The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of 52 broadcast stations across the country due to over-indebtedness to the regulatory commission. Since 2015, the stations have owed the Commission N2.6 billion. Africa Independent Television (AIT) and its sister radio station, Raypower FM; Silverbird Television; and 49 other stations throughout the country are among the debtor-stations. The NBC’s …
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgement on an appeal filed by a PDP chieftain, Sheriff Oborevwori, challenging the emergence of Olorogun David Edevbie as the Peoples Democratic Party’s standard bearer in Delta state’s gubernatorial election in 2023. On July 7, 2022, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission …
Mr. Kayode Ajulo, an Abuja-based legal practitioner, has accused the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, of plotting to extradite one Adesina Lasisi to the United States of America while his extradition request was pending at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. On May 26, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted …
Successive administrations have praised plans to diversify the Nigerian economy away from crude oil. Since crude oil was discovered in Nigeria, it has become the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, with other sources of revenue largely abandoned. According to this school of thought, the discovery of oil was both a blessing and a curse for the country. To buck the …
The Tinubu Mandate Group has described Sen. Kashim Shettima’s selection as the APC presidential candidate, Sen Bola Tinubu’s running mate, as the right choice for the party. Pastor Femi Bakare, the Chairman of the group in Ondo and Ekiti states, stated this to members of the group on Thursday in Akure. Bakare explained that Shettima’s choice was based on competence …
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, has stated that one way he would address Nigeria’s electricity problems is to give states the authority to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. Atiku stated in a statement on Thursday evening that if elected president in 2023, he would remove electricity production from the exclusive list and give it to states. This …
According to SP Gambo Isah, Public Relations Officer, Katsina Police Command, many terrorists were feared killed in a foiled attack by its tactical team while rescuing victims abducted by the hoodlums at Wapa Village in Kurfi Local Government Area of the State. Friday morning, early hours According to the Katsina Command PRO, the well-armed terrorists, numbering no fewer than 24, …
The White House announced on Tuesday that US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for the second time. The president’s wife, 71, tested negative on Monday but developed “cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. A subsequent …
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has given ex-governor Peter Odili a multi-million naira house in celebration of his 74th birthday. Odili governed the oil-rich state from 1999 to 2007, when Wike was Chairman of the Obi Akpor Local Government Area. Odili Day Wike praised the ex-governor at a ceremony in Port Harcourt on Monday to commemorate his 74th birthday. He …
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter on Tuesday applauded the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja for finally sacking the party’s factional chairman, Mr. Silas Onu, and installing Mr. Tochukwu Okorie as the authentic chairman. The Court of Appeal overturned and set aside the decision of the Federal High Court on April 13, 2022, which had earlier sacked …
The Rivers State Police Command apprehended a man simply identified as Chima for allegedly attacking his wife with a machete over his right to bring his lover into their matrimonial home. According to eyewitnesses, Wakaego, who is now in a coma, challenged her husband for bringing his lover into their matrimonial home in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of …
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) responded to the BudgIT yesterday, stating that the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, inherited a salary liability of N720 million from the previous administration. In a recent field survey, the BudgIT identified Nasarawa and seven other federation states as owing workers salary for six months or more. However, during a press …
Former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Dele Momodu has proposed a solution to the schism between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. Momodu suggested that a closed-door meeting between Atiku and Wike would bridge the political divide. Following the PDP presidential primaries in Abuja, the pair fell out. Wike is displeased that Atiku chose …
On Monday evening, an unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise an electricity transformer in Osogbo. According to community sources, the man died when power was suddenly restored to the transformer while he was attempting to steal an electrical cable. The transformer is said to be in Kolade Estate, Onward area, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo. According to reports, the man’s body …
Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the government has the capacity but lacks the will to meet the union’s demands. According to him, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not being sincere with lecturers and Nigerians in the negotiations to end the five-month strike. He reminded government officials that the money …
Abdulwaheed Lamidi, 55, was killed while staying with his girlfriend at the City International Motel, Council Bus-Stop, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. According to reports, Lamidi and his 32-year-old lover met online and agreed to engage in a romantic relationship after a series of conversations. The lovers’ relationship was said to have blossomed after they decided to meet …
The federal government held its regular primary auction of new bond issuances on Monday in order to raise another N225 billion from the domestic capital market. However, the outcome of the auction was unknown at the time of publication. Investment firms increased their pre-auction marketing efforts for the new issuances over the weekend, with tallies surveyed across many firms indicating …
Following the conviction of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others to seven years in prison by the Federal High Court in Abuja, led by Justice Binta Nyako, the Initiative for Better Societal Enlightenment (IBSE) has commended DCP Abba Kyari for his tenacity in ensuring the arrest of the kidnap kingpin. Wadume was convicted …
