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- 4 Feb 2013
ARISE NEWS Debuts with Solid African Footprint
ARISE NEWS, an international TV news operation will ‘soft launch’ today to join the likes of Aljazeera and BBC in providing 24-hour international TV news coverage. Operating from main news…
- 8 Feb 2013
NBC Says Nduka's “Arise News’ is Illegal in Nigeria
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said that ‘Arise News’, a new 24 hours international television news operation launched on February 5 does not have a licence to operate within the country’s…
- 20 Apr 2024
ARISE News Channel Goes Live in SA, 9 Other Southern African Countries
ARISE News Channel, Africa’s premier broadcaster, has announced its expansion into South Africa and nine other Southern African countries. The channel is now available on Multichoice/DSTV Channel 416…
- 29 Sept 2025
Armed Robbery Claims Life of Somtochukwu Maduagwu, Arise TV Loses Anchor in Abuja
ARISE News Channel has announced the death of Somtochukwu Maduagwu, a young journalist, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the…
- 3 Feb 2023
NBC Fines Arise TV, TVC N2m over Breach of Broadcast Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise News TV and TVC N2 million each for allegedly breaching the national broadcasting code in the countdown to the 2023 general elections. Balarabe…
- 4 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: Group Asks NBC to Revoke Licenses of Channels Tv, Others
Coalition of Civil Societies for Police Reform and National Unity has threatened to take legal action against Arise News TV, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television if the…
- 26 Mar 2015
DStv/GOtv Nigeria Election Updates Showing in Over 10 Channels
As Nigerians prepare to exercise their right to vote during the upcoming elections, MultiChoice assures its subscribers that they can stay connected to the election updates through over 10 local and…
- 12 Jul 2020
New Broadcast Code Unworkable and Unenforceable- Okoroji
Chief Tony Okoroji, chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has joined the stakeholders in the creative and broadcast industries calling for a revisit of the recently amended 6th edition of…
- 9 Jun 2025
Tier 5, MongoDB Technologies Forge Alliance to Drive West Africa’s AI Revolution
Tier 5 Technologies, a prominent West African enterprise IT and cloud services provider, has announced a partnership with MongoDB, the leading database for modern applications, to aid its expansion…
- 6 Jun 2022
Meet the 20 Participants Selected for the Maiden Cohort of Pan-Atlantic University & MTN Media Innovation Programme
The School of Media and Communication (SMC), Pan-Atlantic University has announced the 22 media practitioners selected for the first edition of the MTN Media Innovation Programme. Group Photograph of…
- 27 Jul 2021
Nigeria Loses $243m in 51 Days after Twitter Ban
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari's government to ban Twitter in Africa's most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions, according to africanews.com According to…
- 8 Oct 2023
Amnesty International Criticises NBC for Warning Arise TV on Alleged Codes Violation
Amnesty International has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) final warning to Arise Television station on alleged violation of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, urging the Nigerian…
- 6 Oct 2023
Tinubu’s Certificate Saga: NBC Warns s Arise TV
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned Arise Television against the use of derogatory and incendiary remarks in its station, on the heels of the controversy surrounding President Bola…
- 13 Aug 2024
Telcos Make Case for Tariff Hike, Says Current Regime No Longer Sustainable
Stakeholders within the telecommunications sector, particularly Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), have highlighted challenges inhabiting and stunting the growth of the sector in Nigeria, with…
- 22 Oct 2021
How MTN Nigeria Paid Over N93.66 Trillion in Taxes in 2020
MTN Nigeria has revealed in a recent report that it has paid over N93.66 billion in taxes to the Federal Government of Nigeria for the fiscal year 2020. This is in line with its commitment to…
- 29 Jan 2025
Chike-Obi Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at THISDAY Awards
For his exceptional leadership and contributions to banking and finance, the Board Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi, has been presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the…
- 30 Jun 2024
How Nigerians Welcome Launch of ZTE Latest Mobile Phones
Nigerian mobile ecosystem witnessed a historic moment on Friday, June 28, 2024, with the grand launch of ZTE's latest mobile range, spearheaded by a strategic partnership with TD Africa, the leading…
- 9 Dec 2024
Keyamo Says FCCPC Made ‘Careless’ Statement on Air Peace’s Airfares
Festus Keyamo, minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has strongly condemned the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for its recent statement regarding Air Peace’s…
- 28 Jan 2025
The Ekehs: Digital Father and Son Shine at Thisday Awards
By Sola Odumosu History was made on the evening of Monday, January 27, in Lagos at the colourful Thisday Awards ceremony when serial digital entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh, shared the same podium with…
- 9 Nov 2025
CBN’s $1 Trn Mirage: Why Nigeria’s Real Sector Holds the Missing Key
By Blaise Udunze When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently declared that the country was on course to becoming a $1 trillion economy through ongoing banking reforms, the statement was met with…
- 6 May 2020
Court Orders NUC, Airtel to Pay N703m to Firm for Copyright Infringement
A Fededal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) to pay N703 million to TV Xtra Production, a media company, as damages for…
- 17 Jan 2023
FCCPC Uncovers Alleged Duty Payment Fraud on CKDs
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has discovered some anti-free market practices such as price-fixing being perpetrated by some importers and sellers of generating sets…
- 30 Oct 2020
AlphaBeta’s Collection of $19m Monthly Revenue in Lagos Sacrilegious- George
Olabode George, Lagos politician, has described as sacrilegious the collection of internally generated revenue in Lagos state by a private firm called AlphaBeta and earns around N7.5bn ($19 million)…
- 13 May 2022
FRCN, NTA, DAAR, ASO Radio/TV Endorse The Nigerian Broadcasting Awards
Four major broadcast media establishments have endorsed The Nigerian Broadcasting Awards (TNBA) scheduled to hold in October. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Awards…
- 2 Apr 2023
DataPro Trains Journalists on Credit Rating Outcomes
Journalists covering business and economic beats have been charged to be diligent in data handling in the course of their assignments in the overall interest of the Nigerian economy. Mr. Oladele…
- 24 Jan 2025
FG Says 50 Percent Telecom Tariff Hike is Only a Start
Wale Edun, minister of Finance, has stated that the recently approved 50 percent tariff increase in the cost of telecommunications services is only a starting point. He noted that it is necessary to…
- 9 Feb 2026
Ecobank Nigeria to Host Customer Forum on Strengthening Regional Integration for Economic Transformation
Ecobank Nigeria is set to host the second edition of its Customer Forum, at the Ecobank Pan-African Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. The forum, organised by the bank’s Fixed…
- 18 Feb 2026
Zenith Bank Warns Public Over Fake Jim Ovia Investment Videos
Zenith Bank Plc has cautioned the public against fraudulent videos circulating online falsely claiming that Group Chairman Dr. Jim Ovia endorses an investment scheme called "Wealth Bridge." Jim Ovia…
- 25 Oct 2021
MTN to Invest N89.999Bn Series II Bond Proceeds in Network Expansion
MTN Nigeria has launched the book build in respect of the Series II 10-Year Fixed Rate Bond (Series II Bond), and have concluded plans to invest the proceeds from the book launch, which amounts to…
- 26 Mar 2026
Kidnappers Now Use Banks to Collect Ransoms — Expert
Dr. Kabir Adamu, a security expert, has raised concern that kidnappers in Nigeria are now using banks to collect ransom payments. Pix... CNBC Adamu explained that in the past, kidnappers typically…