Get 30 Minutes Free Call On MTN

Do you know you can get up to 30 minutes of free call on MTN?

It is called Good Morning Nigeria.


Good Morning Nigeria offer is an advertising funded\CSR initiative in partnership with leading brands that allows customers to enjoy free calls in exchange for listening to audio adverts of participating brands.

It allows prepaid customers to enjoy 30 minutes of free calls on the same call each time a 3 minutes straight call is made to an MTN number which is charged at their base tariff.

Customers will listen to a start-of-call Audio message advertising any of the participating brands products/services for ARM, Coca-Cola, Jumia, Leadway, Mansard and Samsung. The audio will be played for a period of 3seconds after initiating the call and will not interfere with the caller tune of a CRBT subscriber. Customer is not charged for listening to the Audio message.

Customers can opt in by texting GMN to 131. Once registered, the customer will enjoy Good morning Nigeria between 5am and 8am daily.

During that period 0 to 3mins of every MTN call will be billed at the customer’s base tariff, thereafter from the 3rd min to 33th min of same call will be zero rated.




Who can Opt In to Good Morning Nigeria? 
All MTN Prepaid customers can opt-in to Good Morning Nigeria. Commercial Prepaid customers - MTN Trutalk, MTN Trutalk Plus, MTN iPulse, MTN SmoothTalk plus, MTN Super Saver plus, MTN Zone, and MTN Talk Talk will be able to Opt in for Good Morning Nigeria.

How do I opt-in to Good Morning Nigeria? 
Simply dial *123*10# or text GMN to 131

How much will I be charged to Opt In to Good Morning Nigeria? 
Opt In to Good Morning Nigeria is free.

Will I be charged an access fee when I subscribe to Good Morning Nigeria? 
No, you will not be charged a daily access for subscribing to Good Morning Nigeria.

I am an MTN Postpaid customer, can I Opt In to Good Morning Nigeria? 
No, MTN Postpaid customers CANNOT Opt In to Good Morning Nigeria.

What types of calls are eligible for the offer? 
 The free call will only apply to stretched on-net calls. ü
 The free call will ünot apply to off-net calls, international calls, SMS, MMS and GPRS.
 The following types of outgoing calls will not be eligible forü consideration in computing the applicable charged call (first 3minutes of charged call):
a. Calls to toll free numbers
b. MTN Call Centre calls
c. Happy Hour calls
d. VAS IVR Calls
Are the call minutes cumulative? 
 The threshold of chargeable outgoing on-net minutes for each call is not cumulative i.e. if a customer makes a 30 seconds on-net call and then makes another 2 min 30 seconds on-net call s/he will not be eligible for the free minutes of on-net calls the next time s/he makes an on-net call unless he fulfils the 3mins call session requirement on same call.

 What are the details of the call period? 
All chargeable calls started before 5am will not count to the 3 minutes. It starts counting from 5am.
 All chargeable calls made after 8am will not count; also all freeü calls will end by 8am and the customer will be charged his normal tariff. Example, if a customer initiates a call by 7:55am, and the call extends till 8am, even though he has earned the mandatory 5mins, if the call stretches beyond 8am, he would be charged his normal rate post 8am.

How do I opt-out to Good Morning Nigeria? 
Simply dial *123*11# or text NOGMN to 131
 

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Man Allegedly Rapes 20-Year-Old Girl, Uploads Her Nude Photos Online

A 30-year-old man has allegedly raped a 20-year-old girl (names withheld) and uploaded pictures, taken during the act, on the social media.

It gathered that the suspect, Olaniyan Oluwakayode, who hails from Osun State allegedly, raped the victim in his apartment at Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state.

The victim, a native of Akwa Ibom State, alleged that after being raped, Oluwakayode took her pictures and uploaded them on a popular social media despite pleas from his sister not to do so.

Oluwakayode, the suspect, however denied ever raping her, saying “she was my girlfriend.”

He (Oluwakayode) was arrested by the Police at Ifako-Ijaiye and brought to the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA.

Speaking to newsmen, the victim said Oluwakayode was never her boyfriend or fiancée, saying “I have my own boyfriend.

“He is a guy that used to stop me any time I was going to work. He approached me for friendship and I refused.

My story— VICTIM

“I did not go to his house as he alleged. On my way back from work Tuesday last week, I saw someone running out of his house. He held my hand saying he wanted to do what was on his mind.

“I asked him why he would do what was on his mind when I had not even accepted his advances. He insisted and dragged me inside the bush. When I wanted to shout, he brought out a knife and said he would kill me there.

“From the bush, he dragged me to his house and locked the door. He used his legs to hold my neck, tore my skirt, my pants and bra, beat me up, and then raped me.”

According to her, “When Oluwakayode’s sister came back around to 9p.m., she asked her brother to open the door, asking him if he wanted to kill me.”

