TStv launches, gets three-year tax relief

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said the tax reliefs were in line with the Pioneer Status recently granted to the Creative Industry by the federal government. PHOTO: NAN

The Federal Government has granted a 3-year tax relief to the newly inaugurated Pay TV operator in the country, TStv Africa, as well as tax-freeTSTV dividends to all investors in the company.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this on Sunday night in Abuja at a dinner to mark the official unveiling of the new company.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports TStv Africa is a wholly owned Nigerian Pay TV operator with refined offerings of novel Unclassified Pay Per View subscription and complimentary internet services.

Mohammed, who performed the official unveiling of the new company and its products, said the tax reliefs were in line with the Pioneer Status recently granted to the Creative Industry by the federal government.

The minister congratulated the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Dr Bright Echefu, and his team for liberalising and breaking the monopoly of Pay TV in the country.

“The important thing about what Echefu has done today is that he has redefined the pay per view television industry and from today that industry will never remain the same again.

“What he has done is to democratise the media and entertainment industry and make it possible for even a peasant farmer to have access to the best entertainment and news in the world.

“It is a great opportunity for me to be the one to unveil TStv because just like a Nigerian made history by crashing the cost of telephony in Nigeria, I am glad that another Nigerian is now coming forward to crash the cost of Pay TV,” he said.

The minister commended the courage of the investor for coming from the Diaspora to invest in his country and for believing in the government’s seriousness about diversifying the economy.

He said the company had also demonstrated that government alone could not do all things but needed the participation and synergy of the private sector.

“I want to assure that this administration will continue to assist you and other investors in creating the enabling environment for businesses to grow,” he said.

The minister said that the government was aware of the huge contributions of the creative industry to the nation’s economy and would continue to support the sector.

However, he identified contents and the lack of objective audience measurement as major challenges that had retarded the growth of TV and advertising industries in the country.

“With the liberalisation of the industry, content has become very key because content determines which channels are being watched and which are not.

“Another major challenge is how to get an accurate measurement of which channel is being watched and which is not.

“Kenya and South Africa are about one-third of our population but they do much better in TV and radio advertisement than us because of their robust audience measurement,” he said.

The minister announced that the National Broadcasting Commission and his ministry would organise a workshop on Nov. 28 to address the challenge of audience measurement.

Earlier, Echefu said that TSTV Africa, which had gone through a lot of challenges, was birth to liberalise PayTV in the country, make it affordable to every Nigerian with added values.

He said for the first time, Nigerians could now enjoy Pay Per View because with TSTV, “subscription runs as you watch and it has the facility to pause your subscription when you travel”.

Echefu said that TStv for a start has 70 premium channels model with the cheapest pay-TV in Africa with maximum subscription fee of N3,000 only.

He said as a fully Nigerian brand with consideration for the masses, TStv is not classified and it has a model that accommodate subscription as low as N200 as N500 for a period of time.

The CEO said TStv came with PVR (Personal Video Recorder) Decoder which alloTStv launches, gets three-year tax relief

Airtel Nigeria Lunched Unlimited Data Plans For Heavy Internet Users

Airtel Nigeria Lunched Unlimited Data Plans For Heavy Internet Users

Airtel Nigeria Lunched Unlimited Data Plans For Heavy Internet Users  A few days back, Airtel Nigeria released a teaser video on the Youtube informs us that their Unlimited data plans are coming soon and since then, many of us has been anxiously waiting for the official launch of the packages. And now, Airtel has silently launched the unlimited data packages.   With unlimited data plan, you can browse, download, upload and stream videos or even share your connections with your family and friends around you without fear of running out of data and no speed throttling of any kind. The introduction of unlimited data plan by one of our major telecom (Airtel) is a very good idea, but the prices tagged to the packages are not friendly at all. The Airtel newly released Unlimited data comes in 3 different packages, meaning you can choose anyone that best suits you. Let's take a look at the Airtel unlimited data packages, the prices, and their activation codes. Airtel Unlimited Packages You can dial *141# and follow prompts or dial the below codes; N10,000 Unlimited Package, Valid for 30days N15,000 Unlimited Package, Valid for 30days N20,000 Unlimited Package, Valid for 30days To Activate Any of The Data Package For N10,000 Unlimited package, dial *471# For N15,000 Unlimited package, dial *463# For N20,000 unlimited package, dial *351#   The plan was silently launched and even without any single word or comment from Airtel. Though, from the advert video released by Airtel, the plan was called unlimited data plans and merely looking at the price, the plan suppose to be unlimited for real. For now, I can't say if the plan is truly unlimited or capped, but one thing for sure, fair usage policy will attach to it.

9Mobile formerly known has Etisalat has unveiled a new logo and a new website.

9Mobile formerly known has Etisalat has unveiled a new logo and a new website.

Recall that Etisalat Nigeria ran into trouble over N541 billion debts owed a consortium of banks that include Access Bank PLC, Zenith Bank, GTBank, FirstBank and other foreign banks.

The intervention of the Nigerian financial and telecoms regulatory authorities had helped to prevent a major stricture that could have erased jobs and the integrity of the two sectors.

Both the Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said they are still studying the situation. The NCC has assured that there would be no negative impact on subscribers and on jobs.

The telecoms firm retained the ‘9janess’ by invariably deciding on ‘9’ in 9Mobile.
On the choice of “9”, 9mobile explained thus as gathered byBrand Spur Nigeria.

