MTN in Serious Trouble After Cameroon Fines it $160 million

It is yet another blow and trouble for MTN Cameroon after the Central African country slammed a $160 million fine for another unprofessional offense.

 

The local units of mobile telecom companies Orange and MTN in Cameroon have been fined over $160 million for failing to pay taxes on games and gambling services, the Central African nation’s corruption board said on Wednesday.

 

A wide-reaching probe into the sector led to fines totaling $283 million, and found other companies including Camtel and Viettel were also in violation of regulations.

 

The amount paid by each company was not clear and the companies were not immediately available for comment.

 

In the report written by the anti-corruption commission, known as CONAC, MTN and Orange were also accused of not paying taxes on their money transfer system, known as Mobile Money.

 

The report is another blow for MTN, which is already contesting a $3.9 billion fine in Nigeria for failing to disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards. Unregistered SIM cards can be used for criminal activity – a growing concern in Nigeria facing the threat of militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

 

MTN successfully lobbied to get the fine reduced from $5.2 billion in December.

Ooni Of Ife Reveals God's Mandate to Him

The most powerful Yoruba Monarch, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has revealed God's mandate to him on how to rule.

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi

 

Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife has stated that God has ordered him to unite the Yoruba race and he was working towards achieving that.

 

He said this on Wednesday, January 20 at his palace when he received the paramount ruler of Remo kingdom, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo, who led royal fathers and eminent personalities including Chief Kessington Adebutu and Asiwaju of Remoland Chief S. Onafowokan,

 

The Monarch said the Yoruba people are the most loved people by God on earth and that the race would be able to achieve good things when united. He said his effort to unite the race was already yielding positive results.

 

Vanguard reports that Oba Ogunwusi implored other rulers to join hands in promoting unity and expressed pleasure at the visit.

 

He said: “I am so happy and pleased with this visit. God speaks with me everyday on this move to unite the Yoruba nations and I can say that God is leading me through this unity move.”

 

“I want other traditional rulers and leaders of Yoruba race to join these efforts and also mobilise other prominent Yoruba sons and daughters to join the move. Yoruba will develop if united and if Ife is peaceful, every Yoruba part of land will be peaceful.

 

“I have God’s mandate to work towards uniting Yoruba race and position it for better deal among ethnic groups in the country and with the disposition of the Akarigbo, my job is being made easy,”

Oh no! This isTragic....A Young Nigerian Girl Who Just Bagged 1st and 2nd UK Degrees Dies in Horrible Car Accident in Lagos

A beautiful Nigerian girl who was considered a really promising and outstanding lady has had a most devastating tragedy befall her.

Doyin Sarah Fagbenro

 

Doyin Sarah Fagbenro, the beautiful 25 year old Nigerian girl who recently completed her first and second degrees in Law in the UK and relocated back to Nigeria after spending most of her life there, died in a fatal accident along Lekki-Epe expressway in Lagos which was caused by a reckless Danfo driver.

Her cousin, Ken Davidson, took to his Facebook page to pay her a heartfelt tribute. It's such a sad read.

He wrote: "Tribute To A Shining Starlet. Oh death! Where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Another Casualty of a broken and failed State. Your story is particularly Gut Wrenching as it is equally heartbreaking.

You spent near enough all but two of your 25 years on earth in the Country of your Birth, the United Kingdom where your Parents and entire family reside. You were born, bred and educated in the United Kingdom. But two years ago, immediately after you graduated, you elected to visit Nigeria where your Grandparents reside - both of whom are in their Mid Eighties.

You signed up for the National Youth Service having freshly graduated with a sterling First Degree in Law and a Post Grad immediately afterwards. You were headhunted by an Energy Firm before you completed your NYSC and a presto you gallantly announced to your Nervous Parents - Dad a Diplomat with the United Nations based in Italy and Mum a Pharmacist based in the United Kingdom, your country of Birth - that you were going to permanently relocate and make Nigeria your permanent abode. Your Grandparents were ecstatic, you being their most favourite Grand Daughter.

You were a straight A student right from when you passed your GCSEs through to when you excelled in your A'levels...so much so that Prestigious Queen Mary's London University snapped you to study Law. You missed a First by whisker's. Nevertheless you made your mark all the way through. Then it all came crashing down.

