The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate suspension of “Politics Today” show on Channel TV. It also fined the station N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television by the Acting Director General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, NBC said the penalties were based on the 7pm live broadcast on Sunday April 25, 2021 during which the station allowed spokesman of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) Emma Powerful to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the station contrary to the broadcast…
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Immediate past Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has returned three official vehicles in his possession. Ajayi had held on to the vehicles, claiming they were part of his benefits. He had earlier claimed he had only two official vehicles in his possession. But Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had threatened to embarrass Ajayi if he refused to return the vehicles. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, in a statement issued on Monday night listed the vehicles returned to include a Toyota Landcruiser Jeep, V8, 2019 model and two Toyota Hilux vans also of 2019 model. Ojogo said efforts were on to…
The Federal Government has said it would issue travel advisory in the next two days on inbound flights from India, Brazil and Turkey following escalation of new variants of the COVID-19 virus in the countries. Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Muhammad, who disclosed this on Monday during a briefing of the Committee in Abuja, expressed concerns over the situation in India, which is a popular destination for Nigerian medical tourists. He charged Nigerians to keep observing all the regulations and instructions already provided to keep safe from the infection of COVID-19.…
Global scarcity and delay in vaccine supply to Nigeria may alter remaining phases of vaccination, the Federal Government stated yesterday. In the government’s vaccination campaign strategy, there are four phases, of which the country is still in the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination, which involves frontline health workers, other frontline workers and strategic leaders. The government has, however, assured Nigerians who have taken their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine of their second jab, having directed states to stop COVID-19 vaccination once they have reached 50 per cent of their allocated doses to guarantee a second dose. Furthermore, it…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, JAMB has also registered more than 8,000 Direct Entry (DE) candidates. “Total profile code generated so far is 497,528. “Total UTME pin vended is 344, 115, while total pin vended for DE is 10, 848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316, 132 and total registered candidates for DE is 8, 490. “Total candidates who have indicated interest in…
Nigerian Army troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed scores of Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters on Sunday, 25 April, 2021 at Mainok in Borno State. The terrorists were said to have launched a multi-directional attacks on the troops on Sunday by mounting on unconfirmed number of gun trucks and foot soldiers with the possible intent of establishing a phantom caliphate in Mainok. According to a press release made available by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima on Monday, April 26, 2021; the terrorists were held by the gallant troops of 156 Task Force Battalion…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a news briefing at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Monday. Oloyede said the use of the USSD code would commence from Friday, April 30. He said the board had received…
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the meeting was part of the ongoing strategic engagements of the president with relevant stakeholders aimed at finding solutions to the nation’s security and socio-economic challenges. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting with the president, Gbajabiamila reiterated the commitment of the National Assembly to continue to assist President Buhari as “he works hard to find a lasting solution to the present security challenges confronting…
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday resumed official duties after spending 15 days on working vacation. The Governor embarked on the vacation on April 1st as part of the first installment of his 2021 annual leave. He handed over power to his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Speaking shortly after he resumed duties, Governor Akeredolu described the vacation as ‘a refreshing time.’ According to him: “We have been on this task for over a year without a break. I knew I needed a break so that I could be rejuvenated. I took my time to do a few things. I had a…
Bandits have killed two more students of Greenfield University in Kaduna, officials said on Monday. The remains of the two slain students have been evacuated to a morgue in Kaduna, government spokesman Samuel Aruwan announced in a statement. The development came two days after the bandits killed three out of the 20 students kidnapped from the school last week. The latest two take the number of students killed to five as negotiation for the release of the remaining 15 continues. Parents of the students said ransom was being negotiated with the bandits when the three students were shot last week.