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  Telecommunications company, Glo , has distanced itself from media reports which claim that it was the preferred bidder to acquire telecommunications company, 9Mobile. A press statement issued in Lagos on Friday said: “Globacom has not acquired 9Mobile as widely reported in the media.” According to the company, “We are bound by the terms of the acquisition process as stipulated by the authorities handling it and we will not in any way sway or deviate from the rules”. “We repose confidence in Barclays Africa, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which are handling the process that will lead to the emergence of a new owner for the company”. Globacom urges all stakeholders and, indeed, the Nigerian public to disregard the report.

  The founder and Publisher Arise Afrika Magazine  with Face of Arise Africa Team were at the Office of Chief of Staff, Imo State Government today  to pay tribute to one of our hero, statesman, grand commander of youths empowerment Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. The team were well received by SA to COS on Political Affairs Hon Ken Ejiogu, Mrs Vivian Onwuka PRO and Anokwute Uzoma It can be recalled  that at the end of the online voting last year for Most Distinguished Personality of the year Award, the youth friendly COS Ugwumba Uche Nwosu  emerged the winner after four months online voting.  The organizers were at the office of COS, IMSG  to present the plaque to the man they described as the "Grand Commander of youth empowerment". The  Director of Arise Afrika , Mr Ikechukwu Anyanwu, said after the glamourous event put together in partnership with Imo State Bloggers Association, Frontline Express Newspaper, Sommies and Gcfn Consult the ...

A Fulani socio-cultural organisation, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), has given what seems to be like a hint that will likely put an end to the conflicts between farmers and herders in Benue State and other states. According to the group, the government of Nigeria has “from time immemorial” relegated the Fulani herdsmen to the background where they have never been allowed to exercise any right in the country like other citizens. Consequently, the cattle rustlers are left with no other option that to fight back the prolonged neglect and injustice, the group added. The Nation  also quoted the National Secretary General of GAFDAN Alhaji Saleh Bayeri as calling for the abrogation of the Anti-Open grazing Bill on Thursday, January 11, 2018. His words: “There has been so much hatred against the Fulani by other Nigerians over the years and successive governments never cared to see to the challenges facing the Fulanis in this co...

Nollywood actress Stephanie Linus is currently in Italy to advocate against human trafficking as it has become more rampant in recent times. In partnership with international medical humanitarian organization – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and European Organization for the Rescue of Lives in the Mediterranean – SOS Mediterranean, the actress visited the rescue ship Aquarius today. Her visit was a very productive one as her and her team were given a tour of the ship, and afterwards, discussions on the overall need to educate people on the dangers of being trafficked and integrating the rescued victims back into the society followed. She also had a press conference where she spoke about measures that can be used to curb human trafficking, stating that working together, can get the high percentage of human trafficking down drastically and hopefully soon, eliminate this world issue. See photos below:

The police plans to deploy 500 policemen to Ozubulu community in Anambra State as the alleged target of the 2017 church shooting  Aloysius Ikegwuonu  aka  Bishop buries his father, Punch reports. 13 persons had been killed after gunmen stormed   St. Phillips Catholic Church , Ozubulu in August, 2017. Another 29 had been wounded, and reports claimed the gunmen had been in search of Bishop, a South African based Nigerian businessman who was in Nigeria visiting. His father,  Cyprian Ikegwuonu , was one of the deceased in the attack, and Bishop, speaking to journalists on Thursday, said everything is in place to give his father a befitting burial. Tensions are however reported to be high in the community as the gunmen are expected to once again stage an attack during the funeral. A police source who spoke to Punch claimed the decision has been made to deploy 500 policemen to Ozubulu to keep the peace. The Anambra State Police Public Relat...