What was supposed to be a routine journey to Church on a relatively sombre, otherwise uneventful Sunday morning on the Lekki/Ajah Expressway around the Lekki Phase 1 approach turned into a living and eternal nightmare for those of us left struggling to pick up the pieces. Our lives changed forever, never to be the same again.

 

A victim of the reckless and probably high on drinks/drugs 'Danfo' Driver. The most galling of the entire episode was the fact that the driver of that Danfo survived unscathed, RAN away from the scene leaving a trail of Death and Destruction in his wake. Four people died at the scene. Your New Toyota Corolla was a crumpled wreck. But the Fighter that you were, despite massive injuries, you fought and fought and fought.

Your Dad, via his status at the United Nations, got you into Lagoon Hospital where you were for a few days. When it became clear that the extent of your injuries was too severe for the local facilities here in Nigeria, An Air Ambulance was scrambled from the United Kingdom to get you much needed Specialist Care in the United Kingdom. Your tireless mum who flew in from the United Kingdom, barely 48 hours after the accident, accompanied you in the Air Ambulance. Still we Prayed and Prayed and Hoped for the Best.

Sadly We lost you a day after you arrived in the United Kingdom. The Surgeons tried desperately. You fought desperately to hang on. But in the end, it was not to be. The pain is palpably raw as it is numbling. We asked again and again, Why you? Why You? If only you had stayed on in the country of your Birth, If only...so many questions but very few answers. Your Parents, Your Grandparents, Oh! Your Grandma, with whom you celebrated her 80th Birthday over here in Nigeria a few years ago has refused to eat since she was informed of your passing nearly a week ago...All she repeatedly does is wail, wail to space "God Take Me instead, Give My Granddaughter back to Nigeria. Nigeria Needs Her, Her Parents Need her. God Take me. God Take Me.".

These are indeed extremely perilous times. And so it was that having just spent barely a few weeks in Nigeria after a prolonged Winter holiday and Christmas in the United Kingdom with family and friends, I now find myself in the rather unenviable position of scrambling for the next flight out back to the United Kingdom just so that I can attend your Funeral this weekend. Someone retorted to me "Oh, you know, 'our tradition' forbids older relatives attending and being present at funerals where the deceased is much younger than us..." I snapped back, which tradition? And what has tradition ever done for us? What did Tradition ever give to HER?

I am here like a Zombie, mechanically and circuitously packing a few items for my flight out in the morning. The Family has decided that yours would be a Celebratory Sending Forth, so RED rather than the traditional Grey, Black would be the colour to be worn on the Day. DSF as you were very fondly called, you touched so many lives in the quarter century, (twenty five years only!) you ran your race on earth.

You were considerate to the end so much so that you waited until you got back home - nearer your parents and many siblings - before you finally bade the World Farewell. Doyin Sarah Fagbenro, My Learned Friend in the Profession, My lil Sister, My Cousin, Sleep Well till we meet again. O Death! Where is Thy Sting!"

(Doyin Sarah Fagbenro, 1990 - 2016)

Nigerian Singer, Burna Boy Shows Off His 18 Karat Gold Grills

Oluwa Burna has gotten himself 18k gold grills. The self-acclaimed Don Gorgon has started off the year with a bang!

 

Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter, Damini Ogulu, better known by his stage name as Burna Boy, has started off the new year in a bang as he has got himself and 18 karat gold grills. 

 

 

The "Run my race" crooner took to his Instagram and shared the photo with and wrote, "I got d best dentist in d world. This is what I smile like from now on. 18k golden smile."

Photos of a Fake LUTH Doctor who Bought His Certificates for N100,000.

A quack doctor parading himself as a consultant gynecologist working with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba has been busted.

The alleged fake doctor

 

A 43-year-old man, Opeyemi Adesina, who allegedly flagged himself as a consultant gynecologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has revealed that he paid N100,000 to buy the seven forged certificates he used.

 

Punch reports that Adesina, who hails from Ekiti State, was arrested on Tuesday, January 19,by the Alakara Police Division on Alowolodu Street in the Alapere, Ketu area of Lagos State.

 

It was learnt that Adesina was arrested after his landlord, identified only as Akorede, wrote a “save-my-soul” petition to the management of LUTH some weeks ago alleging that Adesina brought home female patients to treat in his house and did abortions for them, among other unwholesome practices which could implicate him (the landlord).