• 9 is significant with nature, the start of life, time of birth. From our entry into the market 9 years ago to our evolution 9 years after, we are still 0809ja.
• We are here for you, rebranded for you because it is all about you.
• 9 stands for speed, quality, excellence. If you’re looking to the future, you find it with 9.
• 9 gets you talking more, doing more, achieving more & living more

9mobile made changes to its online presences as shown in the pictures below.
Website link: http://9mobile.com.ng/

You can still get that free 200MB when you download my9mobile app & register to get it.
The 9mobile app available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry users, to download visit: http://9mobile.com.ng/my9mobile/

Their special offer for all new and existing customers is still available on 9mobile network. Get up to 10 times the value of your first recharge daily. Read more detail about it here:www.shelaf.com/2017/07/sborevamp-get-10x...

9Mobile said that we should be expecting moretalk, morecliq, moreflex, morelife, moretunes, morecredit, morebusiness, moreblaze. Also, we are expecting possible data rebranding.

Historic passage of NOUN amendments in Senate sees graduates head to NYSC, Law school

Historic passage of NOUN amendments in Senate sees graduates head to NYSC, Law school

There is no more cog in the wheel of graduates heading to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Law School following the passage into law the series of amendments in the NOUN Act by the Nigerian senators.

The senators, on Thursday, passed the amendment to the Act that established NOUN bringing to an end the long-standing bottleneck in the Act that denied the graduates the opportunity to be mobilised by the NYSC or be recalled to the Nigerian Law schools.

The historic passage of the amendments, the first in the history of the institution since its initial establishment by the Shehu Shagari administration in 1982, has removed the perception in some quarters that the university was a part-time one.

The use of “correspondence” in the Act made the Council of Legal Education, the umbrella body that calls law graduates to the law school, and the NYSC to refuse the university’s graduates the chance to enrol, like their counterparts in conventional universities.

But the amendment to the Act by the Senate expunged the bottlenecks and recognises the university as a full-time, Open and Distance Learning institution in Nigeria. There are other areas where the amendment touches, including the incorporation of technology in the mode of learning as an ODL institution among others.

The senate’s final endorsement followed the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND chaired by Senator Barau Jibrin on the amendment of NOUN Act.

Senator Barau, an APC senator from Kano state, told his colleagues that the amendment would address the perception of the public about the university regarding the contentious “correspondence” usage in the Act.

The senator, while introducing the report of his committee said “These two concepts correspondence and part-time significantly affect the way the public views the programs run by the University.

“This has been the reason why the Law Graduates of the School are not admitted into the Nigerian Law School as well as the reason for the non-inclusion of the graduates of the University into the National Youth Service Corps Scheme.”

After the committee chairman’s submission and the clause-by-clause reading of the report, the Senate president, Senator Bukola Saraki put the voice vote to the chamber, where a resounding majority shouted “Ayes”, without a single voice of objection

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Technology has been growing at a very fast rate and the Banking system has also been moving with it. Right now one can easily make transfers no matter where you are using your mobile phones. I'll be listing the transfer codes for all Nigerian Banks available here. By just dialling some few codes your transfer will be made with immediate effect. You no longer have to go to the banking hall again to do this and guess what,  it is very easy to use.
I will give a list of all available USSD codes for money transfer for all Nigerian banks.

Credit goes to nairabrains for this compiled list
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) USSD Transfer Code
To make transfers to any GTBank account, simply dial *737*1*Amount*NUBAN Account No# e.g. *737*1*1000*0234047333# from your mobile number registered with the Bank.
For transfers to individuals in other Bank’s, all you have to do is simply dial *737*2*Amount*NUBAN Account No# e.g. *737*2*1000*0234047333#. You will then be required to input the last four digits of your GTBank Naira MasterCard to complete each transaction.
The *737* Transfer service is only available to GTBank customers via their mobile phone numbers registered with the Bank and has minimum transfer limit of N1,000 and a daily transfer limit of N20,000. Your daily limit can be up to N200,000 or more
Fidelity Bank USSD Transfer Code
To make money transfers from Fidelity bank account to another bank account, simply dial this *770*NUBAN Account number*Amount#; NUBAN Account number is the 10 digit account number given by any bank.
Example; if you want to transfer N2000 from your fidelity account to someone’s Firstbank account, dial *770*1234567890*2000# from the mobile number registered with your Fidelity Bank account.
Then select the beneficiary bank Name (First bank).
Access bank
First bank
Diamond bank etc
Enter your transfer PIN to confirm transfer. The recipient account number will be shown to you before you enter the your PIN. This let's you verify that you’re not sending money to a wrong account.
If you have never made use of this service before, you will be requested to create one. You can dial *770#, Enter your NUBAN Account number (Fidelity bank account number), Select a 4-digit PIN for your account.
Transfer per transaction is N10,000. Maximum transfer per day is N20,000
First Bank USSD Transfer Code
First bank USSD code allows you to transfer money, pay bills, withdraw money or make purchases. To transfer money, simply dial *894# and select 1; dial *894# and select 2 to withdraw money, dial *894# and select 3 to make purchase; dial *894# and select 4 to pay bills; dial *894# and select 5 to buy airtime; and dial *894# and select 7 to manage account.
Wema Bank USSD Transfer Code
For Wema Bank customers, simply dial *322*035*NUBAN*AMOUNT#
The Wema Quick Recharge Code should only be used with the phone number registered with the bank
Diamond Bank USSD Transfer Code
For Diamond Bank Y’ello account holders, to Transfer money to any bank Dial *710*777*ACCOUNT NO*AMOUNT*PIN#.
For Diamond Y’ello to Diamond Y’ello Transfers Dial *710*710*PHONE NO*AMOUNT*PIN# For other Diamond account holders check options below.
Ecobank USSD Transfer Code
To make transfers from your Eyeball account all you have to do is Dial *326# to get started.
Zenith Bank USSD Transfer Code
Zenith Bank’s 966 Mobile Banking allows you to open an account, check balance, load airtime or transfer mo