Broadcasting organisations in Nigeria have been challenged to take on the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, over the imposition of five million naira fine for hate speech. Lagos-based lawyer, MONDAY UBANI, said the hate speech provision in the new NBC Code does not serve the general good of citizens. UBANI, who spoke on telephone with our correspondent, said…
The Anti-Cultism Law amendment bill before the Lagos State House of Assembly may face some difficulties following the rejection of some of the provisions. The executive legislation provides that parents of children who are found to be involved in cultism would also face punishment. A legal practitioner, CHIZELU EMEJULU, has threatened to go to court to challenge…
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency today, August 13, 2020, responded to two accident scenes within the metropolis. One was a fire outbreak around Ogba axis, which affected a factory, while the second incident involved a diesel tanker that suffered break failure in Apapa. LASEMA General Manager, FEMI OKE-OSAYINTOLU said the Ogba fire incident happened…
The Lagos State Waste Management Agency has again been hit by claims of unpaid salary of street sweepers. This followed an allegation by some street sweepers around Victoria Island who spoke with Lasgidi FM ‘s CHUKWUEMEKA OBIOMA. They said they were being owed in arrears of salary, even when they have been reliably informed that the state…
The problem of youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region has been blamed on failures by government and the private sector. Port Harcourt-based youth and environment rights advocate, FINEFACE DUMNAMENE, said in the absence of positive engagement, some young people turn to social vices. DUMNAMENE said “no serious youth engagement activities, programmes or policy put in place…
In line with the 2020 International Youth Day; some experts have suggested how government can effectively engage young people for the development. ZEB OSHIOLE, who is a financial expert, said the youth can be made to use their energy for the benefit of the economy, if government can create the right environment for that to happen. “There’s…