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Maymay
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Maymay
Checkout Amazing Did You Know Facts You Never Knew About
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In this article, I will be showing you interesting did you know facts you never knew about:
1. Did you know that the bible is the most read book?
2. Did you know that they are seven colors in a rainbow?
3. Did you know that Nigeria has over four hundred languages.
4. Did you know that the second wettest place in the world is in Cameron.
5. Did you know that a giraffe sleeps while standing.
6. Did you know that the baby of a kangaroo is called Joey.
7. Did you know that the ancient babylon is the modern day Iraq.
8. Did you know that the Nigerian Civil war took place for three years.
9. Did you know that the oldest university in Nigeria is the University of Ibadan.
Don't forget to like,share and comments. Thanks for reading.
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There Was A Little Man
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In this article, I will be showing you an interesting poem titled "a little man" which was cullled from Poetry of Africa by Ann Berry:
There was a little man. And he had a little gun. And his bullet were made of lead, lead. And he saw a little duck. And he shot it right in the head, head head. And he shot it right in the head.
DanLove
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Just For Fun
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The rate of armed robbery in this country is increasing. Most of us cannot afford money to buy guns to protect ourselves against robbers. That was how I decided to use my talent of barking as a bull dog to protect myself.
My neighbours know of this talent. I use it jokingly to tease visitors, who actually thought a bull dog was in our compound. Whenever I bark, the would run away and not come close. I was even planning to show this talent to the world. Not until this night. This very cold night.
Robbers visited our street. I was sleeping when my Landlord knocked at my door in the middle of the night. When I opened, I saw all my neighbours outside. They were shivering in the cold. Everyone looked scared.
"Wetin happen?" I asked.
They told me robbers were in the area. And they didn't have any security around. The local dogs in the area were not helping matters. They said since I could bark like a bull dog, I should help and bark so that the robbers will be scared to come in.
I quickly agreed. This was a time to actually use my talent of barking well. At first I started barking like a Local dog. Then graduated into a police dog. Minutes later I barked like a German Shepard, and then my favourite, the BullDog. The way I barked that night drew the attention of the robbers in our direction. They walked to our gate and started calculating whether to enter or not.
"I no want make dog bite me o." One of the robbers protested.
"Bros you no hear the kind dog wey the bark for inside? How much we wan collect from them seff. Let us go home. This kind dog the chop person o." Another robber spoke.
When I heard that, I increased the volume of my bark. I started grunting and barking at the same time. Come and see me that night like a lion. I was just showcasing my barking talent anyhow.
I was still barking when one of the robbers said to the other.
"This specie of dog is a rare breed bros. This dog fit cost over 1million naira if we catch am alive. If we bring im dead body alone na half a million naira be that - a whooping 500 thousand naira bros."
That was how my mouth shut up and started listening. I have always known my mouth will kill me one day. But I didn't know it was going to be this way.
Landlord opened his mouth and kept looking at me. The whole tenants listened as the robbers continued
"We no need their money. Na the dog we want. Make we enter and catch the dog, dead or alive finish. I am a veterinary doctor remember? I can handle the dog."
My stomach started turning me. The food I ate before sleeping missed road and entered my bladder.
When the robbers finally scaled the fence and landed in the compound, they were surprised to see all of us standing outside with our hands up.
"Where the dog? We no want money, we only want the dog."
"Oga dog has run." I quickly announced before anyone pointed at me.
The robbers asked us to lie down on the ground. They pointed a gun on the landlord head. Landlord who was already urinating in his trousers, quickly pointed at me.
"Oga sir. Na the dog be that. Na him be dog. Na him the bark since."
I never knew I could deny my talent like this until that day.
"Who be dog? Who bark? When I bark. Oga landlord stop this play o."
The whole robbers looked at me and bursted into laughter. One of the robbers walked to me boldly with his gun held in his hands.
"Human dog. Very interesting. So na you be the dog wey the bark shey?"
"No sir. God forbid bad thing sir. I be human being sir. I no resemble dog. I no bark."
I was about turning to the landlord to give him serious warning, when the person pointing a gun at his head corked the gun. Landlord lifted his voice and shouted out in terror.
