MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that it slashed prices on its DStv and GOtv decoders from Monday, February 1, 2021. The Chief Customer Officer of MultiChoice, Martin Mabutho, who disclosed this in a virtual media briefing on Friday, said the price DStv HD decoder, dish kit with Compact package subscription, will drop from N18,600 to N9,900 on Confam package, while GOtv decoder, GOtennae with GOtv Jolli package subscription will drop from N8,400 to N6,900. He explained that the price slash is part of MultiChoice’s efforts to lessen the economic impact of COVID-19 on customers and a reflection of its commitment to…
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Yobe state government said that it carried out 1,430 successful eye surgeries in 2020 in the state. Dr. Babagana Machina, the Executive Secretary of Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Agency, said this on Sunday in Damaturu at an event to mark the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (NTDs) . The World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is usually marked on January 30 annually. Machina said that 736 eyes were operated upon in the state Specialist Hospital, Damaturu; 30 at the General Hospital, Damagum and 272 at the Potiskum General Hospital. He added that 250 others were conducted at the Gashua General Hospital and 142 others…
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo. Irabor, along with his team, was received by Maj.-Gen. Farouq Yahaya, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Abdul Khalifa, the General Officer Commanding, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army and other principal staff officers of the Military Command and Control Centre at the Headquarters of the Air Task Force. Abdul Khalifa said…
The Niger state Government has refuted social media reports that some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) tested positive for COVID-19 at the ongoing orientation camp in Paiko. Dr Muhammed Makusidi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Minna on Sunday. “We wish to state that in line with the directives of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) all prospective corps members are screened at the camp’s gate using RDT kits.” Makusidi said that any suspected case was not allowed entrance into the camp but taken to Minna for…
An ex-Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Aisha Umaru, popularly known as Kaisha, has denied kissing fellow reality TV star Terseer Waya, also known as Kiddwaya. This is after a video of the two went viral on social media on Saturday night. The video recorded at the birthday party of another Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate Praise Nelson, showed Kiddwaya pouring alcohol into Kaisha’s mouth and making a move as if he wanted to kiss her. This made many social media users to accuse Kaisha of attempting to steal Kiddwaya from Erica Nlewedim, another ex-housemate. Reacting in a series of tweets…
A trade expert, Mr Sand Mba-Kalu, says the approved National Quality Policy will set the stage to make Nigeria non-oil export competitive and increase the monetary value of Nigerian export. Mba-Kalu, Executive Director, Africa International Trade and Commerce Research Ltd (AITCRL), made this known in an interview in Abuja on Sunday. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Quality Policy which was designed to ensure that goods exported from Nigeria were acceptable to countries of import. The expert said over the years, stakeholders had been lamenting the poor quality compliance level of Nigerian non-oil export which led to rejection of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos says some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others have indicated interest to join the party in the ongoing membership registration and revalidation. Alhaji Tunde Balogun, Lagos APC Caretaker Chairman, disclosed in Lagos on Sunday said the APC was prepared to register all members of opposition parties who had shown willingness to join it. “Our doors are open to all members of political parties who want to join us. We expect some PDP members, who really are willing to join us in developing Lagos to do so. “Many of them have…
Nigerian government says it will assist a private shipbuilding firm, Norfin Offshore Shipyard to thrive. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the pledge on Saturday in Ikot Ukpong, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, while inaugurating the firm’s shipyard. Mustapha, represented by the Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Abba, spoke of the readiness of the Federal Government to partner the firm and “provide for as much as it requires to succeed’’. In his remarks, Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom said his administration was out to attract more private investments…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Sunday said that the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulation 2021 law would help to curb the spread of the pandemic across the country. Prof. Innocent Ujah, NMA President in Abuja on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Jan. 28, signed COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, in exercise of the powers conferred on the President by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act, 2010. Ujah said that the move by the President to ensure an enabling legal framework is in place was a welcome development as it would help in contributing to national response to the…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the deal it signed with the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) will deepen gas utilisation in the country. IPMAN President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, in Lagos on Sunday, said the deal, which was signed recently in Abuja by PEF and the oil marketers was in line with the vision of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to increase domestic gas utilisation. According to him, the government through the National Gas Expansion Programme is working toward increasing utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, as well as Compressed Natural Gas for vehicles.…