Without doubt, churches have denominations and patterns of worship differ, but when you stumble on one, where weird activities are the order of the day and alcohol, animal sacrifices and biblical villains like Nebuchadnezzar, Ahab and even Satan are deified, then  you’ve just encountered worship redefined. Tabitha Pearl writes. A Christian worship centre or church is a place where you expect everything but the absurd and the weird. But this was precisely what this reporter beheld few weeks back when she went snooping at “As God said, It Must Be Done, The temple of the Most High God,’ located in Oke-Aro in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. A mere N100 bus ride from the popular Agege/Pen Cinema Bus-Stop, took this reporter to As God Said Street – the street is named after the church. A short commercial motorcycle ride took this reporter to the church’s doorstep. The temple is flanked on one side by what used to be a mosque and the other by a ...

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, who was the guest today on Channels Television Breakfast Show, Sunrise, talked about Tagbo’s death and why Davido is being investigated. According to him, the singer’s response to the alleged murder incident is suspicious, which is why he’s being investigated. “I asked Davido that, ‘When you left that bar, did you have anything again to do with the deceased?’ What he said was that he was only informed by mutual friends in some other bar that the deceased had died and I took his word for it. “I called for further investigations, pulled the CCTV cameras from the General Hospital, only to discover that it was Davido’s escort Hilux van, his driver, his friends that brought Tagbo Umeike (the deceased) dead and dumped in the hospital then fled the scene.” Imohimi said this response by Davido raises suspicion, and that is what is been investigated by the police. “That raises curiosity and of course that’s what we are investi...

Pope Francis,  who has repeatedly paid tribute to Christians suffering or dying for their faith in current times, especially in the Middle East since he became Pontiff in 2013, gave the Catholic Church 35 new saints during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, Rome. Three of the saints were children in 16th-century Mexico who were martyred for embracing the Catholic faith and refusing to return to their ancient conditions. 30 who were also proclaimed Saints on Sunday are martyrs, including priests and lay people, who suffered anti-Catholic persecution in 1645 at the hands of Dutch Calvinists in Brazil. The remaining two saints were a priest in Spain in the last century and an Italian priest who died in 1739.

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The Igbo National Council has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the 19 northern states, following the call by the Arewa Youth Council that the Igbo people living in the region should leave on or before October 1, 2017. The pan -Igbo group said a state of emergency would forestall chaos that may occur after the expiration of the notice to quit given to the Igbos. In a statement on Saturday by the President and Secretary of the INC, Chilos Godsent and Zulu Ofoelue, respectively, the group also called on the National Assembly to declare President Muhammadu Buhari incapacitated by invoking Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution. It noted that the health condition of the president was setting the country back. The statement partly read,”The INC calls on the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to declare a state of emergency in all the northern states of Nigeria before October 1, 2017, in order to forestall disaster that may occur as a resu...

Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron  met with singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace after the pop star appealed to him on Twitter to contribute to her fund for education in developing countries. Rihanna was welcomed by the first lady Brigitte Macron at the top of the steps of the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French presidents in Paris, before talks with the president. After the meeting, the president tweeted, 'Committed with @GlblCtzn, @ClaraLionelFdn and @rihanna to #FundEducation. 264M children are out of school : let's take up this challenge!'.  

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, asked those who are calling for Nigeria’s break up to go and collect the manual of Nigeria from God who is the manufacturer of Nigeria. He stated that God​ didn’t create Nigeria by mistake. ​Dogara who spoke during a thanksgiving service on Sunday, at His Elect Christian Assembly Church, Nyanya, Abuja​, urged Nigerians not to relent in offering prayers for the country as nothing is impossible with God​ His words: “Those who think Nigeria is a mistake, it may be because they don’t know the purpose. ​”​But if you want to know the purpose of a thing, you have to go back to the manual, and who puts the manual together? ​”​It’s the manufacturer, so I would challenge them to go back to the manufacturer of Nigeria, who is God, so that we can get the manual for Nigeria. “If we were a mistake, maybe during the first civil war, this country would have disintegrated but God decided to keep this country o...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released its orientation course for corps members looking to serve with the second stream of Batch “A”. In a statement released by NYSC on its social media platforms , Friday, July 21, 2017, has been slated for printing of Call-up letters. The orientation Camp opens on Wednesday, July 26, Swearing-in Ceremony commences on Friday, July 28, and the camp closes on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Prospective corps members are also advised to visit the NYSC website for more information.

