The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of the broadcast licence of DAAR Communications PLC, parent company of Africa Independent Television (AIT), and Ray Power 100.5 FM (in Abuja and Lagos). With the shutdown generating reactions from different quarters, a section of Nigerians on social media are describing the development as... Read More

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October 15, 2016

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YNaija Analysis: The FG owes Emeka Mba an apology – here’s why

The current Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, announced that the N10 billion seized by the EFCC will be returned to the commission, because it is money realised from the sale of spectrum bandwidth from MTN to finance the digital switch over. Why does this vindicate Emeka Mba? Previous attempts... Read More

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November 22, 2013

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Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: They have killed our comrade

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu It was one tragedy too many that we lost him in an accident involving those convoys-from-hell that the members of the Nigerian ruling class have continued to terrorize our roads with since the days of military dictatorship. Many different thoughts came to my mind last week, when news of Festus Iyayi’s... Read More

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October 26, 2013

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Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Bukola Saraki’s annual ritual of stampede

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu The media variously reported between 10 and 20 deaths; the online medium, Premium Times, quoted a mortuary source at the Sobi Specialist Hospital in Ilorin, as having counted 15 corpses. There are rumours in Ilorin that over 40 people actually lost their lives in the tragic stampede. Last Wednesday, as has... Read More

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September 19, 2013

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Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Limitations of ‘new PDP’ discontent

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu The same Jonathan signed an agreement in September 2002, which affirmed power rotation, but turned around to deny there was such an agreement, even with his signature boldly imprinted on paper! I think nPDP’s opportunistic demands came at least four years late! When all is said and done, Jonathan’s position... Read More

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August 1, 2013

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Opinion: Umaru Dikko, nostalgia and PDP’s politics

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu But for now, it will be interesting to see how much discipline Alhaji Umaru Dikko can knock into the undisciplined political mob that constitutes the PDP. A week can be a very long time in politics. This is even truer within the pressure cooker ambiance of Nigerian politics. Two events this... Read More

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July 18, 2013

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Al-Mustapha – The colour of justice

by Olusegun Adeniyi “The Don often quoted the saying, ‘Rather a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished,’ then added, ‘What a beautiful country.’” The foregoing is taken from Mario Puzo’s novel, “The Last Don”, the gripping sequel to his classic, “The Godfather”. In that short narrative, Don Domenico Clericuzio was... Read More

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