Author: Aminu Imam

“Regulate your operations or risk  sanctions” – NBC tells broadcast stations

Aminu Imam
NBC to broadcast stations

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) has admonished broadcast stations in the country to regulate their operations and abide strictly by the National Broadcasting Code or risk sanctions. Its Director-General, Charles Ebuebu, gave the warning yesterday in Abuja at a Stakeholders’ Strategic Meeting convened by the Commission, said the meeting was called to reaffirm standards that protect the public, the profession and broadcast stations from reputational and legal risks. The DG frowned at the recurrent unethical practices by some stations and practitioners, reiterating that the NBC was poised at restoring the…

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Tinubu appoints ex-CDS Musa as Nigeria’s Defence Minister 

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Tinubu appoints ex CDS

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. General Musa, 58, on December 25, is a distinguished soldier who served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He won the ‘Colin Powell Award for Soldiering’ in 2012. Born in Sokoto in 1967, General Musa received his primary and…

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FG offers 50 oil blocks in 2025 licensing round

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FG oil blocks

…Targets $10bn investments The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, (NUPRC), has officially launched the 50-oil-block 2025 licensing round portal, with a view to attracting fresh investments worth $10 billion. The round is also expected to add an additional two billion barrels to the national oil reserves over the next 10 years. The Commission’s Chief Executive, Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, said at a press conference on Monday, that 50 oil and gas blocks are on offer across onshore, swamp/shallow water, frontier basins, and deepwater terrain. The breakdown of the blocks includes 15…

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“North’s ‘genocide’ claims fueling dangerous divisions”, Prof. Yusuf warns

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Prof Usman Yusuf

A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has raised alarm over what he describes as a growing “false narrative” of Christian genocide in northern Nigeria, warning that the claims are deepening mistrust and setting the region “against itself” at a time of escalating insecurity. In a strongly worded opinion, Yusuf said the allegations—amplified by foreign groups, local actors and international political interests—are not only misleading but harmful to long-standing interfaith relations in northern Nigeria. Recalling a more harmonious era, the professor painted a…

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“Ex-INEC Chair’s ambassadorial nomination raises morality question” – CSO

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Nigeria CSO

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has decried the nomination of former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as an ambassador by President Bola Tinubu. The group, in a statement issued by its Convener, Yunusa Ya’u yesterday in Abuja, said Yakubu’s nomination raises serious questions about propriety, public morality and the long-term integrity of Nigeria’s electoral system. Highlighting reasons for considering the nomination as inappropriate, it said that it would undermine public trust in the electoral process. The group also said that the nomination was…

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“No dictator can survive in Nigeria”, Shettima hails media as heroes of democracy

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Shettima hails media

Vice-President Kashim Shettima yesterday declared that no government in Nigeria can successfully silence the press, insisting that the country’s vibrant media landscape remains the strongest safeguard of its democracy. Speaking at the 2025 Conference and Annual General Meeting of the International Press Institute, (IPI), Nigeria, held in Abuja, Shettima praised journalists for consistently defending citizens’ right to know, even in the face of intimidation and misinformation campaigns. “Nigeria has one of the most vibrant media communities in the world,” he said. “Never in our history has any person or government…

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‘Lagos tops, as national debt climbs to ₦152.39tr’ -NBS

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Lagos on debt

Nigeria’s total public debt climbed to ₦152.39 trillion in the second quarter of 2025, with Lagos once again emerging as the most indebted state, according to new figures released by National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS). The latest debt profile, which captures both external and domestic obligations of the federal and state governments, reflects a 2.01 per cent increase from the ₦149.38 trillion recorded in the first quarter of the year. The rise underscores the country’s continued reliance on borrowing to stabilise public finances amid revenue constraints and mounting developmental needs.…

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Abia: Gov. Otti’s team attacked by unknown gunmen

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Gov. Otti's team attack

An advance team of Governor Alex Otti of Abia escaped unhurt after unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the early hours of yesterday, along the Umuowa–Ihite axis in Imo State. Reacting to the incident, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ukoha Njoku, said that an advance team of three members from the office of the governor from the Government House, Umuahia, who were on duty at the Sam Mbakwe airport, Owerri, were attacked by yet to be identified gunmen between Umuowa and Ihitte junction, on their way…

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IBAN, ARCON set up joint c’ttee to draft new Advertising standards framework

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IBAN, ARCON on advertising

The Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, (IBAN), has opened formal talks with the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, (ARCON), on sweeping reforms aimed at overhauling the nation’s advertising standards for the broadcast industry. During a meeting held yesterday at ARCON’s Annex Head Office in Utako District, Abuja, IBAN Chairman, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, led a select committee of the association to engage with ARCON Director-General, Dr. Olalekan Olumuyiwa Fadolapo. According to a statement issued after the engagement, Ramalan presented a detailed proposal outlining IBAN’s vision for a comprehensive regulatory…

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FCTA’s Adamu Wanki honored by UN volunteer group

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The International Organization of UN Volunteers (IOUNV) has presented a Global Peace Diplomat award to Alh.Adamu Ibrahim Wanki, Permanent Secretary, Treasury and Budget Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Abuja. Alh. Hussaini Abubakar Agayi, the IOUNV Global Peace Diplomat in Nigeria, while presenting the the award in Abuja, said the presentation of the Peace Medal Award on SDGs 16 & 17 as Global Peace Diplomat is part of the IOUNV’s commemoration of the Internal Day of Tolerance. He said IOUNV recognises Adamu Wanki’s outstanding contribution and dedication to…

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