Mandy Park The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, announced that it would henceforth restrict the depiction of smoking, ritual killings and money rituals in movies, music videos and skits. NFVCB’s Executive Director, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, disclosed this in Enugu at a National Stakeholders’ Engagement on the “Smoke-Free Nollywood” campaign organised in collaboration with Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). Husseini said the federal government would prohibit the depiction and glamorisation of smoking, violence, criminal acts, immoral acts, ritual killings and money rituals…

Mandy Park Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), George Akume has announced that President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office will be marked by a low-key celebration. Akume revealed that the anniversary will be commemorated through a series of sectorial briefings by various ministries, which will commence on Thursday, May 23rd. The purpose of these briefings, he said is to keep Nigerians informed about the administration’s achievements, challenges encountered, and the solutions being implemented. According to him, addressing insecurity challenges in the…

.Mandy Park Executive Director, FixPolitics, Dr Anthony Ubani has said that denying Nigerians living outside the country the right to vote and have a say in the governance of their country is inconsistent with democratic ethos and universal trends in the global community of nations. He charged Nigerians to raise their voices in advocacy, as majority of African countries have already instituted Diaspora voting. Ubani was speaking at a media chat with select journalists in Lagos on Sunday, calling on all stakeholders – civil society organizations, lawmakers, politicians, political parties…

Mandy Park Politicians in Rivers State were enjoined to “sheathe their swords” and avert escalation of the ongoing political crisis in state. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and leaders of the youths in the Niger Delta region, made this call on Friday in a jointly signed communique issued after a one-day peace and security summit organised by the group, aimed at uniting all youths in the Niger Delta region. The summit was organised on to commemorate the 56th year remembrance of late Major Adaka Boro, usually celebrated by the ijaw…

A former Nigerian Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Bola Afonja, has died Afonja served under the interim administration of the late Chief ERnest Shonekan. Afonja, NPO Reports learnt died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan the Oyo state capital. at the age of 82. He was said to have been involved in a lone accident in Ilora, a part of Oyo state and from there was rushed to the UCH.Afonja who is the chairman of integrated Dimensional System, IDS, and others company died Sunday night at the University College Hospital,…