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Olubadan of Ibadan Backs Clamour for Telecom Infrastructure Protection
The advocacy for telecom infrastructure protection across the country by the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has received royal blessings and support of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, who has urged every citizen in Nigerian to take responsibility for the protection of telecom facilities for mutual benefit of all. The monarch, who spoke through…
Northerners are too Just to Support Muslim-Muslim Ticket- Barde
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kebbi state, General Aminu Bande (Rtd), has chided the option of the the Muslim-Muslim ticket taken by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Describing the act as incurable propagandist in a statement , Bande further viewed Tinubu’s choice as a miscalculated ploy…
Nigeria ID4D Partners Disability Commission
…As NCPWD Laments Fake Disability Trend The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project says it is committed to partnering with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) in the implementation of the project. Project Coordinator of Nigeria Digital ID4D, Musa Odole Solomon disclosed this at a courtesy call on the Executive Secretary of…
MRA Calls on NBC to Rescind N5 Million Fines on TV Station and Three Pay TV Platforms
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to rescind its decision to impose fines of N5 million each on a television station and three pay TV platforms for allegedly undermining Nigeria’s national security by carrying documentaries on banditry in Nigeria, saying the regulator’s action is wrong and unjustifiable in a…
Boko Haram Terrorists Kills Three Borno Farmers
Kwiza Mbumbeh The Boko Haram terrorists have on Wednesday killed three farmers in Konduga local council of Borno state. The bodies of the farmers were recovered on the fringe of Sambisa Forest, while working on their farmlands. Confirming the incident, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, the Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa, disclosed…
Benin Plans 12 Infrastructure Projects at Cotonou Port
The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport was received on the program ”Le Gouvernement en action”, Monday, June 20, 2022. Hervé Hêhomey presented 12 infrastructure projects initiated to transform the Autonomous Port of Cotonou. Construction of a new bulk terminal called Terminal 5; reconstruction of the northern quays and westward expansion of the harbor basin by 154…
Insecurity: Police Chief Orders Crime Mapping, Massive Deployment
• Charts Pathway to Successful Election Security Management The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, met with Strategic Police Managers – Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police, and the Force Management Team – on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to x-ray the…
Documentary: Trust TV Fined N5m
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) over the broadcast of the documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”, which was aired by the station on the 5th of March, 2022. The NBC, in a letter to our company dated August 3, 2022, which…
DFC CEO highlights U.S. Commitment to Africa during visit to Nigeria, Sierra Leone
During his first official visit to Africa this week, DFC CEO Scott Nathan met with political and business leaders and signaled the agency’s commitment to mobilizing investment to improve food security, and expand access to critical services from electricity to technology. DFC has almost $10 billion of active investments in Africa and has recently supported…