President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the advocacy for salary review in the Federal Public Service was acknowledged but the “worldwide problems of high inflation amidst general economic disruption” had to be considered. While receiving the Central Working Committee of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) at the State House, Abuja on Friday, the President explained that salary …

Rights advocate, Mr Femi Falana SAN has demanded the immediate release of journalist, Agba Jalingo, who was arrested by the police in Lagos on Friday. As confirmed by Lagos Police spokesman, Suprentendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, Jalingo was picked up by the police from Abuja. In a statement on Saturday, Falana described how the journalist was arrested. He said: “Yesterday, …

The police have arrested a journalist, Agba Jalingo at his residence in Lagos. Lagos Police spokesman, Suprentendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest to PREMIUM TIMES. “He was arrested by the police from Abuja. They informed us before going. In fact they brought him to our facility in Lagos before going to Abuja”, he said. Jalingo, the publisher of …

Four more victims of the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train attack have been released by the terrorists. It is the sixth batch of the freedom by the hostages, which now makes the No 23. The latest victims that regained their freedom on Friday are a 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta; her daughter, Adams Aliyu, and two others. Publisher of the Kaduna-based Desert …

The Federal Government has renewed a multi-million dollars pipeline surveillance contract to a former militant leader  Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo). The Nation reports that the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited signed the deal with Tompolo, who is also the Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), to end illegal …

…says budgetary process must be real, implementable, actionable Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Commissioners for Economic Planning and Budget across the 36 states of the country to be disciplined, fair, firm and prudent in their budget planning and implementation of sustainable national development goals as they support their principals in designing a pathway for the betterment of …

Newsrooms across the country are dominated by men and to balance this huge investigative gender gap, the Women Radio Centre in Arepo Ogun State organised its first annual Female Investigative Reporting Training. Chinyere Okoroafor, who participated in the training, reports The big, red radio mast and towers at No 37 Beachland Road, Arepo, Ogun State makes the one-storey building behind …

Nigerian media groups have risen in condemnation of the revocation of the licences of 52 television and broadcast stations, which was ordered by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) early on Friday. The bodies included the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA). NBC announced the revocation of the licences of the stations, including …

The Breaking News mentioned only four major broadcast stations. But when the news fully unfolded, it dawned on the public that the matter was more serious than initially thought. In one fell swoop, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), revoked (mark the work, please) the licences of 52 broadcast stations! Top on the list were two stations from Daar Communications – …

The Federal Government has said that demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be paid salaries for the six-month strike period is stalling its negotiations with the union. ASUU went on strike on 14 February, first as a warning; but it entered it seventh month last Sunday. It embarked on the action to press home some demands, …