What Nigerians are saying about the new data tariff HIKE

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile telephone operators in the country to jerk up data tariffs with effect from December 1.
Yesterday, MTN sent messages to its customers announcing that there would be an increase in its data tariffs on December 1.  “Dear customer, please be informed that from December 1, some MTN data tariffs will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC to operators,” the short message from the telco read.

Nigerians are slamming the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC for ordering major telecoms firms in the country to adopt a data price floor for internet services.

N100,000 credit alert lands undergraduate in police touble

A 26-year old undergraduate, Sunday Akande, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged unlawful detention.

In a letter through his lawyer F.E. Ojiekere, and copied the Commisioner of Police, Anambra State, the petitioner claimed he was arrested and detained for an offence he knew nothing about, saying he was wrongfully arrested by the police after he voluntarily reported a N100,000 transaction paid into his account.

Deporting criminals is one area where President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump agree.

Donald Trump has vowed to kick off his presidency by swiftly kicking out one segment of the immigrant population: criminals.

But that's exactly what the Obama administration says it's been doing for eight years. More than 2.4 million people have been deported under President Barack Obama, earning him the scathing nickname of "deporter in chief" among some immigrant advocacy groups. Nearly half of those removals were immigrants with criminal convictions, an explicit priority of the administration.

 

Prayers for Kanye West

News that Kanye West has been hospitalized resulted in an outpouring of well wishes for the rapper.

Kanye West entered UCLA Medical Center Monday after abruptly canceling the remaining dates for his Saint Pablo concert tour.

The rapper is being treated for "exhaustion." 

 

Teenage girls to launch Africa's first private space satellite

Giant leap for Africa's young scientists – In May 2017, South Africa will launch the continent's first private satellite into space. It's been designed by school girls, within a STEM program. Pictured: Ayesha Salie, Sesam Mngqengqiswa, and Bhanekazi Tandwa on a learning boot camp with fellow teammates in Worcester, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

 

"I covered my face, I would have been blind by now" - Victim of Nigerian Security force abuse tells his story.

This 26-year-old man says he had acid sprayed on him on Biafra Remembrance Day in Onitsha.

This 26-year-old man (name withheld) was a rally when he was shot and then hid from security forces in a gutter.He said that when soldiers found him they poured acid on him.

"I covered my face. I would have been blind by now," he told Amnesty International. "He poured acid on my hands. My hands and body started burning. The flesh was burning... They dragged me out of the gutter. They said I'll die slowly."