The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television for breaking the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate. This is contained in a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the television station and dated March 27. The letter was exclusively obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The letter, with the title: “Broadcast of an Inciting Interview, A Sanction”, was signed by Balarabe Ilelah, the commission’s Director-General. It read in part:” The NBC monitored the broadcast of a live…
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LAGOS — The Debt Management Office, DMO, yesterday said the nation’s public debt rose by N6.69 trillion or 22.47 percent to N46. 25 trillion ($103.11 billion) at the end of 2022 from N39. 56 trillion ($95.77 billion) at the end of December 2021, with the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, NACCIMA, highlighting its risk to the economy. But the amount spent on debt service fell in 2022 to N3.87 trillion, representing an 8.3 percent decline from N4.22 trillion spent in 2021. The DMO disclosed this yesterday, saying the public debt figure accounts for the total…
The camp of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that they were officially served on Tuesday with copies of the petitions filed at the election tribunal by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The development is coming one week after Obi and Atiku formally filed their petitions to the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll. Their petitions came four weeks after the contentious presidential and National Assembly elections that produced the President-elect. Both the PDP and LP candidates had accused Tinubu of deliberately avoiding…
The United States chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday condemned the proposed political demonstration that would be held by some Nigerians in front of the White House on Monday. The condemnation is coming a day after authorities in the United States granted permission to supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to use its park on April 3 to protest the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The permit, which was sighted by The PUNCH, allows only a hundred protesters to converge at the iconic Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. for just four hours. There…
The Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Association, Musiliu Akinsaya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, has intervened in the conflict involving commercial drivers and highway tax collectors who target commercial drivers, popularly known as agberos in the state. He has also banned collections of illegal taxes levied by agberos in some part of the state, FIJ reports. Recall commercial bus driver had taken to the streets of the state to protest extortion by the agberos on Thursday. “Mc Oluomo told us Thursday afternoon when we held a meeting with him at the state council that no driver from…
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors announced that Ajay Banga, a United States national, is the only nominee for the position of the next president of the bank. This was contained in a statement issued by the World Bank in Abuja on Friday. “The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today confirmed that, as announced on February 22, the period for submitting nominations for the position of the next President of the World Bank Group closed on Wednesday at 6:00 pm ET. “The board received one nomination and would like to announce that Ajay Banga, a U.S.…
Pope Francis spent a calm night in hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection and is expected to remain there for a few days for treatment, a Vatican source said Thursday. “The pope spent a good night” at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the source said, adding that there would be an update on the 86-year-old pontiff’s condition later. Pope Francis, who earlier this month marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church, has suffered a number of health issues in recent years but normally has a busy schedule and continues to travel widely. His admission to hospital on Wednesday,…
Gospel artist, Mercy Chinwo, has filed a suit against hip-hop artist Obidiz for defamation of character and unauthorized use of name and image. Mercy Chinwo filed a case against Obidiz following his latest single release titled Mercy Chinwo. The artist in the song cited an example of a wayward, club girl, and mentioned Mercy Chinwo in the phrase. “She dey share me the cake, but she no want commit. Mercy Chinwo for church, but for club na Cardi B sef.” The suit by the gospel artist said Obidiz made “Derogatory and defamatory use of the name and image of Mercy…
Date: 2023-Mar-31 🎯TOPIC: LIVING IN HOPE FOR RESURRECTION 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/QNrX1h1gBNY ✝️TEXT: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-34(NKJV) 15:1. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 15:2. by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. 15:3. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 15:4. and that He was buried, and…
The United States has announced hikes in fees for certain Non-Immigrant Visa application processing fees. The increment, published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2023, will be effective from May 30, 2023. The US government in the document said, “The fee for B-1/B-2 visitor visas, Border Crossing Cards for Mexican citizens aged 15 and above, and student and exchange visitor visas will increase from $160 to $185. “Also, the fee for certain petition-based non-immigrant visas for temporary workers (H, L, O, P, Q, and R categories) will increase from $190 to $205. “The fee for a treaty trader, treaty…