The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says electricity has again topped its 2021 consumer related complaints chart just like in 2020. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera in Abuja on Sunday that banking related complaints were second on the chart. Irukera explained that aviation and telecommunication related complaints followed the chart. He said that the commission received and completed the processes of no fewer than 32,000 consumer related complaints in 2021, adding that 80 per cent of complaints were resolved. “For the sectors that received the highest complaints, we have electricity, banking then aviation…
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Many patriots concerned with our rapid nose-diving in morals and abandonment of the rule of law believe that the British left too early. Some theorise that perhaps if our independence, achieved on a platter of gold, was delayed for 20 more years, we would have still been on the course. Had we gotten our independence in 1980, about three generations of Nigerians would have gone through tutelage under the prim and proper Britons rather than just one generation. And perhaps respect for the rule of law might have been so engraved in our national psyche, they reason. Well, our situation…
The South Africa’s anti-aparthied campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu died on Sunday at the age of 90, the presidency has said. In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid. A decade later, he witnessed the ends of that regime and he chaired a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during those dark days. The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation’s conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer…
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRCC), which investigated alleged crimes committed during President Yahya Jammeh’s 22 years in power, has recommended that he be prosecuted before an international tribunal. The recommendation is contained in a report released on Friday, December 24, 2021, in Banjul. Under President Barrow, The Gambia’s government set up the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to probe allegations of abuses during Jammeh’s era. Between 2019 and May, the panel heard hundreds of witnesses, who offered testimony about death squads, rape and witch hunts under Jammeh. Mariama testified to the commission in 2019, alongside her husband’s…
Senegal’s coach Aliou Cisse has named a squad he hopes will finally bring him an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title which has eluded him for over two decades. The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 where he missed a penalty kick in the shootout defeat to Cameroon, and then as coach in 2019. “I want this AFCON. I have been running after it since 1999,” he said at the press conference after unveiling the squad. For his third finals as coach, he has selected a group which includes 17 who have yet to play…
George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, said more than 1.5 million registered Nigerians urgently needed the Nigerian passport. Omo-Iduhon stated this in an interview in Lagos on Saturday while reflecting on the activities of NIDOE in Europe. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian diaspora network, established in year 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. NIDOE has its headquarters in London, where it serves 21 regional chapters. Omo-Iduhon said that out of about three million Nigerians registered in Italy, 1.5 million of them needed passports, which had prevented them from returning home or…
Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, plans to build a multi-million dollar Diaspora Village in Nigeria to encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. The Chairman of NIDOE, Mr George Omo-Iduhon, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos, while giving NIDOE’s stewardship in Europe and Italy. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian Diaspora network established in Year 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It has its headquarters in London where it serves its 21 regional chapters. It is recognised as the official platform through which individual Nigerians in the Diaspora, their communities , organisations…
Tunisia’s Coach Mondher Kebaier has announced a provisional list of 18 players to participate in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, which will be held from January 9 to February 6, 2022. The Carthage Eagles camp is scheduled to start on Sunday and will continue until Thursday, then another camp begins on January 1 with the full and final list to prepare for the continental showpiece. The Tunisia coach invited 18 players until the rest of the players finish their club commitments. Kebaier is scheduled to announce the final list on December 30. Tunisia plays in Group F…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that the N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk offer attracted unprecedented subscription of over N865 billion. Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha made this known in a statement on Saturday. Oniha said that the massive response was an indication that the idea of growing the domestic investors’ base and promoting financial inclusion through Sovereign Sukuk was achieved. She stated that the subscription of 346 per cent emanated from high level participation by banks, fund managers and non-interest financial institutions. “The N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk whose offer opened on December 16 closed on December 23, with…
Super Eagles Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has released his final list of players for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with recuperating striker Victor Osimhen making the cut. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on Saturday said team captain Ahmed Musa and midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also made the list. Nigeria, three–times winners of the competition are drawn in Group D of the event billed for Cameroon from January 9 to February 6. Nigeria will take on seven-times and record winners Egypt, Sudan and debutants Guinea Bissau with venue of their group…