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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has warned leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against accusing its members of destroying the campaign billboards and posters of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Edo PDP, on Sunday at a news conference in Benin by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, told APC members to look inward over the destruction of the campaign billboards and posters. It said: “PDP or Edo State Government has no hand in the destruction of billboards and posters of APC and its governorship candidate. We condemn the act. “We advise APC members to look inward, as…

President Muhammadu Buhari is in control of his administration, despite revelations of corruption, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said on Sunday. Shehu said the fact that the President did not cover up any of the alleged acts of graft showed the anti-graft war was on course. The presidential aide was reponding to comments and an editorial criticising the President over increasing allegations of corruption in his administration. “As many detractors have done lately, these ‘influencers’, ‘celebrated columnists’ and ‘editorial comments’ do no more than endorse the opposition’s utterly wrong and fallacious position that the…

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ditched his usual FA Cup keeper Sergio Romero to keep faith with De Gea – but the experienced Spain international produced two horrendous errors either side of half-time to gift Chelsea two goals. De Gea made a flimsy attempt to deal with Olivier Giroud’s flick in first-half stoppage time then weakly fumbled Mason Mount’s tame 20-yard shot into the net moments after the restart. Chelsea’s excellent performance fully merited this…

All is set for the premiere of Big Brother Naija season five. The new season will premieres Sunday, the 19th of July, on DStv channel 198 and GOtv Max and Jolli packages on channel 29. However, to avoid any form of intellectual property infringement, MultiChoice, the organisers of the Big Brother Naija show have put together some guidelines to offer information to influencers, journalists, bloggers, and social media users on the coverage of the upcoming season of the Big Brother Naija show. Here are some things media platforms and fan pages alike should take note of as they cover the…

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has detailed the incident that led to the death of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile at the NAF base in Kaduna state. The Air Force also revealed the identity of her classmates who subsequently hit her with a vehicle that led to her smashing her head on a pavement. In a press briefing by Ibikunle Daramola, Air Commodore, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, he noted that the Arotile’s case has been transferred to the police. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REPORT ON THE DEATH OF FLYING OFFICER TOLULOPE AROTILE 1. On 14 July 2020, the…

Watford are set to sack manager Nigel Pearson with two games of the Premier League season remaining and the side three points above the relegation zone. Pearson will become the third manager sacked by the club this season following the exits of Javi Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores. The ex-Leicester boss was appointed in December until the end of the season. He won seven matches in the Premier League – including beating runaway champions Liverpool. But the Hornets were soundly beaten at West Ham on Friday and with their two remaining matches against Manchester City and Arsenal, club officials fear the consequences…

More than 105,000 people have been arrested in Zimbabwe since March for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, police say. Around 1,000 were arrested in the last two days for “unnecessary movement” or for not wearing face masks, they add. Restrictions have been eased slightly in the country, where more than 1,500 infections have been confirmed. Critics accuse the government of using the measures to target the opposition and arrest activists, which it denies. Opposition and civil society groups are mobilising for nationwide protests on 31 July to demand that President Emmerson Mnangagwa step down. Under current…

Nigeria Foreign Affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus following a series of test. The minister who has led the evacuation of Nigerians since the virus broke out disclosed this his test result on his official Twitter page. “Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive. That is life! Win some lose some. Nigeria announces 653 new coronavirus cases “Heading for isolation in a health facility and praying for the best,” he wrote urging Nigerians to stay home and save lives. Did my…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “use his leadership position to urgently set up a presidential investigative panel to probe grave corruption allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), including allegations that the agency illegally spent N81.5 billion, on travels, ‘condolences’, consultancy and ‘public communication between January and July 2020.” The organization also asked him to “immediately suspend Mr Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and all those implicated in the allegations pending the outcome of any such investigation. Witnesses and whistle-blowers must be protected…

By Dorka Yowika Understandably, conversations around the regulatory framework recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) have mostly revolved around three issues. First is the desire of the commission to regulate exclusivity of broadcast content and actually outlaw such. Second is to make content sharing, including those created/developed by a broadcaster, with direct competitors mandatory. Third, bizarrely, is the commission’s wish for the power to make the call on what price prospective sub-licensee should pay the broadcast rights holder in the event of a dispute. The rights holder, the amended code also says, must abide by the decision of the NBC,…