"Oga wait, wait sir. This stupid boy is denying his talent. Na him be the dog wey the bark since. Praises o. Why are you doing like this. Bark before they kill me na. Bark for them. Bark small. Just small. Please."
"Landlord I am not a Barker. The dog have run. Dog don run be say e don run. Dog has vamus please. Leave me alone and let us face this robbery."
After administering serious beating to the landlord and other tenants, they left. The landlord gave me quick notice with immediate effect.
That was the last time I ever barked again.
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FG Intervenes As MTN, Banks Trade Blame Over Shutdown -
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Both sides defend their decisions as customers pay for the standoff.By Oge Udegbunam
The Nigerian government says it has intervened in a feud between Nigerian banks and MTN, which left millions of phone users unable to buy airtime Friday.
Talks to resolve a row over the sharing of fees on airtime sales between the two sides “reached an advanced stage†for suspended services to be restored, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced on Twitter late Friday.
“On the fallout between @MTNNG and some banks on USSD services today, I engaged with both regulators, the Governor of @cenbank and EVC @NgComCommission. We have reached an advanced stage of resolving the issues, for the services to be restored to our citizens. Many thanks,†he said.
Banks removed the telecom giant from their platforms, disallowing MTN users from accessing their bank accounts through the USSD infrastructure to recharge their phones.
Subscribers expressed their frustration online, as MTN advised its customers to seek alternative ways of recharging without explaining what the problem was.
A top industry official who asked not to be named told PREMIUM TIMES the banks cut off the service to protect their profits. He described the move as “tyrannicalâ€.
“Banks have tried to remove the cost of using USSD, but are willing to cut off subscribers to protect their own fees earned through the channel,†the source said.
“This only has to do with the preservation of bank profits, which are already substantial and growing despite the wider economic conditions.â€
Banks blame MTN
Bank officials who asked not to be named said they moved against MTN to curb its “excessesâ€.
Bank sources said MTN slashed the percentage of airtime fees that go to the banks, and refused to backtrack despite their protests.
“MTN recently reduced the discount offered to banks on airtime sales from 4.5 percent to 2.5 per cent and this did not go down well with banks considering the cost of managing the infrastructures and servicing these customers, while MTN continues to make huge spreads,†the source said.
“The truth is that if MTN gets away with this, banks should expect further reduction if not checked. Over 60 per cent of airtime vending by telcos today are done electronically through the banks,†another source said.
A source said other phone networks pay banks more than what MTN pays, yet, have not changed their rates.
MTN has done ‘nothing wrong’
MTN insiders, who also requested to speak anonymously, defended the network’s decision.
“We did a commission optimization which saw the banks commission reducing from an average of 3.5% to 2.5%. This reduction is standard because the volumes compensate for the reduction,†one source said.
“We reviewed our commissions downwards. Most of the banks are not connected to us directly but through a third party – our convenience channel partners and aggregators.
“Communication was shared with the partners who in turn wrote to the banks (the banks here are agents to the partner). Our contract with the partners allows us to do this;
“The channels were blocked yesterday midnight leaving our customers stranded. Interesting that the bank MDs met and quickly took a decision. This references our conversation around NCC standing in the gap for the industry. Subscribers to telecommunications are being denied services by the banks even when they have money in their accounts;
“Zenith Bank is connected directly to MTN – their earnings is at 2.70%. They are happy and have not blocked us.
“Banks on ‘MTN On Demand’ had an uplift in their commission from 2.0% to 2.75% yet have blocked services;
“Banks with direct connection to us through ‘MTN On Demand’ got a commission uplift.â€
Another source claimed that in “advanced countries, commissions for the same services are between 0.5 to 0.75%. Even at 2.5%â€.
Lingering feud over USSD
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission on March 15 intervened to resolve a similar standoff between banks and telcos over USSD fees.
The USSD allows subscribers to use their mobile phones to access financial services daily.
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) had said banks owed its members N42 billion and threatened to suspend service.
