Media

President-elect Bola Tinubu has rejected reports by a section of the international media on the February 25 presidential election. The president-elect, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said that he…

Continental Broadcasting Services Limited, owners of Television Continental (TVC), has incurred a hefty fine from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Director-General of NBC, Mallam Balarabe Ilelah announced in a letter addressed…

White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, got a powerful pushback from an African reporter, Simon Ateba, on Tuesday over insinuations she was deflecting on the president's worsening classified document scandal. During a press…

The APC Presidential Campaign Council has explained its decision to evict an Arise TV journalist covering its candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's meeting with the private sector under the aegis of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on…

Famous British journalist, Piers Morgan's Twitter account has been hacked. Followers of the 57-year-old were left shocked as some uncharacteristic tweets began to emanate from the handle @piersmorgan early Tuesday. Some of the tweets…

Nigerians engaging in internet fraud have become the butt of jokes on 85 South Show, a popular black podcast in the United States. Podcast hosts, D.C. Young Fly, Karlous Miller, and Chico Bean laughed hysterically as they highlighted the…

Media personality, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, has advised women that no man is worth having high blood pressure for. The host of the popular 'Your View' talkshow on Television Continental stated this in a post on her Instagram Story on…

The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has ordered the immediate closure of some media outlets in the state for allegedly violating journalism laws. This is stated in a statement signed by Ibrahim Dosara, the Commissioner of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) temporarily reversed its decision to shut down certain broadcast stations for failing to renew their licenses on Friday. The Herald recalls that the commission issued a shutdown notice to the…

The Founder, Cable Newspaper Limited., Simon Kolawole has denied authoring an article titled, "2023: On Peter Obi, let us verify!" The rebuttal is contained in a Tuesday tweet from the ace journalist's verified Twitter handle.…

Broadcast stations whose licensed were revoked have been given an extension by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to pay their debt before August 24, 2022 The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has on Saturday extended the…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) sanction and revocation of 52 broadcast station. NUJ while condemning NBC's sanction via a statement on Friday said that the decision is…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it has revoked the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, Rhythm FM, African Independent Television (AIT), Raypower FM, and others for indebtedness to the commission. In a statement obtained…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has urged the media not to send the country into a tailspin through much criticism. He said this while soliciting continued partnership with the media in order to help…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a N5 million sanction, each, on Multichoice Nigeria L.td., owners of DSTV, TelCom Satellite L.td., (TSTV and NTA- Startimes L.td., for the carriage of the documentary by the BBC Africa…

Multichoice has announced the launch of an additional DStv channel, “News Central”. Dr Busola Tejumola, The Executive Head, Content & Channels, West Africa, MultiChoice Nigeria, dsiclosed this in a statement on Monday. “DStv…

Viewers’ anticipation of another edition of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show had dominated the social media last week before the death of two notable actresses turned the table. Veteran Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh while in Delta, on…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the media to use their various platforms to promote peace and guard against acts, capable of promoting division in the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter…

Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday assumed duty as the new White House press secretary, acknowledging the historic nature of her role and pledging to maintain a transparent dialogue. Jean-Pierre, 44-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants,…

Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji on Friday appeared at Delta High Court, Effurun, over a libel lawsuit instituted against her by NBM of Africa and three others. The suit with number EHC/210/2021 had the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa,…

Popular online content creator, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has been awarded Gatefield's People Newsmaker for Social Justice 2021. Project Manager, Gatefield People Journalism for Africa, Miss Safiya Ibrahim, announced this in a…

One of Nigeria's most controversial investigative journalists, David Hundeyin has bagged a blue tick on Twitter. Hundeyin's verification on the microblogging platform came to public knowledge on Wednesday and has begun generating a whole…

After five days in captivity, Mr Julius Osahon, a Correspondent of The Guardian newspapers has regained his freedom, a family source has said. Mrs Jessica Osahon, spouse to the journalist, confirmed his freedom in a telephone chat on…

A Channels Television journalist, Olu Phillips has said that policemen harassed journalists at the Lekki toll gate on the orders of the Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Yomi Omomuwasan. The journalist stated this in a…

The Founder of One Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has advocated 60 years imprisonment without an option of fine, for anyone found guilty of spreading fake news in Nigeria. Maharaj Ji said at a news conference on Sunday in Ibadan that…

The Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, on Thursday said about one billion copies of uncensored, unclassified and pornographic films were seized in 2021. Thomas made the disclosure in…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has dragged an online publication, Pointblank  News, before an Abuja High court over alleged libel. In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed sadness over the death of Mr Tordue Salem, the accredited Vanguard Newspapers Correspondent who covered the green chamber of the National Assembly. Gbajabiamila…