Day: July 9, 2021

Court awards N30m against Nigeria for ‘torture of journalist Agba Jalingo’

Dawood Rabiu

  Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalized and dehumanized.   The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has “ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist Agba Jalingo N30 million as compensation for ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in Cross River state.” The court said in a judgment on Friday: “Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalized and dehumanized. This action taken…

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How Inbound traveller imported deadly COVID-19 Delta variant into Nigeria

Gbenga Adeoti

  The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has given details of how an inbound traveller imported most transmisible variant of COVID-19 into Nigeria. The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility. The agency on Thursday said it detected the confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2 in the traveller to Nigeria, following…

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MultiChoice guilty of tax evasion in Nigeria, owing N1.8trn, says FIRS

Efe Wellington

  Nigeria Tax Agency directs banks to freeze MultiChoice Accounts The Nigeria’s tax agency, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover the sum of N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami. The statement confirmed that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and to freeze the accounts was as a result of the group’s continued refusal to grant FIRS access to its…

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Nigerian Senate approves President Buhari’s N2.343tn foreign loan request

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Senate has approved N2.343 trillion External Borrowing Plan (EBP) for President Muhammadu Buhari. The EBP is for financing of part of the deficit authorised in the 2021 Appropriation Act. This was sequel to the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts by the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Clifford Ordia during plenary.   READ ALSO: NNPC unveils Template for Wealth Multiplicity, Liquidity for Stakeholders Nigeria overlooks $14m Bail Bond, Frees Detained Vessel to Swiss Govt FoC JUST IN: U.S. to pick…

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Nigeria’s Sports Media Guru, Mumini Alao, Bags PhD In Mass Communication

Lukman Olasunkanmi

A veteran of Sports journalism in Nigeria, Mumini Alao, has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that Alao, the Group Managing Director of Complete Communications Limited (CCL), received the highest academic degree after he successfully completed the advanced academic research on “Audience Preference on Media Coverage of Domestic and Foreign Football in Nigeria.”   READ ALSO: BallersAwards names Mumuni Alao Sports Industry Icon of The Year + PHOTO Babies Kidnapped As Bandits Raid Nigeria’s Kaduna Hospital Meet Abigail…

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