Government unveils Reviewed Broadcast Code Any broadcasting station that broadcasts news considered to convey hate speech will pay N5,000,000 and not N500,000 fine, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday. The minister spoke in Lagos at the unveiling of the amended Sixth Edition of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission Code. He said an erring […]
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The West African Examinations Council,WAEC, has released the timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. It said in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Demianus Ojijeogu, that the examination would begin “from August 17, and through September 12, 2020.” According to the statement: “The council hereby urges the candidates to abide […]
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Address senseless killings, economic hardship, SANs, lawyers’ body, others tell government Nigerian Bar Association, senior lawyers and human rights groups on Tuesday took a swipe at the Federal Government for raising the fine for ‘hate speech’ from N500,000 to N5 milli. The NBA and others, in separate interviews, said the hike was an attempt to […]
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By Banji Ayoola A former Deputy State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Hon Fatai Adekanye Adams, has emerged the new State Chairman of the party; pledging to unite the party for victory at the forthcoming October 10 governorship election. These were contained in a statement by the party’s State Publicity […]
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The World Health Organisation warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. It urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask in order to suppress the pandemic, […]
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The organised labour in Ekiti State has suspended its three day warning strike embarked upon to protest the state government’s failure to pay its members’ entitlements. The industrial action which began on Monday was suspended indefinitely sequel to the government’s readiness to meet some of the demands outlined by organised labour at a meeting held […]
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ShopRite Nigeria has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong, in a telephone conversation with Vanguard, said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. […]
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The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has directed all schools to communicate their specific reopening dates to parents and students to avoid chaos. Mr Ben Goong, the Director, (Press and Public Relations), in the ministry, announced this in a statement at the end of a meeting of the minister with commissioners of […]
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Nigeria’s 104 unity schools will reopen to SS3 students from Tuesday, August 4, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said. He made the announcement at the end of a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education in 36 States and other stakeholders on Monday. A statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal […]
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Some candidates, who registered for the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, were posted to centres outside their states. Grace Edema writes about the loss, pain and demoralising experience most of the candidates suffered in order to sit the examination While filling the form for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at a cybercafé in Abeokuta, […]
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