{"id":91271,"date":"2023-08-12T20:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/12\/todays-headlines-nigerians-spent-n3-33tn-on-calls-data-in-2022-niger-junta-forms-government\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:40:45","slug":"todays-headlines-nigerians-spent-n3-33tn-on-calls-data-in-2022-niger-junta-forms-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/12\/todays-headlines-nigerians-spent-n3-33tn-on-calls-data-in-2022-niger-junta-forms-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: Nigerians spent N3.33tn on calls, data in 2022; Niger Junta forms government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Punch Newspapers<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Nigerians and other\u00a0telecommunication consumers within Nigeria\u00a0spent N3.33tn on calls, data, SMS, and other telecom services in 2022, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said.<\/p>\n<p>This is as telcos made N3.33tn in total revenue for the year. The NCC disclosed this in its newly released 2022 Subscriber\/Network Data Annual Report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the commission, the total number of active subscribers increased from 195,463,898 subscriptions in 2021 to 222,571,568 active voice subscriptions as of December 2022, a 13.86 per cent year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the increase, it said, the increase in the Operators\u2019 subscriber base was attributed to a number of reasons which includes subscriber loyalty, promos, seasonal effects, aggressive consumer acquisition drive, and competitive product offerings across all the networks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5f93faa3c1cc4412b2de00f6ef536d9e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: AIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(38, 38, 38);\">The Junta in the Niger Republic is moving to consolidate its grip on power, as it has unveiled a 21-member cabinet to be led by a former Economy Minister under a previous administration, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, as Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(38, 38, 38);\">Zeine left public office when the Muhamadu Tandja government was ousted in a coup thirteen years ago and joined the African Development Bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(38, 38, 38);\">An official, Mahamane Roufai Laouali, who identified himself as the Secretary General of the Government, read out 21 names on state television without specifying any further plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(38, 38, 38);\">Three coup leaders have been named ministers of defence, interior, and sports in the new government, which is about half the size of that of the detained Bazoum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ced6afa145f940608aa6569be6d80be1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Daily Post Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Kano has nullified the election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return earlier issued to Yerima.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner, Hafizu Kawu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenged Yerima\u2019s emergence, claiming he wasn\u2019t qualified.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Yerima was declared the winner of the House of Representatives election for Tarauni Federal Constituency by INEC.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0f3039f0dde649cdb2f894606f773438\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Punch Newspapers<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Governors of the five South-East states met Thursday at the Government House, Enugu, Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p>The governors, who constitute the regional South-East Governors\u2019 Forum, are Alex Otti (Abia), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo (Anambra), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi), Dr Peter Mbah (Enugu) and Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo).<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s meeting marks the first to be held among the five governors since the inauguration of new governors into office on May 29, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AriscoNews (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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