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IBAN confers posthumous award on Late High Chief  Raymond Dokpesi

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IBAN confers posthumous award

The Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, (IBAN), conferred the 1st ‘IBAN Pioneers Award’ posthumously on the Founder owner of Nigeria’s First Private Radio Station; Raypower FM, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in recognition of his immense contributions to private broadcasting in Nigeria and the Nigerian broadcast media industry in general. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, who presented the award to his Son; Dr Raymond Dokpesi Jr at the 2nd AGM/CONFAB and broadcaster’s’ conference of the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN), which was held at DAAR Communications…

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Ramalan lauds Late Dokpesi’s role in blocking ‘3rd-term agenda’ to protect Nigeria’s democracy

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Ramalan lauds Late Dokpesi

Encomiums continued to pour out for the Late media mogul, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi in Abuja on Wednesday, after the second ‘Raymond Dokpesi Diamond Lecture’, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Abuja, as the Chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, (IBAN) Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan lauded how High Chief Raymond Dokpesi along with his AIT Channel  assisted in stopping the alleged tenure extension bid of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Ramalan, who is also the Pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Maritime…

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Dokpesi: Liberty TV & Radio FMs Boss pays condolence visit to family

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Says strong advocate of private, independent broadcast media press freedom is gone Executive Chairman, ATAR Communications Nigeria Ltd, Owner of Liberty TV and Radio FM Stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has said he is saddened over the sudden passage of the Chairman Emeritus of Daar Communications Ltd., owner of AIT and Raypower 10FM, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi. In a condolence visit to the family, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan described Dokpesi as the pioneer of the private and independent broadcast stations in Nigeria, who worked very hard and firmly…

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Northern Broadcast Media owners condole with Dokpesi family

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Founder/Owner of Liberty TV and FM Stations and Chairman, Board of Trustee Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA) condoled with the Dokpesi family on the death of High Chief (Dr) Raymond Aleogho Anthony Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications Plc. According to the NBMOA Chairman, the respected media owner, who passed-on yesterday morning, is a distinguished Nigerian who has contributed to the growth and development of the Private and Independent Broadcast Media in Nigeria as a Pioneer, with his establishment of Ray-power FM in Lagos.  Dr. Ramalan prayed that may his…

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2023: ‘Atiku will only do single term and hand over to Igbo’ Dokpesi

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The leader of the technical committee for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Raymond Dokpesi, has solicited support for a one-term presidency of Atiku Abubakar. He said if Abubakar is elected for a single term of four years, it will pave way for the South-East, a region dominated by the Igbos, to produce the president in 2027. Dokpesi, who stated this yesterday, while speaking in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, maintained that Abubakar, who hails from the North-East geo-political zone, is the right person to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.…

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“Nigeria now a theatre of death”, AIT Founder, Dokpesi laments

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The Chairman of a group rooting for Atiku Abubakar to contest the 2023 presidential election, Raymond Dokpesi, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, saying the country is now a theatre of death. Dokpesi made the statement when ‘Salvage Nigeria Group’, a team soliciting support for former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar to re-contest for President come 2023, paid a visit to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lafia, Nasarawa State. According to the Nigerian media entrepreneur, the state of insecurity is increasing day by day, lamenting…

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‘No southern candidate can win 2023 presidential election’ – Dokpesi

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Media mogul and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said that no political candidate from the South-East and the entire South would be able to win the 2023 presidential election as the opposition party. In a published interview yesterday, Dokpesi said if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), decides to zone the presidency to the South, it will be fair for the ticket to be given to the South-East. The PDP chieftain said whoever emerges president needs to compensate the people of the South-East,…

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2023: “Only a Northerner can win Presidency for PDP” – Dokpesi

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Business mogul and former national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi,on Thursday said there is no way his Party can win the 2023 presidential election if it presents a candidate from the southern part of the country as its flagbearer. Speaking in Abuja on the controversy over the zoning of the presidential ticket between the northern and southern part of the country, Dokpesi said the PDP must get its act right if it is serious about wresting power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC),…

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Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Raymond Dokpesis account

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The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, issued an order unfreezing the bank account of the Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi. Justice Tsoho gave the order on Tuesday, while delivering a ruling on Dokpesis application, argued by Kanu Agabi. The judge ordered that the account domiciled at First Bank be immediately “unfrozen” since the criminal charges which precipitated the restriction on the account had been dismissed and Dokpesi discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal. According to the judge, the Economic and Financial…

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