 

Akorede had further explained in the letter that when he confronted Adesina, the doctor allegedly claimed to be a consultant gynaecologist with LUTH, adding that he (Adesina) brought the referral cases from the hospital to his house so that he could have time to attend to them.

 

It was gathered learnt that the LUTH authorities, who could not find such name in the record of their consultants, forwarded the letter to the police, and Adesina was thereafter arrested.

 

It was learnt that the police also recovered the forged certificates.

 

Speaking with Punch Metro, Adesina said he paid N100,000 to one Kolawole in Ibadan, Oyo State, to get the certificates, adding that he had used them for only three years.

 

He said, “I bought the certificates from Kolawole in Ibadan. That was three years ago. I bought them from him for N100,000. He printed the seven certificates.

 

 

“I do not know where he stays. We did not meet in any specific location. We usually met at fast food joints or any agreed place. For instance, it was at Agodi Gate area that I gave him the money and got the certificates. I decided to use another name on the certificates.

 

“I forged them because I dropped out of the university. I was actually studying Medicine. However, I dropped out in the 500 level due to financial reasons.

 

“I married my wife about five years ago. She thought I was a certified doctor. She actually came to me for treatment in the Ketu area and that was how we met. We have a child.”

 

He said, “Three years ago, I decided to get the certificates just to cover up for the failure to finish my university education.

 

“It is not true that I brought women to treat at home. The truth of the matter is that I have a laboratory and the women came there. I usually did tests for them and by the time the test results were out, I would ask them to visit a hospital for treatment.”

 

The suspect’s wife, Olawumi, pleaded that her husband should be released as he had realised his mistake, and would never venture into such again.

 

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation was over.

More Trouble at Chelsea as Costa and Oscar Clash During Training

Star striker, Diego Costa and Brazilian team-mate, Oscar were involved in angry clash at Chelsea's Cobham training ground as team-mates separate the attacking duo.

 

Chelsea stars, Diego Costa and Oscar were reportedly involved in an angry training ground confrontation on Thursday afternoon. The attacking pair had to be restrained after squaring up to each following a sequence of two hefty tackles during an intense training session.

 

The Brazillian is understood to have rattled Costa with a hefty tackle before the Spain international responded with hard-hitting tackle of his own. 

 

 

The second clash is understood to have sparked the heated confrontation between the pair, who had to be pulled apart and were separated before any punches were thrown.

 

The clash is said to have de-escalated quickly with the pair said to have resolved their differences with each other at the end of the training session. 

 

 

Following reports, Oscar hit out on Twitter on Thursday night denying the incident: 'For those who are talking to me and @diegocosta struggle today in training he's lying, he's one of my best friends and never fight.' 

 

Regardless, the encounter will come as an unwanted headache for the club ahead of the FA Cup tie against Scunthorpe this weekend. 

PDP Dares EFCC to Show Evidence of N1.4 billion Metuh Received From Dasuki

The PDP has called the EFCC a bunch of liars after it dared the agency to make public evidence that the spokesman of the party collected N1.4 billion from Dasuki.

PDP Spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh

 

The office of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party has dared the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to make public all the evidence that PDP Spokesman received N1.4 billion and N4 million monthyl stipend from the Office of the former National Security Adviser.

 

The party says the reports are false, fabricated and a mischievous bid to rubbish the character of the party's spokesman.

 

In a statement by Metuh’s media aide, Richard Ihediwa, the party said: “These reports are completely false, mischievous and fabricated to mislead the public and derail the course of proper investigation on issues relating to Chief Metuh.

 

“We therefore challenge the EFCC to substantiate that Chief Metuh received the said N1.4 billion figure, as well as make public any evidence that he ever received N4 million monthly stipend from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

 

“This office is deeply worried at the turnout of events since Tuesday when Chief Metuh was arrested and detained while fictitious figures continue to be bandied against him in the media.

 

“Chief Metuh, as a well-known citizen and a public figure, had always stated his readiness to honor any invitation by the EFCC or any agency of government for that matter on any issue regarding any allegations against him.

 

“This office is therefore persuaded that the continued detention of Chief Metuh is ostensibly part of the plot by the APC to silence or keep the opposition spokesperson out of circulation for obvious reasons of clipping the wings of the opposition PDP.”