Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has returned to Abuja, after performing the lesser Hajj at the invitation of the King Salman of Saudi Arabia. Buhari’s New Media aide, Bashir Ahmad, said the President left the city of Makkah on Tuesday via the Royal Terminal of the King Abdul’aziz International Airport, Jeddah. On the trip with Buhari was his wife Aisha and ...
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Anambra Govt Commends ABS MD
Government of Anambra State has presented Certificate of Commendation to the Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS) for impressive performance. Gov. Willie Obiano presented the certificate to Nze Uche Nworah, the Managing Director for his dedication and commitment in transforming the organisation into a much more modern station. The certificate tagged, “Certificate of Commendation for Dedication and Sterling Performance’’, was awarded ...
Read More »SERAP To Saraki, Dogara: Withdraw Repressive NASS Media Accreditation Guidelines Now
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the “leadership and management of the National Assembly to immediately withdraw the repressive media accreditation guidelines or face legal action.” The National Assembly leadership and management had in a letter yesterday issued the ‘media accreditation guidelines’ that would prevent journalists from covering the ninth National Assembly. Some of the 20 conditions listed ...
Read More »SNEPCo Paid N366 Billion In Revenue To Nigerian Govt In 2018
Nigeria’s foremost deep-water oil and gas company, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), paid N366 billion in 2018 as revenue to the federal government from its exploration activities, while it made another N2.1 billion as statutory payment to the Niger Delta Development Commission, SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Bayo Ojulari, has said. Ojulari spoke to journalists in Lagos last week ...
Read More »Understanding Lai Muhammed’s Treason Charge Against Atiku
By Teslim Sanni It could have passed as a joke that the federal government represented by the loquacious minister of information, Lai Mohammed, will accuse the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar of treason. But it was a joke taken too far. It is on record that all through the three times that Buhari contested for ...
Read More »My Investigation By EFCC Not New, Says Okorocha
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has dismissed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)’s investigation against him, saying it’s not new. Okorocha who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, said, “We cannot comment again over (on) an issue which has already been reported by the same medium, last week. “So, there is nothing new about the investigation.” Acting Chairman ...
Read More »Igbo Can’t Be President, Says Suspended Ohanaeze Secretary-General
The people of the South-East played themselves out of the 2023 Presidency by failing to vote for the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 general elections, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu, has said. Okwukwu stated this in a statement he made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Monday. Stating that he was supporting the ...
Read More »Editors Reject NASS Accreditation Guidelines For Journalists
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has rejected the new guidelines for the accreditation of media organisations, journalists/correspondents covering the National Assembly, describing it as primitive, undemocratic and blatantly anti-press and anti-people. The guidelines issued by authorities of the National Assembly (NASS) is due to become effective from June 11, 2019. It demands among other draconian provisions that a media ...
Read More »WAFU Cup Victory: Saraki Hails Super Falcons
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has lauded the Super Falcons for lifting the 2019 WAFU Cup following their soul-lifting display in the finals of the game last Saturday in Abidjan. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, said the country cannot but be proud about the patriotism and resilience ...
Read More »Playing Disco With Nigerian Electricity Consumers
By Casmir Igbokwe Going to discos was very popular in the ’80s. But dancing to a melodic pop music was not the only thing boys knew how to do then. They also played some wooing pranks on girls, starting with such gimmicks as “excuse me dance”. This fun then has become a good pun today for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) ...
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