NFVCB seeks collaboration with NAN on film classification reforms
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has solicited partnership with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for the promotion of its reforms in film classification operations. Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director/ CEO of the board made the request when he paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of NAN, Mallam Ali Muhammad […]
Catholic Church urges govt to give more time for BVN, NIN linkage
The Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan has urged the Federal Government (FG) to give more time for bank customers to link their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with their National Identification Numbers (NIN). The Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin, made the appeal to the government at a news conference organised by the archdiocese in Ibadan […]
The Problem With Nigeria’s N10m Tobacco Control Fund
By Robert Egbe The national budget for 2024 saw Nigeria double its financial commitment to the Tobacco Control Fund (TCF) from N4.7 million of the previous year to N10 million, heeding long-standing stakeholder calls for increased funding. The money earmarked for tobacco control aligns with Section 8 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act (NTCA), 2015, […]
Tinubu hosts cabinet members to Ramadan meal
President Bola Tinubu has hosted members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to a Ramadan-breaking of fast (Iftar). The event at the banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa is attended by Ministers of Information and National Orientation, Housing, FCT, Transportation, Youths as well as service chiefs. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the […]
Police recover explosives, arms in Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers State has seized Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms and ammunition from suspected cultists in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, revealed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. She said that the command’s C4i Strike Force and local vigilance group arrested a suspected cultist, Samuel […]
Ondo governorship: INEC warns parties against parallel primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties against the conduct of parallel primaries for the Nov. 16 Ondo governorship election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, at the INEC 2024 first quarterly meeting with leaders of political parties. He disclosed that so far, 16 out […]
Chike Ogeah, ex SAHCOL boss, losses wife
Former Commissioner of Information, Delta state and Managing Director, MacFolly Hospitality Ltd (Owners of The Lagos Marriott Hotel), Ikeja, Lagos, Chile Ogeah, has lost his wife. Olufunke Ogeah died yesterday after a prolonged illness at the age of 62. Mrs Ogeah, was a 1985 graduate of the University of Lagos. She died in Lagos, Sunday […]
Ekiti wages war against Marijuana farmers
…, commission destroys 20 hectares marijuana farm Ekiti State Government has destroyed over 20 hectares of marijuana plantation in Ise Ekiti Forest Reserves. The plantation and nursery prepared for transplanting were destroyed and set on fire by the forestry task force in the Commission. The Executive Secretary, Mr Sunday Adekunle who dispatched the men to […]
The risky Eric in Erisco
Those who say “any publicity is good publicity” might not be so right after all. In fact, I think they are wrong, at least they might have been right in the past but not anymore, not in this era of empathy and “life on stage” where everyone now has a platform to air their views, […]
Kidnappings: Foundation calls for increased security in schools
The Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF), a nongovernmental organisation advancing quality education, has called for increased security personnel in schools to curb the incessant kidnappings of school children. The Executive Director of the group, Dr Arome Salifu, made the call at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja. Salifu, who condemned the recent abduction of […]
