By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that its office in Lagos was burgled and ransacked over the weekend by a group of unidentified intruders who made away with nine laptop computers and other valuable equipment worth millions of naira. In a statement issued in Lagos, the Head of MRA’s Legal Department, Ms. […]Continue Reading
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By Daniel Adaji The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it collected over N10 trillion in tax revenue in the year 2022, the highest tax collection ever recorded in its history. The Service made this known in its “FIRS 2022 Performance Update,” report signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and […]Continue Reading
By: Stephanie Adams-Douglas Claim: A user on Twitter shared a picture of Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, dressed in the colours of the Biafran flag to show support for the secessionist group. Verdict: The photo of Mr Iheme adorned in the Biafran flag is photoshopped to suit the narrative. Full Text Twitter user, Chris Ososa Asuelime […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State, Hon Umar Mohammed Bago has promised to complete all the development projects across the state initiated by his predecessor, Abubakar Sani Bello. The Niger State-born politician, who is a member of the House of Representatives for Chanchaga Federal Constituency, disclosed […]Continue Reading
VP headlines Interswitch 20th anniversary event in Lagos *Says Africa is next frontier in innovations With the rapid growth of innovation and technology recorded over the years globally, there are even more exciting new frontiers to be explored and harnessed by Nigeria’s talented and enterprising young entrepreneurs. This was the view of Vice President Yemi […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the expulsion of an Arise Television cameraman from a campaign meeting by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, with the business community in Lagos on January 13, 2023, describing the action of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) as bizarre, highhanded and Continue Reading
UK’OMU IGALA ORGANIZATION Uk’Omu Igala calls for caution on Bello’s Query To Ohinoyi of Ebira Uk’Omu Igala Organization, an umbrella body for all socio-cultural organizations in Kogi East, has called on Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to rethink his query to Ohinoyi of Ebira, Dr Ado Ibrahim, for not properly welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari during […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji On the average, the number of youths with PVCs is 40 million, a figure that is higher than the number of votes cast in any of the presidential elections since 1999. If the majority of Nigerian youths who are registered voters would march to their polling units to cast their votes […]Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his vow to serve God and Nigeria until […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Key Points Floods ravaged rice-producing belts in Nigeria in 2022 Historically, there is always rice scarcity after every flood in Nigeria Prices of locally-produced rice will increase in 2023 due to scarcity Rice farmers have not received support from government to enable them recover from the losses An institute in Niger State […]Continue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections, and retirement, since he has satisfied the constitutionally required two terms in office. The president said this at the State House, Abuja, when he hosted the Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi, […]Continue Reading
Players in the 2023 political game are agitated at former President Obasanjo’s New Year letter to youths, but multiple data prove that Obasanjo was nationalistic by writing it. By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Key points: Media focus contributed to the misreading of Obasanjo’s letter to youth Youths, who constitute to highest voting population, suffer from bad […]Continue Reading