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REVEALED: Spectranet is a fraud…. Real reasons why you should not buy Spectranet Modem… + Subscribers go for other internet provider!

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Internet subscribers on the network of Spectranet, one of the data services providers in the country, are having a rough time and grinding ordeal in the hands of the operator.

Mixed reactions have trailed the internet provider as they keep deceiving their subscribers with different fraudulent promos, and making promises they will never fulfill.

Remember about three years ago when the service provider announced it was migrating its operations to the LTE platform which guarantees high speed? They even sent out messages through phone calls and other channels to existing subscribers to trade in their old boxes (modem) for the new Spectranet LTE modem. And they gave a deadline to subscribers to trade in their modems at no cost to the subscribers.

According to Society Reporters NG investigation and enquiry, LTE, is initial for Long Term Evolution, marketed as 4G LTE. It is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements.

The world’s first publicly available LTE service was launched by TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo on December 14, 2009. LTE is the natural upgrade path for carriers with both GSM/UMTS networks and CDMA networks such as Verizon Wireless, who launched the first large-scale LTE network in North America in 2010. In Nigeria, Airtel was the first telecom company to successfully carry out a demo on LTE.

However, what appears a simple exercise ran into early storm as most of the subscribers who heeded the call to trade in their modems got stocked in the mud then.

As if that was not enough, the company has been coming out with different promos to attract more subscribers to their network, but many have now confirmed that the promos never work out as announced.

A Staff of Spectranet kept mum when our reporter inquired why they were ill at ease with the delivery of their promises on getting double gigabytes if you make payment before the expiration of your data. But some of the angry customers told our reporter that Spectranet has been scamming them with monthly subscriptions that do not really add up to one month.

“Spectranet is fraudulent. Most times you are not able to use your internet due to their own technical inadequacy and this may run into days yet when they bill you they do not take into cognizance the days you did not use your modem for no fault of yours. They simply disconnect you after 30 days”, a subscriber at the Ogba office told our reporter.

We are familiar with this swindle. Before the migration to LTE, Spectranet has never offered services for 30 days in a month, in some cases the modem goes blank unable to connect to Spectranet base station but in spite of this, Spectranet terminates service after 30 days not minding that for about three or four days within those 30 days they could not offer service for technical reasons.

At one of its Ikeja office, our reporter accosted customers who made payment for the double your data promo weeks ago but who were yet to enjoy internet services. Last week when our reporter visited the ikeja office of Spectranet, a huge crowd of frustrated customers poked fun at the Spectranet staff on duty who from the looks on their faces were not happy with the manner subscribers were being treated. Tired of confronting the angry crowd and pacifying them, a technical staff on duty simply disappeared when the barrage of umbrage from subscribers became unbearable.

“I think it is time the relevant authorities look into the activities of Spectranet and other service providers in Nigeria. It is obvious they are doing in Nigeria what they cannot do in their parent countries or any other nation where they operate”, a subscriber who said he had made payment before the expiration date of the modem fumed.

We will continue our investigations and update you with the latest about the alleged fraudulent operations of the service provider

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YAHAYA BELLO: PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES: SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT 

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NO AMOUNT OF BLACKMAIL WILL MAKE HE YAHAYA BELLO ‘COME THROUGH THE BACKDOOR’

 

 

On Tuesday, 23rd April 2024, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, in a conduct which we view as unbecoming of a Legal Practitioner, organised a press conference where he alleged (amongst other outrightly defamatory statements) that His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, withdrew cash from the Kogi State Government Account, sent same to Bureau De Change Operators and then used same to pay the school fees of his children in advance.

 

According to Olukoyede, the payment was made just about the time the former Governor was to leave office.

 

Since the said press conference, receipts of payments of the said fees bearing the names of His Excellency’s Children and those of other family members, who separately paid their fees, have been flying all over the internet.

 

While we reserve our rights to seek redress against the said defamatory statements, permit us to briefly state the following for the purpose of setting the records straight:

 

1. His Excellency, Yahaya Bello’s children have attended the American International School, Abuja well before he became Governor and he has paid fees for his children as and when due and without fail.

 

2. His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello did not pay the sum of USD720,000 as alleged by the EFCC Chairman or USD840,000 as is being bandied about on the internet.

 

3. The payment of the fees was not effected at about the time his Excellency was to leave office as claimed by Mr. Olukoyede but same commenced in 2021.

