The Nigerian public, consumers of telecommunications services, and…

A US judge sentenced R. Kelly, the R&B musician to 20 years in jail on Thursday for child pornography and other offenses, but the majority of that time will be served concurrently with a previous sentence. For racketeering and sex trafficking, R.K is already serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted in a prior federal trial by a Brooklyn jury. All but one year of the new sentence will be served concurrently with the old one, according to the Chicago judge’s ruling. Both of Kelly’s federal convictions are being challenged by his attorney, Jennifer Bonjean. The initial convictions R. Kelly…

Financial experts have urged the Federal Government to address domestic production and food insecurity challenges in order to contain the country’s rising inflation. They stated this in separate interviews with the Newsmen in Lagos on Friday. Mr. Sunny Nwosu, the founder of the Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria, stated that the government should address food insecurity, which is fueling inflation. “The Federal Government should address food insecurity by building more strategic grain reserves and fixing the moribund ones in the country. “This will ensure that more food produced will be absorbed into our national silos to ensure food self-sufficiency,” he…

There were rumors on Friday that the  Democratic Party Campaign Council (PDP PCC) had given some of its members in Rivers State a whopping N1.5 billion in US dollars in order to deliver Atiku Abubakar on Saturday. Chinyere Igwe, a member of the PDPPCC and the House of Representatives, was detained by the Rivers Police command on Friday morning in Port Harcourt with around $500,000. According to reports, a police crack unit on stop and search duty detained Igwe, who represents Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency, at about 2:45 pm along the busy Aba Road in Port Harcourt. Around $1.5…

Dr. Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives and supporter of Atiku Abubakar, was allegedly detained in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with $500,000 in his possession. Osinbajo’s supporters endorse Atiku for president Igwe, the federal candidate for Port Harcourt Constituency 2, was apprehended on Friday during a stop and search along Aba Road. The arrest was verified by Rivers Police Command spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko, who added: “A statement on it will be published soon.”

John Mahama, a former president of Ghana, and Boni Yayi, a former president of Benin, have arrived in Abuja as part of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) election mediation mission to monitor this weekend’s presidential and national assembly elections This was revealed in a statement released on Thursday in Abuja by Mr. Wealth Ominabo, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s communications officer. Ominabo also announced the accession of Dr. Erastus Mwencha, a former deputy chair of the African Union, and Kadre Ouedraogo, a former prime minister of Burkina Faso and president of ECOWAS. Fatoumata Tambajang, a former vice president of The…

Mr. Boni Haruna, a former governor of Adamawa, says Christians in Nigeria have nothing to fear if Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is elected president. Haruna made the assurance while answering reporters’ questions late Thursday in Abuja. Haruna was quoted in a statement signed by Mr. Ilemona Onoja, the head of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council’s New Media Department, as saying that Christians were crucial to President Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral success in 2015. Haruna stated that Christians could take control of their destiny by voting massively for Atiku in the upcoming elections. “Atiku had exhibited remarkable affinity and respect for all segments…

Mr. Mike Koroma, former President of Sierra Leone, led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Monitoring Team to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja on Thursday, ahead of the presidential election on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, Acting Director, Defence Information, announced in Abuja. Koroma stated that their mission was to observe the upcoming elections and ensure that they went off without a hitch. He said it was customary for ECOWAS to support member states, “especially that a big brother country like Nigeria prepares to go to the polls to elect its leaders”. The former Sierra Leonean…

On Thursday, a massive winter storm pounded the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, killing a firefighter and knocking out power to over 900,000 people, and canceling or delaying thousands of flights. The National Weather Service said another 18 inches (46 cm) of snow, winds up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour), and wind chills equivalent to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius) were possible throughout the day across a wide swath of the northern United States from Washington state to New England. A volunteer firefighter was killed in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after coming into contact with…

President of the United States Joe Biden has urged Nigerians to make sure they turn out on Saturday to elect the president of their choice. In a message that was sent via the US Embassy in Nigeria and made accessible to Prime Business Africa, the president made this call. “I commend yesterday’s (Wednesday’s) consensus accord in Nigeria, signed by the political parties and candidates running in Nigeria’s presidential election on February 25”, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. The US President expressed the belief that “by signing this pledge, the parties and candidates have committed to accept the results of…