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How MTN lost 667,245 internet subscribers in one month

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2019 0

Nigeria’s telecommunication company, MTN, lost a record of 667,245 internet subscribers in just one month, the latest data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed. According to the data obtained from the regulator, MTN’s total internet subscribers stood at 52.2

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Xenophobic attacks: Nigeria will not cut ties with South Africa.

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, has said that the country would not cut diplomatic ties with South Africa as it would greatly affect Nigerians and their huge over  the existing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. Onyeama, who made this statement on Friday before the Senate Committee on Diaspora said , available statistics from the […]

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Youths storm Lagos Assembly to protest against ‘gruesome’ killing of Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

Alade Tasma – Lagos Some youths Tuesday evening staged a protest at the entrance of the Lagos State House of Assembly against the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. One of the leaders of the protest, Ms Allwell Ademola, stated that they came to the Assembly to express their dissatisfaction over the killings of Nigerians […]

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As Lagos Assembly raises concern over safety of Nigerians in Diaspora

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

…It condemns release of 123 Northerners with motorcycles by Police, seeks state police Patrick Okohue The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday raised concern about safety of Nigerians in the Diaspora and called on the Federal Government to take decisive actions on ensuring Nigerian Nationals in Diaspora are secured wherever they are and also see […]

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Xenophobic attack: Avoid travelling to high risk, volatile areas – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Nneka Nwogwugwu The Federal government has warned Nigerians to avoid travelling to high risk and volatile areas in South Africa, pending when the xenophobic attacks is adequately handled. The personal assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed the Press statement on his twitter handle on Monday. The statement which was signed by […]

Politics

MTN office in Bodija set on fire by angry protesters

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

An MTN office at Bodija in the capital city of Oyo State, Ibadan was set on fire last night on the heels of the protest which ensued after Nigerians in South Africa were subjected to xenophobic attacks. A video of the MTN office which was set on fire by angry protesters has long gone viral […]

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Xenophobic Attacks: FG summons South African High Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2019 0

Nneka Nwogwugwu The Federal government has summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Moroe, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Kimiebi Ebenfa, a senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who disclosed this, said that the envoy was expected to meet with the minister by 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. […]

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South Africa and the End of Ubuntu

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

If you grew up in my generation in Nigeria, you could not fail to know about apartheid South Africa. At school we learnt about Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Amandla, Oliver Tambo, the 1976 Soweto killings of fellow school children and the brutal effects of the apartheid regime. Our parents were asked – and many did […]

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Thousands March in Johannesburg against Xenophobic Attacks

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

With a vow to put an end to the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, more than 30,000 people are marching through Johannesburg, to demand a stop to attacks on foreigners. An anti-xenophobic protest is also taking place in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. At least seven people have been killed, 5,000 […]