The Executive Chairman of the Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, to continually work against glamourisation of internet fraud and mutilation of currencies in films and movies meant for the public. He made the call when the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the Board, Dr. Shuaibu Hussaini and his team paid him a courtesy visit at the corporate headquarters of the Commission. According to him, films, videos and movies are meant to promote good moral standards and encourage accountable conduct in the society and the NFVCB should…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Multichoice, organisers of the Big Brother Naija show, have fixed date for auditions for its ninth season contestants. BBNaija, in a statement on its official X page, announced that the application for audition, which is slated to commence on Wednesday, 27 March, 2024, at 8:00 pm, comes with a new format. In the new format, the organisers said contestants of the upcoming ninth season will audition in pairs. According to the organisers, auditioning pairs can be close friends, family members, romantic partners, or any combination that embodies a “dynamic duo”. The tweet introducing the new format goes this:…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for improved collaboration among member states to help ease the suffering of persons displaced by worsening humanitarian crisis in West Africa. The Commissioner, Human Development and Social Affairs, ECOWAS, Prof. Fatou Sarr made the call on Tuesday while addressing representatives of member states at the opening of a three day workshop on ECOWAS Response to Persons of Concern (PoCs-IDPs, Refugees, Returnees, Stateless People, Asylum Seekers and their Host Communities holding in Abuja Sarr who was represented by the Director Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Dr. Sintiki Ugbe said: “In 2024, the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike In efforts to tackle rising inflation in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate, known as the interest rate, by 200 basis points per cent to 24.75 per cent from 22.75 per cent . The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024 at the 294th Meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) press briefing in Abuja. The bank retained the Cash Reserve Ratio to 45 per cent. Cardoso said the move was to ensure that the country’s rising inflation rate which stood at 31.70 per cent in February…
As the Russian Republic continues to mourn the killing of its citizens in an attack on Moscow concert hall, some prominent Nigerians including a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and the immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami paid a condolence visit on Russian Embassy in Nigeria with a message that the European country is not alone. With Fani-Kayode and Pantami on the visit were a former Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Senator Basheer Mohammed; Senator Mohammed Hassan who represented Yobe South Senatorial District, a former Member of the House of…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has declared value addition as the irreducible standard for mining operations in the country. Speaking during an inspection tour of the gigantic $600 million African Natural Resources and Mines Limited (ANRML) facility, in Kaduna state, that hosts the mining and processing of magnetite iron-ore, the Minister hailed the tenacity and foresight of the investors to build what is touted as one of the biggest foreign investment in the mining sector. According to Alake, the company aligns with his vision of value addition and beneficiation through its processing of iron-ore, urging other…
The Federal Government on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, revealed how the growing hunger and poverty in the country would be tackled. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, said President Bola Tinubu is set to evolve science and technology to rewrite Nigeria’s story and drive hunger and poverty out of the land. The Minister disclosed this in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the consultative General Assembly of the West African Network of National Academies of Sciences (WANNAS) in Abuja. Nnaji said: “It is imperative to inform you that the Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
Over 5,200 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been deployed in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to allow for hitch-free Easter celebration. The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Olusola Odumosu, made this known on Tuesday. He said exactly 5,230 personnel have been deployed across the nooks and crannies of the FCT for the Easter celebrations to maintain peace and orderliness, and equally secure critical national assets. Odumosu, while addressing principal officers at the FCT Command Headquarters at Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja, said due to the intelligence report…
The Federal Government is moving to ensure that gas flaring ends in the country by 2030 as the Ministry of Environment and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency are ready to collaborate and put in place regular reviews of both international and indigenous oil companies’ plans to ensure alignment with Nigeria’s goal of ending gas glaring. The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako made known the decision on Tuesday in Abuja at the national stakeholders engagement meeting on methane mitigation and reduction in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas with significant warning…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM, on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, left public relations professionals in the country with a task to serve as guardians of truth and national integration through effective communication in the face of a growing threat by purveyors of disinformation. The Vice President who spoke when he declared open the maiden edition of National Spokespersons Summit organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation emphasized the critical role image-building and narrative construction play in maintaining social order. The two-day summit with the theme, “Change Narrative,…