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…
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…
… Explains FG’s fertilizer ban in Borno… Promises liquid fertilizer Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday toured 10 farmlands in the outskirts of four local governments: Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mafa and Dikwa to monitor farming activities. During the separate unscheduled visits, Zulum, a University Professor of irrigation farming, interacted with farmers, asking…
Lagos, Tuesday, 2 August 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) over its failure to provide details requested by the organization on its proposed regulatory framework for social media and other online platforms through a “Code of Practice…
• Drags Oyetola, OSIEC, APC, PDP to court A human right lawyer, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola has filed a fresh suit, asking the Osun State High Court to stop the State House of Assembly from amending the state’s electoral law. Members of the Osun State House of Assembly had last week announced their readiness to amend…
On repeated occasions, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has cautioned the general public to be vigilant and circumspect not to deal with scam artists who pose as recruitment agents for the Service and collect huge sums of money from unsuspecting victims with the promise to provide them employment. Again, the Management of the FIRS…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has committed over N500 million to the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to facilitate research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta who disclosed this at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia,…
By UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and International Trade Centre Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock of COVID, climate change, conflict and cost-of-living has undone years…
The Yobe State Government has earmarked N7.77 billion to complete capital projects in the health and education sectors of the economy. In accessing healthcare services, Governor Mai Mala Buni recently enrolled over 50, 000 vulnerable persons into the Expanded Healthcare Delivery (EFHD) scheme. Earmarking the funds for the various projects, at the weekend (Friday), in…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, on research and training towards enhancing maritime safety and security in Nigeria. The Director General NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, and his counterpart at the NITT, Dr. Bayero Salih Farah, signed the…
