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Court orders actress Monalisa Chinda’s arrest over tax evasion

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

A Lagos High Lagos in Igbosere has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of actress and producer, Monalisa Chinda Coker, over a tax evasion charge. Justice Adedayo Akintoye made the order on January 21, following an application by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, alleging that Coker had

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How a young Nigerian artist’s tweet caught the eye of Kevin Hart – BBC

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

When a young artist drew a portrait of one of his heroes and tweeted it to him, he never expected a response from the subject of his work. That is what happened to 26-year-old Eli Waduba Yusuf, who told the BBC it was it was like a “dream” when US comedian and actor Kevin Hart […]

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NBC sanctions NTA, AIT, Channels, others

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

The National Broadcasting Commission ( NBC ) has sanctioned 45 broadcast stations across the nation. Each of the stations is to pay N500, 000 for airing campaigns with indecent languages on air. The total sum expected from the sanction amounts to N22.5million. NTA, AIT, Channels, TVC lead the pack of sanctioned stations in the build-up […]

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N2.5billion alleged fraud: ICPC to arraign NBC DG March 12

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2019

The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 12 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arraign the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Ishaq Modibbo Kawu over alleged N2.5 billion fraud charge. Mr Kawu was charged by the federal government alongside the Managing Director of Pinnacle Communications, Dipo

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Nollywood actors boosts Buhari’s re-election bids with N.5million donation

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2019

The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged the creative industry to deploy their talents to project positive values of integrity and dignity which President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration represents. Fashola gave this challenge at a meeting with executive committee of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria,

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NBC set to sanction AIT, Channels TV, NTA, TVC over hate speech

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2019

The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, yesterday, disclosed the readiness of NBC to sanction some television stations in the country over hate speech. Stations mentioned by Kawu included the African Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Television Continental (TVC) News.