The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked all social media platforms and online broadcasting service providers operating in Nigeria to apply for broadcast licence. Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC director-general, gave the directive in a newspaper advertorial published on Thursday. This follows the federal government’s announcement that Twitter and other socialContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, said he has ordered the military and the police to deal with bandits terrorizing the north-west region of the country. Buhari made this known in an interview with Arise TV broadcast on Thursday. He said bandits would be treated in the language they understand andContinue Reading
The 9th Senate says it passed 58 out of the 742 bills introduced at the two sessions of the assembly. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said this when he spoke at a special session on the second anniversary of the 9th Senate at plenary on Wednesday. Lawan said thatContinue Reading
The Minority caucus in the National Assembly on Wednesday asked Nigerians to disregard the ban on twitter by the Federal government and continue to use the micro blogging platform. The caucus made up of the Senate and House of Representatives opposition members described the ban on twitter as draconian andContinue Reading
The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting is holding at the State House, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding. At the commencement of the meeting, the President was presented with locally manufactured phone by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo. Those attending the Cabinet meeting holdingContinue Reading
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, asked the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to screen President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, and five other nominees as INEC commissioners. This is coming eight months after President Buhari sent the list of the nominees to theContinue Reading
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), has flouted the federal goverment’s ban on Twitter by logging in to deactivate his personal account on Tuesday. The President Muhammadu Buhari government suspended the operations of the micro-blogging site last Friday. However, the president and other key government officials’ handlesContinue Reading
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has denied any rift between him and the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the formation of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Sylva’s denial is contained in a statement issued onContinue Reading
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has promised to recover into the government treasury over N1billon debt owed the state government by some of the beneficiaries of the state housing estates before the expiration of his tenure. The governor also restated the commitment of his government to reverse the impunityContinue Reading
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the growing security crises across Nigeria can be likened to war, saying it appears like the country is living on borrowed time. Gbajabiamila said the recent Special Summit on National Security organised by the House would address some ofContinue Reading
