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- 26 May 2022
BBC to Sack 1,000 in Digital Transformation
The BBC is to axe 1,000 jobs and scrap some broadcast channels in traditional form as it prioritises digital and copes with a funding freeze, the British public service broadcaster said on Thursday.…
- 1 Sept 2008
BBC Launches New Branded Channels in Africa
BBC Worldwide Channels has announced the launch of a collection of BBC-branded thematic channels in the African region from 1 st September on MultiChoice’s DStv platform. The new thematic…
- 26 Oct 2009
Bollywood Meets Nollywood at Ioniff
Bollywood, the largest producer of movies in the world will for the first time in Nigeria meet with Nollywood the second largest producer of movies in terms of titles. The meeting of these great…
- 20 Oct 2016
DStv Compact Plus: Gets Bigger, Better with 11 new channels
In a major revamp of DStv Compact Plus, customers will enjoy more fantastic channels with buzzworthy original series plus hilarious local sitcoms, riveting talk shows and thought-provoking…
- 12 Oct 2013
Missing Dr. Who Episodes Turn Up in Nigeria
Nine classic episodes of Doctor Who believed to have been lost for ever have been reportedly recovered from a television station in Jos, Nigeria, BBC Worldwide has revealed. The episodes, first…
- 15 Dec 2024
Dr. Jane Kimemia, Optiva CEO, Honoured with U.S. President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jane Kimemia, Chief Executive Officer of Optiva Capital Partners, has been conferred with the U.S. President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her exceptional humanitarian contributions and…
- 3 Mar 2021
Nigeria among Countries Most Skeptical about 5G- Report
5G seems to be coming to every town and city at a very fast rate, but with this rapid growth comes worries and misunderstandings for some individuals. Interested in finding out which countries in the…
- 23 Oct 2020
NIS Sacks 60 over Bribes
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced that at least 60 personnels have been sacked after they were caught receiving or giving bribes. Muhammad Babandede, comptroller general of…
- 5 Jul 2022
Africa Data Hub Announces First Cohort of it’s Community Journalism Fellowship
Africa Data Hub has announced recipients of the first cohort of the ADH Community Journalism Fellowship. The Africa Data Hub is a reputable and up-to-date source for COVID-19 related data on the…
- 1 Sept 2017
Nigeria Police TV Channel to Employ 5,000, Takes off on November
The proposed Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service will hit the airwaves nationwide beginning from November 28, Ediri Jerry Wesley, its Chairman/CEO, has promised. The TV will begin with a fund-raising…
- 12 Nov 2014
MultiChoice Opens More Resource Centres in Lagos
MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading pay-TV operator, has returned to Lagos State for the third time since inception of its resource centre project in 2004, to inaugurate 10 additional centres. This brings…
- 22 Nov 2019
Olorisupergal Set to Host 6th Annual New Media Conference
The sixth edition of the New Media Conference is set to hold on November 29, 2019, at Glitz Event Centre, Blue waters off Remi Olowude street, Lekki in Lagos. Themed ‘Re-inventing New Media…
- 1 Feb 2021
Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Compensation for Oil Spills
A Dutch appeals court has ruled that the Nigerian branch of oil giant Shell is responsible for damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta. The court ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation to…
- 4 Dec 2023
Premier League Agrees Record-Breaking £6.7Bn Deal with Sky Sports
Sky Sports will air a minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season as part of a new domestic rights agreement which is worth a record £6.7billion. The broadcaster secured four of the five packages…
- 15 Oct 2019
Four Nigerians Make Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative Top 10 Finalists List
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has identified the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event taking place in Accra, Ghana on 16 November 2019. Among them are four Nigerian…
- 15 Mar 2020
Hackers Preying on Fears of Covid-19, BBC
Security experts have said that a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years. cov BBC reported that cyber-criminals are targeting individuals as well as…
- 5 Jun 2015
Public Outcry over Aisha, First Lady’s '$50,000 Cartier' Watch
President Muhammadu Buhari’s 'man of the people' image has come under closer scrutiny after Aisha, his wife was photographed wearing an expensive-looking watch. Reports in Independent of UK and BBC…
- 10 Dec 2014
Telecom World 2014 Highlights Innovations, Technologies to Shape Future of ICTs
ITU Telecom World 2014 closed its doors yesterday following four busy days of high-level debate, networking, knowledge sharing and showcasing. A dynamic and truly diverse line-up of participants from…
- 17 Jan 2014
Bayelsa Joins MultiChoice Resource Centre Beneficiary States
MultiChoice Nigeria, the leading provider of premium pay-TV services on the DStv and GOtv platforms has extended its major Corporate Social Investment project in the education sector, the MultiChoice…
- 16 Aug 2017
DStv Brings More Exciting Content to Family, Access
MultiChoice is committed to ensuring that DStv customers get the best international and local channels at the best price. DStv Family and Access customers will be getting exciting new channels that…
- 31 Jul 2012
Making the Most of London 2012
My last assignment as a sports journalist was at the 2006 National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode, Ogun State – the same year Germany hosted FIFA’s World Cup Finals. Six years…
- 22 Dec 2014
Sheriff Opens Up on Boko Haram, Says Chad Has Solution
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, has opened up on what he knows about the Boko Haram insurgents currently ravaging states in the northeast and some other parts of 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…
- 17 Jul 2014
DStv Launches Exciting New Lifetime Channel
Africa’s pioneering pay TV provider MultiChoice Africa and A+E Networks® are set to launch an exciting female entertainment channel Lifetime® on DStv channel 131, this sensational new channel will be…
- 7 Oct 2017
Prison Break, The Fixer, Others in October Mega Series On DStv
October looks set to be an extra-ordinary month of series entertainment with the return of some of the most spectacular shows and premiereof new ones on DStv. Kicking off the thrill session is Prison…
- 13 Apr 2018
New Horizons, Firms to X-ray IT Governance, Risks On Business Productivity
New Horizons Nigeria, the nation’s top private information technology training company and private sector players are set to x-ray how information technology governance and risk management impacts on…
- 10 Jan 2019
Nigerian May Cause World War III with Fake News- Soyinka
Prof Wole Soyinka, noble laureate, said Wednesday, that World War III may be caused by Nigerian with fake news and called for efforts to curb it. Soyinka was speaking at a conference on fake…
- 14 Feb 2019
How Shell Killed My Husband, Widow Tells Court in The Hague
Esther Kiobel, one of the widows of the nine environmental activists that were hanged by the Nigerian Military government in 1995, has given testimony in the court case she filed against Shell, an…
- 21 Jun 2019
Cell Phones Causing Young People to Grow Horns on Skulls- Research
Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia have found evidence that our frequent use of mobile devices could be causing horn-like bone spurs to appear on younger…
- 9 Nov 2019
DStv Offers Premium Subscribers Mouthwatering Content This Festive Season
Scrolling through the regular channels on your television package, trying to find the best movies and new series to watch might be as frustrating as navigating through the traffic. Hectic, yeah? With…