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Published 13 March 2021
The Federal Government, on Saturday, asked telecommunication operators to put on hold, their impending suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services over a N42bn debt owed by banks.
This was contained in a statement signed by Femi Adeluyi, technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria said telcos will disconnect Financial Service Providers from USSD services from March 15 until they pay their over N42bn debt.
ALTON had explained that the service withdrawal become necessary due to the lack of agreement on a payment structure with the banks that did not involve the end-user being asked to pay.
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Published 13 March 2021
Russian police on Saturday arrested around 200 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a Moscow conference as authorities tighten the screws on Kremlin critics ahead of parliamentary elections.
A police raid on an opposition conference dedicated to running for municipal office came after President Vladimir Putin’s top critic Alexei Navalny was jailed for two and a half years last month and more than 10,000 protesters detained across the country.
While Russian police routinely break up opposition protests, the mass arrests of municipal deputies at a conference in Moscow were unprecedented.
Participants from more than 50 of Russia’s regions had gathered to discuss parliamentary and local elections in September at a forum organised by a project backed by prominent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Women not inferior to men Sonaiya, Ufot, Okei-Odumakin, Yesuf, Aguebor
MOBOLA SADIQ
Published 14 March 2021
In commemoration of Mother’s Day (today) and the International Women’s Day, which was marked on March 8,
MOBOLA SADIQ speaks to some notable female Nigerians who have continually held their heads high in their chosen fields
Women shouldn’t feel inferior to men Remi Sonaiya
Prof Oluremi Sonaiya is a politician, academic and writer. She was the only female presidential candidate in the 2015 general elections under the platform of KOWA Party
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are the most profound achievements of women that you know?
Women juggle a lot of roles at the same time and I would say many of them, rather successfully very often might not be aware of the strength she takes to be able to see to the running of a home and also having a career or other things they do for themselves. I think it takes a lot of strength to combine all of these effectively. I would like to be thankful
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Published 14 March 2021
A spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari said that the LNA forces had arrested Islamic State commander, Mohammed Mailed Mohammed, also known as ‘Abu Omar’ in Ubari, South Libya.
In a statement, the spokesman said that the arrest of Abu Omar, who is one of the most prominent leaders of ISIS in Sirte, is considered a major win for the LNA in its war against terrorism, SEE.NEWS reports.
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He added that the arrested ISIS commander has previously waged many terrorist operations, most notably was the attack on the Oil Crescent, during which he was shot in the abdomen, and he was taken for treatment at Al-Jufra and then he returned to the city of Sirte.