Tijjani Ramalan laments regulatory bottlenecks, rising costs in broadcast industry‎

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Ramalan raises alarm

……Calls for urgent reforms ‎The Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nigeria Limited, Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has raised concerns over mounting operational challenges confronting Nigeria’s broadcasting industry, warning that rising costs, regulatory bottlenecks and shrinking advertising opportunities are threatening the survival of media organisations. ‎Speaking at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, which was attended by media professionals, policymakers, regulators, advertisers, and journalists, Ramalan reflected on his transition from the maritime sector into broadcasting, insisting that media investment was a deliberate and lifelong ambition.  ‎“I am not an interloper; I am…

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Killings: “Defend yourselves against attackers”- Presidency tells Nigerians

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Presidency tells Nigerians

The Presidency has urged Nigerians to defend themselves against attackers, insisting that citizens have the constitutional right to protect their lives and property from aggressors. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, stated this yesterday while reacting to the recent wave of insecurity and killings across parts of the country. Speaking during an interview on television over the attack on the Esiele community in Orire local government area of Oyo State, Bwala maintained that the Federal Government remained committed to ending the killings in the…

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‘M’East war may push 20m Africans into food insecurity’ – IMF 

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IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a 20 per cent rise in international food prices caused by the war in the Middle-East could push more than 20 million people in sub-Saharan Africa into food insecurity and leave two million children under the age of five acutely malnourished. The warning came as the IMF said the conflict is threatening to derail the economic gains recorded across the region after sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 with its strongest growth momentum in a decade. According to the IMF, the region recorded a…

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NDLEA busts Nigerian-Mexican meth cartel, seizes ₦480bn drugs in Ogun forest

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NDLEA busts meth cartel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled what it described as the largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory ever discovered in Nigeria, arresting a suspected drug baron, three Mexican nationals and six other collaborators. The operation, carried out by the NDLEA’s Special Operations Unit, targeted a forest hideout in Ijebu-East local government area of Ogun State and properties linked to the syndicate in Lagos State. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman and CEO of the NDLEA, Mohammed Buba Marwa, said the operation followed months of intelligence-gathering…

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Kano orders closure of schools ahead of Eid-el-Kabir

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Kano orders schools closure

Kano State Ministry of Education has declared a break for Eid-el-Kabir for all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday by the Director of Public Enlightenment at the ministry, Misbahu Yakasai. According to the directive, boarding schools are to commence their holiday on Saturday, May 23, 2026, and are expected to resume on Sunday, May 31, 2026. In the same vein, day schools will begin their Sallah break on Friday, May 22, 2026, and resume academic activities on Monday,…

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2027: “Stop dragging Jonathan into broken system”, Lamiɗo warns

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Lamido warns on 2027

Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamiɗo, has issued a sharp warning over growing calls for former President Goodluck Jonathan to return to active partisan politics ahead of the 2027 elections, describing the push as a symptom of national frustration rather than a serious political solution. Lamiɗo, while writing on his Facebook wall, did not mince words as he argued that the renewed agitation for Jonathan‘s comeback is being fueled by what he called a deepening sense of hopelessness within Nigeria’s political landscape. According to him, the country’s current political environment…

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“No permanent terrorist base in S’West” – DHQ

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DHQ on S'West2

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) of Nigeria has addressed recent reports suggesting the presence of a permanent terrorist base in the South West, following the brutal attacks on Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esinele, and LEA Primary School in Oriire local government area, Oyo State. In an issued statement, Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Olatunbosun Oluyede, extended his condolences to the victims’ families, the government and people of Oyo State, and all Nigerians affected by the abductions. He described the attack on innocent children and school…

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2027: SDP’s National Convention picks Atanda as presidential candidate

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SDP picks elects Shehu Gabam

…Elects Shehu Gabam as Chairman Ahead of the 2027 Presidential and general elections, the Shehu Gabam-led Social Democratic Party, (SDP), has elected Abimbola Akeem Atanda as its Presidential candidate for the forthcoming polls. His election, which took place yesterday, during the 2026 National Convention/ Presidential Primary at the Bola Tinubu Conference Centre, was sequel to a voice vote by delegates from the thirty-six states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The SDP has also suspended the National Working Committee, NWC, led by Prof. Sadiq Umar Abubakar Gombe,…

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EFCC arrests ex-Power Minister, Mamman in Kaduna hideout

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EFCC arrests Mamman

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed how operatives of the commission tracked and arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Kaduna State, following his conviction over a multibillion-naira fraud case. Olukoyede disclosed yesterday, during a media briefing at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja that the former minister was arrested in Rigasa, a densely-populated community in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, where he was allegedly being shielded by accomplices. According to the EFCC boss, investigations showed that Mamman had remained under…

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Liberty Symposium 2026: Ramalan unveils blueprint to re-imagine Northern Nigeria through media, productivity, governance

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Liberty Symposium 2026

Executive Chairman of Liberty Media Group, Alhaji (Dr.) Tijjani Ramalan, has announced plans for the second edition of the Liberty Symposium, describing it as a strategic intervention aimed at redefining the future of Northern Nigeria through dialogue, policy engagement and practical solutions to the region’s challenges. Speaking ahead of a press conference scheduled to hold today at the Liberty Media Group Corporate Headquarters in Abuja, Ramalan said the symposium would take place on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, bringing together policymakers, business leaders, security…

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