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Multichoice Fined N10m

Multichoice Nigeria has been fined N10 million for violating the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act by showing “pornographic” scenes to viewers during the recently concluded Big Brother Africa 2 programme. The Chairman, House Committee for Information and National Orientation, Honourable … read more

Bakassi handover ruled ‘illegal’

Nigeria’s senate has approved a motion declaring that last year’s handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal. The upper house of parliament said that no part of Nigeria could be ceded without changing the constitution. Senators called … read more

Amaechi insists: N18bn is missing

Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has refuted claims by his predecessor, Sir Celestine Omehia that he left N28 billion in the state coffers Amaechi made the rebuttal during the signing of two bills recently passed by the State House … read more

Navy to Beef Up Security in Bonny

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye has said that the navy would beef up security around the Bonny sea to curb the problems of piracy. Adekeye said this in Port Harcourt yesterdaywhile addressing officers and men of the … read more

Siemens: Afenifere insists on probe of Obasanjo

The pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, has said the Siemens bribery scandal involving some former ministers had vindicated its earlier call for a comprehensive probe of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to the group, the revealation from the … read more