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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a new “floor plan”, or minimum pricing, for data services by mobile operators “to address market distortions, unhealthy price wars and value erosion that could threaten the going concern of service providers”, this is according to an internal working document. In a letter to the big operators, the NCC had directed that the floor plan for data should be 0.90k/MB effective December 1, 2016 “pending the finalisation of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria”. As virtually all the big operators were already charging below the new floor rate, the directive meant an automatic increase in charges for data services. However, small operators and new entrants in the data market, such as Spectranet, Ntel and Smile, are still allowed to charge below 0.90k/MB. NCC defines “small operator” as one that has less than 7.5% market share and “new entrant” as one that has operated fo...

An 11 year old class five pupil, Mamie Sam of Roman Catholic primary school, in  Sierra Leone is currently calling on government and other humanitarian organizations to immediately come to her aid as she is not at peace at the moment. Speaking to Awoko at her residence she explained that some time last year she went on a fishing expedition together with her grand mother and other women in the town. After the exercise she started experiencing her breast becoming large. While taking bath together with the elders in the stream one of the women spoke about her breast saying her breast is becoming abnormal and it is not a good thing for her. During the night hour she said her breast scratched throughout the night giving her sleepless night and it’s kept projecting up to the current length as she continue to scratch. The following morning when she went to school her class and school mates were provoking her and there after she stopped going to school almost a year now. She st...

Paul Egbezokhai Kadiri, a deaf and dumb groom, whose bride suffers from cerebral palsy, has said he rejected marriage offers from ‘able-bodied women’ because it was love at first sight with his bride, Grace Olufunke Omooba. The wedding ceremony between Paul and Grace took place at Jesus Kids, Home for Special People with Disabilities, an orphanage, over the weekend, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Their story became more interesting as the bridegroom, Paul, 52, was said to have turned down the proposals of some able-bodied admirers (women) at different times, who wanted to have him as husband. According to information, Kadiri reportedly said he would prefer to live the rest of his life with a physically-challenged person like him. He said it was love at first sight, when he saw 43-year-old light-complexioned Grace Olufunke Omooba. Omooba had been under the care of the President of the Home, Mrs Ololade Adamole-kun, for the past 10 years. Kadiri resides and works in Modakeke, Osun State...

 Nigeria's first couple, President Buhari and wife, Aisha celebrated with their grand daughter as she marked her her 4th birthday recently.  One of their daughters, Zahra will be getting married this weekend to Billionaire son, Ahmed Indimi.

A Facebook user, Ngozi Emenike posted this message above. According to her, the lady in the photo died  yesterday, 29th, November, 2016, in the Kano NYSC camp because officials thought she was pretending to be sick, thus they neglected and refused to attend to her on time! So sad.

For our newbies, the KFB foodie talk column - handled by Dobby of  Dobbysignature   -  is basically for ladies and 'guys' that are interested in learning how to cook better  ;). Minced meat stew is a popular type of stew made from ground beef. It's simply delicious and is usually served alongside spaghetti, potatoes, rice, plantain and a host of other meals. If you don't have minced meat available or don't have tools to grind your meat as shown below, you could use corned beef for this if you've got that available. This meal is usually a favorite with kids, and most people can't seem to get enough of it. There are a lot of things i love about this stew the first being that it's pretty easy to make. Next, it's really affordable especially with the fact that i didn't spend over a thousand naira for the whole meal for four people which is pretty good. Do give this a try soon and lemme know the outcome.  Minced meat stew recipe Prep time:   1...

It appears that some Nigerians people have been able to 'read' meaning into Toke Makinwa's outfit to her book launch. See snapshots of some of the interpretations below: