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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sent a social media regulation bill to the National Assembly seeking to repeal and reenact the NBC act, CAP L11 laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004. Director-General of the NBC, Balarabe Ilelah, who played host to Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, said …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa on Wednesday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of allocating votes to Governor Abdullahi Sule in the March 18 governorship election in the state. The state’s governorship election petition tribunal headed by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi on October 2 nullified Sule’s victory in the election and declared David Ombugadu of the PDP as …

A United Nigeria Airline plane skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday evening. The plane with registration number 5NBWY skidded off the runway while trying to land at the airport at about 7:00 p.m. The passengers were safely disembarked and evacuated from the aircraft by officials at the airport. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) …

The Cross River State Commissioner for Wonem Affairs, Mrs Edema Irom, has confirmed that the State recorded a total of 586 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) between January and October, 2023. Irom who was addressing a press conference in Calabar on Saturday to kick-start 16 days of activism against GBV, said the figure only represented cases reported officially to the …

Leading Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has said its operations into the Togolese capital will ease the hitherto difficulties passengers go through while connecting flights within the West Africa sub-region. Speaking during the launch of the flight into Lome, the airline Safety Manager, Capt. Godfrey Ogbogu disclosed that the latest route increased Air Peace regional routes to eight in less than …

After a seven-hour delay, Hamas turned over 13 Israeli prisoners and four Thai nationals to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), citing violations by Israel of the terms of the truce. On Saturday, the second day of the ceasefire in hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, the impasse was broken through mediation by Qatar and Egypt. It is …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has approved the reappointment of Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi as the Force Public Relations Officer. An Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, SP Anjuguri Manza, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said Adejobi’s reappointment followed his recent promotion from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police to Assistant …

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila believes with the take off of the Students’ Loan Scheme initiative in January, 2024, Nigerian students would compete with the best in the world. Gbajabiamila who made the assertion during the Convocation Lecture of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) on Saturday, said the …

President Bola Tinubu has made new five appointments of Chief Executives for some of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, on Wednesday. Those appointed are Aminu Maida, who had been the Executive Director of technology and operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), now appointed the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/CEO of the Nigerian …

Stakeholders at a two-day workshop on Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in Prison Settings through Sports have advocated an improved systemic sporting approach in the rehabilitation and reintegration process in the Nigeria Correctional Service. Speaking during the consultative workshop, organised by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) between October 10 and 11, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, both the resource …