Nigerians from across different social strata, who expressed expectations and apprehension for the New Year to The Guardian, said ensuring a credible general election and security of lives and property were their major concerns. But contrary to optimism that a credible general election would put the country on the path of stability and progress, the…

Book: This Retirement Author: Kayode Adedire Publishers: Johnsprint Nig. Limited, Ibadan You will not be quite right to condemn journalist Kayode Adedire, the author of This Retirement, for the venom he spews out in this work. Anger, despair and bitterness leap at you from almost every page to dramatise his days in the valley of…

Last Thursday night, Amaju Pinnick was an initial reluctant guest on The Sports Parliament, a weekly television show that I anchor on NTA alongside sports gurus drawn from a pool of 18 members that constitute the parliament. By the time the programme ended at midnight, he had become a happier man. Unknown to him, the…

Retirees of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) yesterday said the Federal Government owed them 15 months gratuity and pension arrears as a result of which they are dying of hunger. The retirees, under the aegis of Nigerian Television Authority Contributory Pensioners Association (NTACOPAN), at a press conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, stated that the…

Dr. Sam Abah, a former newscaster with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), on Friday joined the race for the Benue governorship seat in the 2019 general elections. Abah, who also worked with the Adamawa State Radio Corporation, is seeking the seat on the platform of the United Progressives Party (UPP). Speaking to the News Agency…

When Mrs Adedoja Allen was appointed as the managing director of City 105.1 FM in February 2012, it was a first in many ways. First, the appointment made her the first Chief Executive of an electronic...

Iconic Nigeria is partnering the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to mentor graduates in Lagos with a view to making them fit for purpose.

As the President’s men and the ruling party’s operatives are still celebrating their last week’s strategic political gain for releasing their report on the expediency of restructuring the troubled federation, I would like to suggest to the celebrators a low hanging fruit they should pluck immediately as an icing on their new cake. Before our…

Veteran Nigerian broadcaster, Cyril Stober, who retired from the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in 2015, last Saturday, January 13, married another NTA broadcaster, Elizabeth Banu, in Abuja. The happy couple had their traditional wedding earlier at Elizabeth’s hometown, Garkida in Adamawa State. At the occasion, many colleagues, NTA staff, friends and family members were present to…

Representatives of a yet to be named major global sports broadcast company reportedly arrived Nigeria on the invitation of the League Management Company (LMC) in continuation of talks said to have begun late last year.

The long-awaited return of the Nigeria Professional Football League is upon us. The 2018 season resumes this weekend across 10 cities. Plateau United will return to defend the title they won last year against all early season permutations.

He was shot dead on Saturday night shortly after he was dropped off around Oguola Junction, off Siluko Road after leaving the office and he was to trek some few metres from there to his house.