 

3. Alhaji Yahaya Bello DID NOT pay the fees of his Children with monies from the Coffers of the Kogi State Government.

 

4. When the EFCC approached the American International School Abuja (AISA) to illegally recover funds legitimately paid by Alhaji Yahaya Bello and other family members, a member of the family challenged the EFCC’s unlawful acts to recover funds legitimately paid. The FCT High Court, in Suit No. FCT/HC/2574/2023 between: Mr. Ali Bello v. The Incorporated Trustees of American International School, Abuja, held that AISA could not lawfully and unilaterally refund to a third party, including the EFCC, fees paid by the parties to the suit.

 

The Court subsequently mandated AISA to continue to provide the services it had been paid with respect to the fees.

 

From the foregoing, it is clear that no money belonging to Alhaji Yahaya Bello or his family members with regard to school fees has been recovered by the EFCC.

 

5. Now, let it be known that, contrary to misleading narratives by the EFCC, all the documents published online i.e. receipts and letters, that the EFCC has released online, in furtherance of its unrelenting persecution of the former Governor, are documents filed by lawyers in the suit instituted on behalf of Alhaji Yahaya Bello and others who paid fees for their wards under the Advance Fee Payment Agreement with AISA.

Those documents, having been filed by his lawyers, are thus public documents, which shows that his Excellency, Yahaya Bello, has nothing to hide with regard to the payment of advance fees for his children. This unending harassment and persecution, even while in office, were among key reasons he sought to enforce his fundamental human rights.

 

6. We state that the payment of these fees and the legitimacy thereof is the subject matter of Charge No. FHC/CR/573/2022, filed by the EFCC since 15th December 2022 at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The Charge is pending and the Court has yet to make any finding or convicted anyone in respect of the said sum.

 

7. It is imperative to remind Mr. Olukoyede, who is a Lawyer, that once parties have submitted a dispute to the Court, they are to shun all actions and statements that may prejudice the hearing of the matter or the mind of the Court.

 

8. Since the matter is sub judice, we say no more, we await the EFCC’s proof of the allegations in Court, which is the only venue where the proof of these allegations matter.

 

9. We thank Nigerians who have recognised the obvious desperation of the EFCC boss to convict the former Governor by all means in the Court of public opinion rather than in the law court, as personal vendetta, with the connivance of like minds, and not a fight against corruption.

 

10.We implore others who might have been misled by their shenanigans not to be fooled by mischievous narratives but to

follow the case through until justice is served.

 

11. Finally, our Principal, Yahaya Bello, doesn’t visit law enforcement agencies “through the backdoor”. He has insisted on following due process in line with the rule of law. No amount of blackmail will intimidate him.

 

Thank you.

 

Signed

Ohiare Michael

MEDIA OFFICE,

HE YAHAYA BELLO

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Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor Resigns After Being Redeployed By Governor Fubara.

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Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State, Zacchaeus Adangor has rejected his redeployment as Commissioner for Special Duties.

Zacchaeus also tendered his resignation from the state executive council.

Zacchaeus had, on 14 December, resigned his position as the Attorney-General of the state following the face-off between Governor Sim Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.

Zacchaeus and other commissioners who resigned due to the political crisis in the state, however, returned to the government after being reconfirmed by the state House of Assembly.

Fubara, earlier in the week, reshuffled his cabinet and redeployed Zacchaeus as the commissioner for Special Duties (Governor’s Office).

In a letter sighted by DAILY POST and addressed to the Secretary to the Rivers State government, Zacchaeus rejected his new office.

Zacchaeus, a strong ally of Wike, in his resignation letter, accused Governor Fubara of interfering with the performance of his duties as Attorney General of the state.

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Just in: Senator Ayogu Eze Dies At 65

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Famous former lawmaker, Senator Ayogu Eze, is dead. He died at the age of 65.

Ayogu represented Enugu North in the Senate during which time he played key role of the image maker of the Senate.

He died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness.

Sources squealed that Ayogu had been down, a situation that made him unable to attend his child’s wedding ceremony held earlier in the year in Lagos State.

He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, where he ran for Enugu State governorship election.

In the Senate, he was appointed chairman of the senate committee on Information and Media, making him the official spokesperson of the senate in 2007.

After his reelection to the senate in 2011, he was appointed chairman of the committee on works.

Eze also served as a member of committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.

In May last year, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Eze and five others as Federal Commissioners for Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.

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