The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Arise TV for airing fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The television station was fined N2m for breaching the broadcasting code. Recall that Arise TV apologised on Sunday after reporting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was investigating … [Read more…]
Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo has urged Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi not to toy with the destiny of 60 million Igbos, saying he cannot win the 2023 presidential election. Soludo, in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent,’ said Obi will not win as the … [Read more…]
Critical stakeholders in the media industry, yesterday, agreed on a 41-point code of ethics for Nigerian journalists. They also adopted co-regulation instead of a self-regulation mechanism. Both measures are part of “an attempt to jumpstart a fresh attempt to put in place rules to guide professional conduct and a regulatory council to support the efforts … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof … [Read more…]
The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, yesterday, in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that the N5 million cash reward is for anyone who could provide information that could lead to the arrest of one of the wanted terrorists. Akpor … [Read more…]
House of Representatives, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Appropriations to make provisions for N200 billion in the 2023 budget before the National Assembly for the Ecological Project Office in the Presidency for flood preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and relief packages. It also urged the Federal Government to immediately release N5 billion into the already created … [Read more…]
The United States has allocated $50 million for 2023 general elections. The US Consul General, Mr Will Stevens made this disclosure on Monday in Ibadan capital of Oyo State during an open session of election reporting workshop for journalists organised by West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy (WABMA). According to Stevens, the budget will cover … [Read more…]
Ahead of the official kick-off of the the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, late Sunday night, met with the party’s flag bearer, Bola Tinubu and National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. After a two-week medical visit to London, the President had flown into Abuja Sunday evening. While in … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has pronounced an indefinite adjournment in the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The adjournment made by Justice Binta Nyako is to await the decision of the Supreme Court on appeals that were lodged by both the Federal Government … [Read more…]
By Reuben Onyishi (Ugoachataberu) Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the Enugu State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has swept through the Enugu political landscape so wildly beyond the utmost bounds of acceptance, thereby ferociously demolishing within a short while every make-believe Satanic stronghold of vile but mischievous castigation. The message of hope Peter preaches has … [Read more…]
Bureau de change operators in Adamawa State are rejecting foreign currencies from customers due to growing uncertainty in the parallel market. Some of the money changers interviewed at Jimeta Modern Market in Yola said they were apprehensive over the sudden and continued crash of the dollar which destabilized the parallel market. The chairman, bureau de … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned 63 institutions of the federal government for implementing illegal budgets, leading to expenditure of over N2 trillion without statutory approval. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, also wrote a letter to Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, to demand evidence of appropriation … [Read more…]