MRA Urges Incoming President Bola Tinubu To Make Transparency The Cornerstone Of Nigeria’s Democracy

…. Accuses outgoing President Buhari of a legacy of secrecy Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Sunday called on incoming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make transparency and accountability the cornerstone of Nigeria’s democracy and accused outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari of monumental failure in the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, which it said had resulted in a legacy

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Bye-Bye Baba Buhari

By Bala Ibrahim. “My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment”-PMB. If the statement above does not

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PSC Seeks Support From UNDP, German Government To Improve Policing In Nigeria

The Police Service Commission today, Wednesday, May, 10th, 2023 met with a delegation of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and the German Government where it canvassed for support and productive partnership in improving Policing in Nigeria in line with the ongoing Police Reforms. According to a press release on Wednesday, 10th May 2023 signed by the PSC Head of

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Police Arrest Five For Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery & Illegal Firearms In Gombe

The Gombe State Police operatives on Monday, 17th April 2023 while responding to a distress call arrested two suspects Joshua Dogo, 27 years old and Muazu Abdullahi, 22 years old both of Gombe Town. According to a press release signed by the Gombe State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Muazu Abubakar, said that the same both Joshua Dogo and

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Imposition Of N5M Fine On Channels TV By NBC: Arbitrariness Taken Too Far

The International Press Centre (IPC) has described the recent N5 million fine slammed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over its interview with the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Datti-Baba Ahmed, as ‘arbitrariness taken too far’. IPC said the NBC acted based on the petition addressed to it by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media

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Niger: Bago Promises To Use Hydro Electric Dams To Promote Mechanised Farming

By Mohammed Baba Busu Alhaji Umar Bago, the APC governorship candidate in Niger, has promised to leverage the state’s four hydroelectric dams to establish mechanised farms if elected as governor. Bago disclosed this in Minna on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call to the Chairman of the Niger chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Abu Nmodu.

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