In a recognition by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), the premier association of all broadcasters in Nigeria, ARISE News Channel emerged the Best TV Station of the Year, beating heavyweights, like Channels TV, at the maiden edition of The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA), held last night in Lagos. The television station also clinched the…
•Says Deputy Governors are partners, not spare tyres By Ayomide Otitoju New entrants to the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Tuesday, drew valuable lessons from the hands-on experience of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the job in the last four years. The Lagos State helmsman shared perspectives and practical ideas on governance during an interaction with…
Britain’s King Charles III has been crowned in a once-in-a-generation royal event witnessed by hundreds of high-profile guests inside Westminster Abbey, as well as tens of thousands of well-wishers who gathered in central London despite the rain. While Charles became King on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II last September, the coronation on…
Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades. Friday marks Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US, while it is the National Day of Awareness for…
The Senior Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, says public interest is the reason the Vice President contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Osinbajo eventually came third at the primary behind former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Bola Tinubu, who emerged the party’s…
By Rukayat Moisemhe Lagos, May 4, 2023 (NAN) The Institute of Directors Nigeria (IoD), Nigeria’s foremost corporate governance institute, has announced the appointment of Dr Segun Alabi as its new head of corporate affairs and programs. Mr Dele Alimi, Director General, IoD, made this known in a statement to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. The…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has named a block in the newly-inaugurated Justice Iche Ndu Magistrates Court Complex in the state after his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom Wike. The governor, who disclosed this during the inauguration of the complex on Thursday, also named other blocks after some top judicial officers in the state….
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman, says the party liaise with the President-elect Bola Tinubu about the 10th assembly leadership. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the end of a four hours closed-door meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja.“When we do the zoning meeting,…
The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable, assuring all citizens that he will be fair to all.Tinubu spoke when he commissioned the Magistrates’ Court Complex in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital at the instance of Governor Nyesom Wike. The President-Elect, who ended his two-day official visit to the…