From March 16, subscribers paid N6.98 each time they used the USSD for banking transactions. That arrangement has angered customers and alarmed advocates of financial inclusion.
The regulators claimed the billing would “ensure a much cheaper average cost for customers to enhance financial inclusionâ€.
A PREMIUM TIMES report showed the banks and telcos would realise about N564 million in a year from the new mobile banking fee.https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/452957-nigerian-govt-intervenes-as-mtn-banks-trade-blame-over-shutdown.html
The Nigerian government says it has intervened in a feud between Nigerian banks and MTN, which left millions of phone users unable to buy airtime Friday.
Talks to resolve a row over the sharing of fees on airtime sales between the two sides “reached an advanced stage†for suspended services to be restored, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced on Twitter late Friday.
“On the fallout between @MTNNG and some banks on USSD services today, I engaged with both regulators, the Governor of @cenbank and EVC @NgComCommission. We have reached an advanced stage of resolving the issues, for the services to be restored to our citizens. Many thanks,†he said.
Banks removed the telecom giant from their platforms, disallowing MTN users from accessing their bank accounts through the USSD infrastructure to recharge their phones.
Subscribers expressed their frustration online, as MTN advised its customers to seek alternative ways of recharging without explaining what the problem was.
A top industry official who asked not to be named told PREMIUM TIMES the banks cut off the service to protect their profits. He described the move as “tyrannicalâ€.
“Banks have tried to remove the cost of using USSD, but are willing to cut off subscribers to protect their own fees earned through the channel,†the source said.
“This only has to do with the preservation of bank profits, which are already substantial and growing despite the wider economic conditions.â€
Banks blame MTN
Bank officials who asked not to be named said they moved against MTN to curb its “excessesâ€.
Bank sources said MTN slashed the percentage of airtime fees that go to the banks, and refused to backtrack despite their protests.
“MTN recently reduced the discount offered to banks on airtime sales from 4.5 percent to 2.5 per cent and this did not go down well with banks considering the cost of managing the infrastructures and servicing these customers, while MTN continues to make huge spreads,†the source said.
“The truth is that if MTN gets away with this, banks should expect further reduction if not checked. Over 60 per cent of airtime vending by telcos today are done electronically through the banks,†another source said.
A source said other phone networks pay banks more than what MTN pays, yet, have not changed their rates.
MTN has done ‘nothing wrong’
MTN insiders, who also requested to speak anonymously, defended the network’s decision.
“We did a commission optimization which saw the banks commission reducing from an average of 3.5% to 2.5%. This reduction is standard because the volumes compensate for the reduction,†one source said.
“We reviewed our commissions downwards. Most of the banks are not connected to us directly but through a third party – our convenience channel partners and aggregators.
“Communication was shared with the partners who in turn wrote to the banks (the banks here are agents to the partner). Our contract with the partners allows us to do this;
“The channels were blocked yesterday midnight leaving our customers stranded. Interesting that the bank MDs met and quickly took a decision. This references our conversation around NCC standing in the gap for the industry. Subscribers to telecommunications are being denied services by the banks even when they have money in their accounts;
“Zenith Bank is connected directly to MTN – their earnings is at 2.70%. They are happy and have not blocked us.
“Banks on ‘MTN On Demand’ had an uplift in their commission from 2.0% to 2.75% yet have blocked services;
“Banks with direct connection to us through ‘MTN On Demand’ got a commission uplift.â€
Another source claimed that in “advanced countries, commissions for the same services are between 0.5 to 0.75%. Even at 2.5%â€.
Lingering feud over USSD
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission on March 15 intervened to resolve a similar standoff between banks and telcos over USSD fees.
The USSD allows subscribers to use their mobile phones to access financial services daily.
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) had said banks owed its members N42 billion and threatened to suspend service.
From March 16, subscribers paid N6.98 each time they used the USSD for banking transactions. That arrangement has angered customers and alarmed advocates of financial inclusion.
The regulators claimed the billing would “ensure a much cheaper average cost for customers to enhance financial inclusionâ€.
A PREMIUM TIMES report showed the banks and telcos would realise about N564 million in a year from the new mobile banking fee.
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