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In spite of MTN Nigeria denial of owing Ondo state government about N458 million in taxes and levies, the state has shut down its facilities thus leading to poor quality of service (QoS) to telecom subscribers. MTN states that the closure of its facilities by the state government will negatively impact the quality of service in the state and environs and affect millions of subscribers. Some of the services that will be impacted are voice and data services, voice traffic across other operators and international traffic. Others are enterprise data service to third-party clients (mostly banks and other corporate clients), which may in turn impact services such as ATMs, POS and others. This will lead to poor or total loss of network coverage for all MTN subscribers in Ondo.  Today.ng  reports.

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency. The virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. Zika had been thought to be spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, so sexual contact as a mode of transmission would be a potentially alarming development. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it was the first U.S. Zika case in someone who had not traveled abroad in the current outbreak, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on Twitter. However, the CDC has not investigated how the virus was transmitted. After this case, the CDC advised men to consider using con

Eleven people have survived an helicopter crash that occurred around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, eyewitnesses have said. The crash has been confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, South-West National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye. Farinloye also said emergency workers are already on the scene of the incident. An official of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said the helicopter was en-route Lagos from Port Harcourt.

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New York — With Super Bowl Sunday less than a week away, a flurry of advertisers including Budweiser and LG Electronics have already released their game-day ads in the hopes of stoking excitement and building up shares on social media. Because ads cost up to $5m per 30 seconds, advertisers are looking to extend buzz to make their investment pay off. "More than ever we're seeing very elaborate pre-game efforts to generate interest," said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Here's a look at 10 spots that advertisers have released ahead of Sunday's game on CBS: Avocados from Mexico The trade group that promotes Mexican avocados has a quirky ad showing aliens in a museum appreciating human culture, including a Rubik's Cube and actor Scott Baio . from  channel24  . See more below continue..

A light aircraft crashed into shacks in Watville, Benoni, on the East Rand, on Wednesday. According to reports from the scene, three people were killed. ER24 said paramedics and other services arrived to find the burned wreckage of the aircraft lying on its roof. "On assessment, paramedics found the bodies of three people lying inside the aircraft. Unfortunately all three occupants had already succumbed to their fatal injuries," ER24 said. The crash was said to have happened in Rakele street. Ekurhuleni emergency services spokesperson William Ntladi told News24 details were sketchy and he was on his way to the scene.