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- 21 Feb 2021
NBC Warns Stations against Reporting Fulani Herdsmen Quit Notices
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned television and radio stations against broadcasting contents related to the quit notice given to herders in the South-West region. The warning, stated…
- 27 May 2019
NBC Denies Granting License to Fulani Radio
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied recent media reports that claimed that it granted radio license to herdsmen. NBC however, said that the National Commission for Nomadic…
- 5 Sept 2021
HURIWA Asks Nigerians to Beg Buhari to Resign Immediately
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has told Nigerians to beg President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately. The group is worried by the expanding frontiers of terrorism in the…
- 15 Jan 2018
Suspected Herdsmen Kidnaps, Tortures Nollywood Star
A victim of kidnapping along the Benin Bypass-Lagos highway, Calabar Chic, Nollywood actress and entertainer, has questions what the security operatives are doing to safeguard the lives and…
- 28 Aug 2014
GEJ, OBJ Resolve Differences, to Tackle Insecurity
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has declared his readiness to work with President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure an immediate end to the current security challenges facing the country. He had met…
- 1 Oct 2013
Organised Labour Miffed @ Killings, Insecurity in Nigeria
Organised labour yesterday, accused the federal government of failing in its responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry. Abdulwahed Omar, president,…
- 14 Jun 2014
Muslims Want OBJ to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Friday called on the Federal Government to give former President Olusegun Obasanjo the go-ahead to prevail on the Boko Haram extremists to release the abducted Chibok…
- 24 Aug 2018
HURIWA Seeks Probe of NBC DG, Claims Buhari Blackmailing Media
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a non-governmental organization, has accused the Alhaji Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of being a…
- 10 Apr 2023
Navigating Away from the Abyss in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
By Austin Okere Reading about the post-2023 Presidential election discourse in Nigeria is exasperating. The politicians have successfully steered the discourse away from logical discussions about our…
- 18 Dec 2020
Minister Lauds Nigerian Film Selected for 2021 Oscars
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has lauded the emergence of ‘The Milkmaid’ as Nigeria's representative in the International Feature Film category of the 2021 Oscars. In a…
- 11 Aug 2017
NIN: Google Shows Nigerians Apprehensive Of Losing Citizenship
This week’s Google search trend report shows Nigerians, yet unregistered, are seemingly apprehensive about losing their citizenship hence they swoop on the website of the National Identity Management…
- 5 Oct 2017
Royal Father Applauds Airtel’s Support to Primary Education
By peter oluka Emir of Zazzau and the Chairman of Zazzau Emirate Council, Alhaji Shehu Idris has applauded Airtel Nigeria for its unrelenting support to primary education in the country. Speaking…
- 23 Apr 2019
Police Arrests 10 Suspected Sim Swapping Fraudsters
Oyo State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters who specialised in defrauding their victims by swapping their mobile phone SIM cards, through which they would have access to their…
- 10 May 2019
Abdoul Aziz Dia Joins Group Board of Directors of UBA
United Bank for Africa(UBA) has announced that Mr Abdoul-Aziz Dia will join the bank’s Board of Directors subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Dia, a Senegalese…
- 13 Jun 2019
Buharimeter Calls for Death Penalty for Corrupt Persons
Buharimeter, a survey by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has revealed that majority of Nigerians want President Muhammadu Buhari to declare death sentence for public officials found…
- 21 Aug 2019
HURIWA Calls Out Kawu over Alleged Ethnic Cleansing at NBC
Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of exhibiting extreme Igbo phobia and for waging a…
- 25 Jun 2021
Herbal Mixture Kills 10 in Village in Kwara
Authorities in Biogberu village, Kwara State, in Nigeria have arrested two suspects in connection with the death of 10 people who died after consuming a local herbal mixture. The incident occurred in…
- 9 Jul 2024
Google Translate Adds 110 More New Languages to its Platform
Google has announced a major expansion of Google Translate, adding 110 new languages to the platform. This update, part of Google’s 1,000 Languages Initiative, which uses AI models to support the…
- 16 Aug 2024
NITDA, FCT UBEB to Spark Digital Revolution in FCT Schools
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Education Board (FCT UBEB) are joining forces to ignite a digital revolution in FCT…
- 30 Aug 2024
NERC says World Bank will Crash Solar Tariff in Nigeria
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the World Bank will soon be executing a solar auction framework that will reduce the cost of solar tariff in Nigeria. The Head of the…
- 19 Dec 2025
OAU, Baptist Day School Oluponna honour Akano with Distinguished Alumnus Awards
Mr. Tim Akano, renowned entrepreneur, technologist, and philanthropist, has been honoured with two Distinguished Alumnus Awards by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Baptist Day School, Oluponna,…
- 30 Nov 2009
The Many Woes of Customer Service Delivery in Telecom
It is a popular saying that a customer in every service driven business such as telecom is king and therefore should be treated as such. The subscriber in the business of telecommunications is the…
- 2 Feb 2026
Google, African Partners Launch WAXAL to Empower 100m Africans in AI Era
Google has partnered with top African research institutions to unveil WAXAL, a massive open-access speech dataset aimed at giving over 100 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa a stronger voice in…
- 14 Feb 2012
Making Subscribers Integral Part of Telecom Business
The saying that the customer is king in any business also applies to telecommunications business. They number over 95 million and are spread across the vast geographical area of the country, and have…
- 5 Jan 2014
100 Years and 100 Interesting Facts about Nigeria
Nigeria’s century compilation was created as a historical snapshot of peculiar events, for our benefit and that of Nigeria’s younger generations. It was compiled to the best of our ability and…
- 15 May 2014
Angry Soldiers Shoot @ GOC in Maiduguri
Ahmadu Mohammed, major general who is the general officer commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday when aggrieved soldiers opened fire on his official vehicle,…
- 7 Jun 2014
Sanusi, Ex-CBN Gov Tipped to Succeed Late Emir of Kano
Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido, immediate past governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others are in the race to succeed Alhaji Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano who died yesterday. Others in the race are…
- 26 Jun 2015
NBC Asks Nigerians to Ignore Radio Biafra ‘Hate Messages’
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has urged Nigerians to ignore Radio Biafra transmission which is spreading hate messages. Alhaji Awwalu Salihu, director, Public Affairs of the…
- 6 Jul 2015
South East Govs Disown Radio Biafra
South-East governors have distanced themselves from so-called Radio Biafra, which said it is dedicated to the defense of rights of the indigenous people of Biafra and ultimately the actualization of…
- 7 Jul 2015
Bovi Confirms Multimillion Naira Deal with Glo
Fast rising standup comic, Bovi Ugboma has confirmed signing a multi-million naira deal with Information and Communications Technology solutions provider, Globacom. The professional comic and actor…