The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the revocation and withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 52 broadcast stations across the country, including African Independent Television (AiT) and Silverbird television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). In a statement in Lagos on Friday, the MRA described the action as ill-advised, insensitive and antithetical to the…
Another set of four of the remaining 32 abducted train passengers have been freed by their captors. The four released victims which include a 90 year old woman and her 53 year old daughter were released on Friday. Their released was confirmed in a statement on Friday by Tukur Mamu, a media consultant to Sheikh…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the offer of salary increase by the federal government. In a statement issued on Thursday signed by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU accused the government repudiating a salary package arrived at through a collective bargaining during negotiation. The university lecturers had been on strike for about…
A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Letep Dabang, has been appointed the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council in the state. The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, John Akans, made the announcement in a statement in Jos. The statement said, “The Plateau State chapter…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has decried the increasing wave of insecurity across the country. The party also lamented the religious and ethnic divide among Nigerians, saying it is retrogressive. Director-General, ADC Global Campaign Council, Abdul-Azeez Sulieman said this at the launch of the North-West chapter of the party’s ‘Unity, Peace and Development Lecture Series’…
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees(BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin has called on party members not to indulge in acts that will create bad blood and and scuttle the chances of the party in the 2023 general elections. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Jibrin called for calm over the problem between Rivers state…
