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The #ENDSars protest which has been the bulk of the story on the news has taken a new toll as the National Broadcast Commission (NBC) sanctioned major broadcast stations for violating broadcasting code during the protest. The stations include AIT, Channels TV and Arise TV. According to the commission, the stations contributed to the increase…
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has explained to the public that the 5G technology has the ability to provide technological support for security, rural development, employment opportunities and also increase the capacity of established structures. Prof Danbatta made this statement recently at the Digital Bridge, Utako,…
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has stated that there is an urgency to regulate social media in order to checkmate fake news. The Minister told the House Committee on Information, National Ethics, and Values at the defense of the 2021 proposed budget of his ministry that fake news and misinformation poses a…
Nandini Sukumar, the Chief Executive Officer of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), with Adena Friedman, his NASDAQ Exchange’s compeer, has confirmed their participation in reviewing the role of the Nigerian financial market towards economic development. This was revealed in a statement released by the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS). The CIS disclosed that the CEO…
The United States Election Project revealed on Tuesday that early votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election hit 69.6 million. This surpasses half of the total 137 million ballots recorded in the 2016 presidential election. The figure was published in the ‘2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics’ website. Early voters who were interviewed disclosed that…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has completed the construction of Escravos-Lagos pipeline phase 2 (36’x342km). There will be the immediate transmission of gas to power stations in the country. Zakhlem Construction Nigeria Limited assigned the project to the NNPC.The construction company is one of the biggest construction pipeline with the potential to serve many…
The United Nations Working Group has accorded Omoleye Swore, the human right activist’s detention as arbitrary and illegal in line with the international law. The body has appealed to the Nigerian government to end the illegal prosecution of Sowore over attempts of peaceful protest in August of 2019. This was disclosed in a statement by…
HON. Justice I.E. Ekwo, the presiding judge over a Federal High Court in Abuja, has on Wednesday, October 21, fixed December 4, 2020, to review the audio evidence, which captured Senator Shehu Sani’s voice extorting $25,000 from Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors, a Kaduna-based business man. Senator Shehu Sani, a representative of Kaduna Central…
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, stated on Wednesday that the Nigerian government is indebted to construction companies. The companies are handling 711 road projects in Nigeria now with a cost of N392 billion. It is estimated that the figure is 42% bigger than the allocation for road projects in the proposed 2021…
The Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is said to have been set ablaze by hoodlums in Akure, the capital of Ondo State. This report came hours after the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was blazed. The all-ruling APC, had accused the opposition party, PDP, for the attack on its secretariat….