“He has been asking me out for a long time. I was never his girlfriend. I have my own boyfriend.

“He raped me; painfully. Even his sister was crying and he snapped me immediately and his sister even threatened to call his mother.”

‘I only had a fight with my girlfriend’

Narrating his own side of the story, Oluwakayode said: “I only fought with my girlfriend (the victim), but they are accusing me of raping her. I never deny the fact that I snapped her picture when she was naked.

“We were fighting. Any other allegation levelled against me is a big lie. The only thing I did, which I do not deny, is that I took her nude photographs.

“She had been hurting me for a very long period and we had an issue which made me delete her number from my phone. Last week, I got a missed call. I called the number immediately. When I heard her voice, I asked her what she wanted.”

According to him, he met her passing by in June, when he asked for her phone number and she gave it to him.

“She even came to my house and we sat outside and talked. She agreed to date me. There was a day we spoke on phone and she was asking me if I had an apartment. I told her that I didn’t want to rush into anything that I wanted to settle down in my business. I do branding in my house at Ifako.

“They said I raped her; one thing is that I have conscience and she also has conscience: our conscience will judge. I never denied beating her. I did beat her with my head on her face and on her back when she held my manhood.

“All the allegations of bringing out powder, a knife and belt are lies. I have conscience and she has too. That’s all.”

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A 10-Year-Old Girl Suicide Bomber Kills 7 In Yobe

A girl, about 10 years old, carried out a suicide attack at popular Tasha Market/motor Park in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, yesterday, killing seven and injuring 31, witnesses said. The killings came on a day it was revealed that Boko Haram Islamists had recaptured a strategic town in Borno State.

“A girl aged about 10 detonated an explosive under her clothes as she approached the market’s perimeter fence,” said Danbaba Nguru, a shopkeeper who witnessed the attack.

The head of the local Sani Abacha General Hospital, Dr Garba Fika, said six bodies and 32 injured had arrived there with one person dying after being admitted.

The Damaturu market has been repeatedly targeted in a string of previous suicide attacks.

“I was in the station when I saw the young girl arrive,” said bus driver Musbahu Lawan.

“I think she noticed the guards checking people at the gates and decided to detonate the explosive in the middle of the crowd outside the gates.”
Nguru added: “The road leading to the gates is always full of small traders… I was lucky not to have been hit.”

No claim of responsibility for the attack has been made but Islamist group Boko Haram has frequently used young girls to carry out suicide attacks.

Fika, who spoke while briefing Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam about the condition of the victims, yesterday, said: “ We received a total of 33 victims of bomb blast that occurred an hour ago; all of them sustained various degree of injuries, out of which seven are dead, while seven are under very critical condition.

“We might refer those in critical condition to the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru and Federal Medical Centre Azare in Bauchi State respectively.

The Yobe State government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with these health institutions, in case of emergency of this nature.

The medical director of Sani Abacha General Hospital, however, said that the victims, with mild injuries, were responding to treatment and would be discharged soon..

Mobilisation

He assured the governor that the management of the hospital had mobilised all medical personnel needed to ensure that the victims receive proper medical attention.

Fika called on the residents of Damaturu to donate blood in order to save the lives of the victims, stressing that they were in dire need of blood.

Responding, Gaidam condemned the incident, describing it as “very unfortunate.”

He commiserated with the families of the victims and prayed for the repose of the souls of those who died as a result of the incident.

The governor, who promised to settle the medical bills of all the victims, expressed optimism that insurgency would soon be a thing of the past in the country.

Gaidam advised people to be security conscious, report any suspicious movement around them, and cooperate with security agents to enable them discharge their duties effectively.

In February, a woman suicide bomber attacked the same bus station, leaving seven dead and 32 injured.

The deputy governor of neighbouring Borno State, Mustapha Zannah, said, Friday, that he had seen a security report indicating that Boko Haram had recruited several suicide bombers to counter a regional military operation against it.

Town falls

Yesterday, Zannah announced the fall of Marte, located on a strategic trading route between Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon and Chad, to the Islamists.

“It is sad as we have been made to understand that Marte has today completely fallen under the control of the insurgents, which to us is a very huge setback,” he said.

The town has changed hands between the jihadists and government troops numerous times since 2013.

A regional military coalition of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon has claimed a series of major victories against Boko Haram since launching sweeping offensives against the jihadists in February.

But the Islamist fighters, who recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremists controlling swathes of Iraq and Syria, have been pushing back.

The jihadists killed at least 55 people in two raids on villages near Maiduguri, the first assault on the northern city in three months.

“Even if 90 percent of our communities have been liberated, the war is not yet over,” Zannah cautioned yesterday.

Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has claimed some 15,000 lives and displaced about 1.5 million people.

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