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, …

Nigeria spends N18.397 billion per day on petrol subsidy payments, according to the Minister of Finance Minister, Budget and National Planning. Hajia Zainab Ahmed. The Minister told a House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating petroleum subsidy regime on Thursday that the figure is calculated from N283 per litre of Petroleum Motor Spirits (PMS) on 65 million litres per day. Subsidy …

The Basic Skills Academy (BSA), which specialises in communications training, has announced its next programme tagged, “Online Reporting and Editing Clinic 2.0”. It is scheduled for four weekends beginning from Saturday, 17 September. The intensive course, which essentially targets news media professionals, will cost each participant a heavily subsidised rate of N15,000. According to the BSA’s Head Coach, Mr Femi …

…Govt says enforcement’ll be total, provides livelihood support for willing riders From Thursday 1 September – 14 days away – commercial motorcycles (well known as okada) will be outlawed in four four more Local Government Areas (LGAs) and six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State. The existing ban on okada is on six LGAs and nine LCDAs, meaning that …