Tag: 12 Others Wanted

NBC Suspends Shutdown of AIT, Silverbird, Others

Abibat Babalola

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations owing various sums in licensing fees. The NBC has now given the affected stations up to 6PM on Tuesday, August 23, to pay up their debts. In revoking the licenses on Friday, the commission had ordered the stations off air beginning this Saturday, citing Section 10(a) of the 3rd Schedule of the National Broadcasting Commission Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigeria Revokes Licenses, Shuts AIT,…

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Delete Porn Posts in 24 Hrs, Nigeria Tells Twitter, Facebook, Others

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Government has issued directive to social media interactive platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and TikTok to remove, disable or block access to any non-consensual content, which parades partial or full nudity, sexual acts, deep fake or revenge porn within 24 hours. The order was comprised in the recently released Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries (online platforms). According to the document, these online platforms have to “act expeditiously to remove, disable, or block access to non-consensual content that exposes a person’s private areas,…

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Journalists barred as APC screens Tinubu, Amaechi, others

Abibat Babalola

Journalists watch from the side-line as the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Monday, holds its rescheduled screening of the party’s presidential aspirants behind closed-door. The screening exercise is being held amid tight security at the Hilton Transcorp Hotel in Abuja ahead of the APC presidential convention slated for June 6. As of the time of reporting, our correspondent gathered that former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and a number of other undisclosed presidential aspirants had been screened. READ ALSO: How Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun Won APC 2nd-Term Tickets, 100% Delegates’…

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DSS Declares Sunday Igboho, 12 Others Wanted, Parades Guns + LIST, PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

”IGBOHO may run as far as he can. He may hide as long as he wants. He might have attacked security operatives as his strength carried him. But this will be the end of his shenanigans.   The Nigerian secret service, Department of State Services (DSS), has declared Sunday Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed activist popularly called Sunday Igboho, wanted. The DSS declared him wanted at a press briefing where it confirmed gunning down two of Igboho’s allies at his Ibadan residence. Igboho had raised an alarm that two persons were killed…

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