Legendary Nigerian Musician and United Nation peace ambassador Innocent Idibia aka 2face or 2Baba as he is now called payed a visit to Borno state on tuesday and he was at some strategic places including the IDP camp in Ngala/Gamboru. He also visited the troops of 3 battalions of the Nigerian army in Maiduguri. His visit was actually in support of the United Nations efforts to rehabilitate internally displaced persons and refugees running from Boko Haram terrorists. See photos below

Sometimes the demands of your job may require you making sacrifices, especially concerning activities you hold dear, but Nigerian pilot Usoro Essien is finding ways to worship irrespective of that. In a Facebook post on Monday , Usoro shared videos of him possibly preparing to fly, and wrote: “Sometimes we fly on Sundays but that doesn’t stop us from lifting up holy hands to God. God doesn’t discriminate so wherever you are you can worship!” Watch below:

 Jos based Nigerian News Website, JTownConnect has come out to apologize to the rector of Plateau State Polytechnic Mr Dauda Gyemang For Publishing His Death Rumor in one of their posts yesterday 26th June. They how ever stated categorically they did not publish that Mr Dauda Gyemang was dead, they only reported a rumor which was later confirmed to be false. Read below....   Hello to the prestigious heads on the Plateau, with sincere apologies, we regret to have published such news about the Plateau State Polytechnic rector, Mr Dauda Gyemang whom we reported to have passed on yesterday after rumors surfaced online. The news broke not just the internet but the entire State causing panic and fear among friends, family and well wishers. 2hours after the news spreaded, we confirmed that the rumors were false, the Rector, Mr Dauda Gyemang also debunked the death rumor via Viewpointnigeria where he asked the general public to disregard such...

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has appealed to striking workers in the state to “show more understanding with the government”. Al-Makura made the appeal Tuesday in Lafia, at the distribution of relief materials to 50 communities affected by various crises: The workers are supposed to show some understanding because government has made their welfare a priority. Our government has a human face; Nasarawa State was the first to implement the current minimum wage. For four years, we paid the minimum wage without any problem before things became difficult. We expect some understanding. Workers in the state declared a strike action five weeks ago. Reacting, Ahmed Naibi , NLC Secretary, said that the strike was not just about salary: A major concern of the workers is government’s refusal to promote workers for more than six years. Aside the non-promotion, workers have not been paid their traditional annual increments and other entitlements for years. He added tha...

Senator Dino Melaye , has called for the declaration of a state-of-emergency in Kogi, saying there was insecurity and anarchy in the state. His call at the Senate plenary on Tuesday was against the backdrop of two alleged assassination attempts on his life. The Senator represents Kogi West. Melaye, who came under Order 43 of Senate Standing Rule, prayed the senate to order the Inspector-General of Police to immediately undertake an audit of the police armoury in Kogi command. He said he would move a motion for the upper chamber to prevail on the Federal Government to impose emergency rule in the state. He claimed that before Gov. Yahaya Bello assumed office, Kogi never experienced the high number of kidnappings, killings and anarchy as being recorded currently. He said: On Monday l left my village and arrived at Lokoja in the company of Directorate of State Services (DSS) operatives and Police. When I arrived at Lokoja, I phoned the state Director of DSS that I had...

  "Being a refugee is like having a new lump in your body that you had nothing to do with, and it will stay until the last day, so you better deal with it," these are the words of  Abdalla Al Omari a Syrian artist who has refugee status in Belgium. Omari is breaking the internet with his new paintaings.

The United States Donald Trump president surprised a couple getting married at his club, the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster Township in New Jersey, yesterday. And the bride looked thrilled...