Etisalat in talks to buy Multi-Links

South Africa’s Telkom is reportedly in talks with UAE based Etisalat over the sale of its Nigerian CDMA network, Multi-Links. Telkom previously stated that it was looking to sell the Nigerian subsidiary, and Etisalat already owns an existing GSM and 3G license in the country.

According to reports citing a report by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), an option to sell 80% of the company to Etisalat was initially rejected by Telkom, but that talks are still continuing.

According to company’s executive, in the interim, it is common knowledge to the entire company that Multi-Links acting Chief Executive and acting CSMO (chief sales and marketing officer) are involved in discussions with Etisalat regarding the merger/sale due to the absence of viability of the company. This absence of viability was totally created and is still being engineered by them.

Telkom SA brought a 75% stake in the Nigerian mobile network operator in 2007 for US$280 million, and took full ownership in 200 for US$130 million.

Multi-Links provide fixed, mobile, data and international communications services in Nigeria

Boko Haram Kills Three in Fresh Maiduguri Attack

 

Suspected members of Boko Haram are behind the killing of three more people at a hospital in Maiduguri, police said on Wednesday. The three victims, including a senior police officer, were killed Tuesday evening when some armed men fired shots into a teaching hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. “An investigation has already commenced but I can tell you that we believe the killings must have been carried out by the Boko Haram since it was their mode of operations,” the Borno State police public relations officer said.

SIR ELTON JOHN BECOMES A FATHER VIA SURROGATE.

Sir Elton John and his partner have become parents to a son born to a surrogate mother in California. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born on Christmas Day, the UK musician and his Canadian husband David Furnish told the Usmagazine.com website.
"Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents," said the couple. They provided no details about the surrogacy arrangement.

OBASANJO COLLAPSES IN CHURCH!!!

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who twice ruled Nigeria, once in the 1970s and then for eight years starting in 1999, collapsed today at the St. Stephens Anglican Church in Igbotako, Ondo State.

The fainting incident took place at about 12 noon, Nigerian time, at a thanksgiving service in honour of Major General Olu Bajowa (Rtd), an Obasanjo protégé who is celebrating his 70th birthday.  Major General Olu Bajowa was once indicted for mismanaging the Nigerian airways.

EDDIE MURPHY IS ALIVE & HE IS NOT IN SWITZERLAND!

Late last nite, a bad rumor surfaced about Comedian/actor being involved in a snowboard accident which resulted in his death in Switzerland, Fortunately it is only a rumor...this is how Enews reported it...

Eddie Murphy is the latest victim of the death hoax rumor mill. Twitter exploded today with tweets that the Beverly Hills Cop funnyman had supposedly died. We are happy to report that... Murphy is sooo not dead. A website called Global Associated News posted a story claiming that Murphy died in a freak accident while snowboarding in Zermatt, Switzerland during a vaction with family and friends.

Woman Drags Husband To Court Over Size Of His ManHood

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“I have tried my best for this man over the years. I am convinced that he is not ready for me as his wife, that is why he is always looking outside… ” That exactly was the statement of an aggrieved house wife who is seeking dissolution of her marriage at Alakuko Customary Court.

Mrs. Olubunmi Olabiyi, 36, stunned the customary court last week when she said that her husband denied her sex. She blamed their marital problem on the size of her husband’s manhood and his attitude to sex.

According to her, she married Mr Sunday Olabiyi, two years ago, but he never satisfied her sexually.

She said jokingly that what can save the relationship from collapse was for the husband to have enough time with her and also perform very well in bed . She told the court that she was not ready to commit adultery that was why she decided to approach the court.

I Sleep With 7 Men In A Day

When 33 strip dancers were arrested in Lagos recently and their half-nude pictures splashed on the pages of an evening newspaper, not a few people condemned the dancers and the operators of the night club in which they operated.

But many people seemed to have failed to reckon that the business could not have thriven without patronage from members of the public, or that many of the dancers were forced into the trade by circumstances.

For instance 17-year-old Agatha found herself in prostitution as a result of circumstances beyond her control and she is now full of regrets for the unseemly experience. ''My father had three wives and my mum had three daughters for him. I am the last of the three girls,'' said the Enugu State born girl. ''I lived with my maternal grandmother. Sometime in March last year, I was on my way to my father's house when I was accosted by a lady from my village. She asked me why I wasn't in school.''

Model offered N10m to act nude -Model.

In this era when many female artistes easily fall over themselves, ready to do anything, including acting nude or even selling their bodies, to make quick money, a Port Harcourt based model, Nancy Wuzor, has revealed that she actually rejected a N10million naira offer to act nude.

The 20-year-old orphan, who returned to the country last weekend, models for De Delicacy, owned by De Delicacy Magazine and Hotels, based in Israel. She spoke to us during her visit to the orphanage in Port Harcourt where she donated food items to the inmates.

Excerpts:

 Two years ago, I received a message on my Face book, offering me N1omillion naira to act nude. Then, I was 18 years old. I actually played along with them, to know the details of their plans. These are well known people, but I wouldn’t want to reveal their identity. They were probably attracted by some of my pictures.

“When I saw the massage on my face book I thought it was a joke, until we started the discussion on phone. I backed out when I realised that they were actually serious with the offer.”

JAMB Restricts South’East Universities from UTME.

 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended admission into state-owned universities in the South-East for the 2011/2012 session, following the prolonged strike by their lecturers.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos.

Ojerinde also said the affected institutions had been deleted from the website of JAMB.

He said the decision was as a result of the protracted face-off between the institutions’ lecturers and their employers – the governments of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.

NAN reports that the affected institutions have been closed for over three months due to disagreements between the lecturers and the state governments over the non-implementation of the enhanced lecturers’ pay approved by the Federal Government.

“There will be no admission in the schools for the 2011/2012 session. The factions in the strike should think of the implications of their actions on innocent students.

“They should resolve the strike and open the schools without further delay.

Expect mass exodus from PDP – Akunyili implies.

Erstwhile Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, began her campaign for the Anambra Central senatorial seat on Monday and said that she had been inundated with telephone calls by her supporters on when she would officially kick off her campaign in the state so that they could officially defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).