By Goodluck Ikiebe The Federal Government has set up a 12-man Committee to work towards the successful Production and Second Launch of the Sports Book of Record, with a view to documenting athletes’ achievements for posterity. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, while inaugurating the Committee on Friday in his office…
By Correspondent in Abuja. The National Broadcasting Commission has released the names of debtor Broadcast Stations owing license fees. According to the Director General, NBC, Mallam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, “after due consideration, the NBC hereby announces the revocation of the licenses of the under-listed stations and gives them 24 hours to shut down their operations….
By Dada Ahmed. The stability of Chad Republic, and, indeed, all our neighboring countries, is in our interest, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President stated this in a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) with a copy made available to The Reporters on Friday. The President spoke…
From Abuja. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday,revoked the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations across the country, including AIT, Silverbird, Raypower, Rhythm FM and the Lagos Broadcasting Corporation. NBC’s Director-General, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said the stations whose licenses were revoked had been owing the…
Lokoja. The Kogi State Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC), on Friday, submitted its report of enquiry on the ENDSARS protests in the state, triggered across the country in 2020, to the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Speaking at the event at the Government House Lokoja, the Director General of PDCRC,…
From Lafia. The Senior Special Assistant on pension matters to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state,Mal.Abdullahi Adokwe-Ladan, says appropriate sanction await any civil servant that subject pensioners to unnecessary bottlenecks making it difficult for them to access their gratuity and other benefits. Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on pension matters, Mr Abdullahi Adokwe-Ladan…
Ado-Ekiti. The Police command in Ekiti state says it has nabbed two ex-convicts for allegedly involve in burglary. The Reporters gathered that the 2 ex-convicts,Dare Agbadaola and Ameye Ayo, were arrested by officers from the IIawe Police division on August 16, 2022. According to the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Police Command in…
By Dada Ahmed. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up with specific programmes to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the North East region. This is contained in STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE, signed by Femi…
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,PDP Presidential candidate. Photo credit:Politics Digest. Having keenly observed developments in the power sector within the last 24 hours, I am again convinced that my solution to the electricity crisis, as encapsulated in my Policy Document, ‘My Covenant with Nigerians’, remains the most proactive plan to lead Nigeria out of darkness. In this…
By Dada Ahmed. The Federal government says it has no agenda to unbundle the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), denying ever contemplating such agenda. This is contained in a statement signed by Comrade Jeo Ajaero, General Secretary, National Union of Electricity Employees in Abuja on Wednesday and a copy made available to The Reporters on…