ENTERTAINMENT

NBC suspends shutdown of indebted stations

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2022

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has temporarily suspended the shutdown of the indebted broadcast stations across the country. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Balarabe Ilelah, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to reports, NBC, had on Aug. 19 revoked

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SERAP gives Buhari govt 24-hours to withdraw threat to shut down 53 TV, radio stations

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2022

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to urgently withdraw the threat to revoke the licenses and shut down the operations of 53 broadcast stations in the country over alleged failure to renew

ENTERTAINMENT

Late Rapper Dagrin on wanted list in Sierra Leone

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2022

Late Nigerian indigenous rapper, Dagrin, appears on Seirra Leonean police wanted list. He was listed allegedly for taking part in last week violent protest in the country. *Dagrin died in 2010

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Oyo Govt. Urges Nigerians To Explore Internal Tourism

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2022

….As Ministry Staffers Visit Local Tourist Sites Oyo State Government has over the weekend, called on Nigerians to explore local tourist sites in the country and invest in the nation’s tourism. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Oyedele Oyesola said this during a visit to local tourist sites in Oyo State. […]

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Traffic infraction: Arise TV presenter tenders public apology

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2022

Popular TV broadcaster, Rufai Oseni, has tendered a public apology to all parties involved in his traffic infraction case with the police. Oseni had on Monday trended on social media after he claimed that a policeman pointed a gun at him for driving on a dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lane. The Arise TV presenter, while […]

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Police launch investigation to locate missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2022

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has launched an investigation to unravel and locate the missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke. The command said this in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu. Ndukwe said, “the current […]