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[quote author= post=70501872]The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has condemned the demolition of the structure housing the Fresh FM in Ibadan by the Oyo State Government. The Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Midibbo-Kawu, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, said the demolition was a worrisome development and did not speak well of the state government. The structure, “Music House, ” reportedly valued at N800 million and which had been in operation for 10 years, was demolished in the early hours of Sunday. The property is owned by a popular musician, Yinka Ayefele. Kawu said: “The development is worrisome because for all it is worth, the broadcast outfits are playing a big role in reducing unemployment, especially in this situation where many young Nigerians are idle. “They also play social, informational, educational and entertaining roles in the society. “Such development does not speak well of the government and has a negative effect on the nation, especially at a point when more broadcasting outfits are influencing the social space in the country. “In this case particularly, there are so many issues that can be weaved up negatively by people. “We hope that as we move forward, we will be able to find a solution to the situation,” Modibbo-Kawu said. The director-general said when the NBC got hint of the demolition, he made some contacts with some people in the state. Kawu said that he could, however, not stop it. The NBC boss promised to set up a meeting with the state government on finding a way forward on the issue. The NBC boss recalled a similar experience in Nasarawa State about a year ago when the property housing Breeze 99.9 FM was demolished. “What we did was to meet our licensee to find out what the issues were because he was prepared to go to court. “We also met with the state Commissioner for Information and the Governor. “The issue also was that the building violated the usage of urban space. “We were able to reach an agreement that the government should give the broadcaster a new plot of land and assist him to go back to building a new station. “However, just last week, I got a letter that the side of the government in the agreement had not been fulfilled,” he said. Modibbo-Kawu also clarified the recent media report that his commission banned some songs, saying Nigerians must understand the statutory mandate of the NBC. “It is important to let Nigerians understand that NBC does not ban any song. “I read on social media platforms all the time that NBC banned a song; the commission never bans any song. “What NBC does all the time is to remind our licensees that there are certain categorisation of music that are important in broadcasting. “If a song is categorised, “Not To Be Broadcast” (NTBB) because of the lyrics of the song, then, we will remind the broadcasters that they cannot be broadcast. “This is what it is misinterpreted in the social media that we banned the song,” he said The director general also refuted the allegation that NBC was “carrying out a Jihad on Nigerian songs” based on a petition by a faith-based human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). He stressed that the NBC did not carry out any Jihad, but only responded to a song on a radio station because it had lyrics that were NTBB. Kawu gave an assurance that the Federal Government, through the NBC, would not infringe on artistic liberty or licence. He, however, reminded artistes and broadcast organisations of their responsibilities to Nigerians and the youths, in particular. “Last week, I issued a press release to urge Nigerian artistes to have different versions of their songs. “They should do a version that can be used for public broadcast space and another version for club usage which can carry all kinds of lyrics that they want. “If they want their songs to be broadcast on radio and television in Nigeria, these songs must conform to rules and must be songs that young people can listen to,” he said. He disclosed that the commission was planning a national dialogue with Nigeria leading artistes on the need to avoid vulgar lyrics and hate speeches in their songs. “The truth of the matter is that 75 per cent of our population is under the age of 35 while 63 per cent is under the age of 25, so we have a younger population. “If you go on Youtube, Olamide song, “Wo” has over 10 million hits. “ That tells you the kind of influence these young artistes have on all our children in the country. “They should help to orientate the young people on the right values. “If their songs celebrate sex, violence, the use of drugs, alcohol and fraud, then they are not helping in the moulding of young people “We believe that the young generation who listen to them can be guided through the use of their artistic works to play functional social purposes in the society,” he said. He said the dialogue would focus on the need for the artistes to use their music to propagate positive messages about development. http://www.metronaija.ng/nbc-condemns-demolition-of-fresh-fm-by-oyo-govt/[/quote]nice one, you have made your point when you said there's a song for the street and one for the radio. But to base lyrics just on the positive values, the artists will go hungry. That's just the stark reality. |
I was using GPS Google directions to drive and was surprised to see that I was redirected where the road has been closed and same with the road that had become bad and unmotorable. I wonder what mechanism this uses. |
I closed very late from work very tired and needed at least a cup of coffee to whip up my system and also to nibble on something to calm my rumbling stomach. In a whole street of Abuja, the living had all gone to sleep, just few cars screeching their tyres on high speed, police torchlight and ATM churns. I have been to other major cities in sub Sahara Africa like Johannesburg, Dares salaam, Addis, Nairobi and even Lome. I realized that quite a lot of them have self service sales outlets where people pop in coins in machines and buy coffee, snacks, drinks, cigarettes and even gas anytime of the day. There are sales machines that make use of currency notes (though I saw some in place like unilag and some hospitals in Lagos) where I once bought bus ticket in a European city. The bottom line is that these services are more effective where currency coins are available and circulating. This is because of the limitations posed by using notes in sales machines. One begins to wonder why the Nigerian government is not thinking of minting reasonable currency coins even if it entails using same denominations of notes already in circulations instead of wasting resources minting dead and insignificant denominations that soon fizzle out of circulation. If the right thing is done, liquidity as well as financial inclusion will be eased. Even more jobs will be created as a result. |
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Gisthoodng:Enyimba no go buy this kain player ni. League for Naija sha |
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Reference:Good thought, but how are private universities funded? If funding responsibilities are given to public schools, and the school fees left for them as the bedrock, I think they will strive harder. It may not stand now, but in no time! |
Nkemakonam62:That's my piece published in the Guardian Much Ado About the Education Sector There is no gainsaying the fact that the Nigerian education industry has fared abysmally low on the global scale, yet the policy makers hitherto pay lip service to the sector. The Minister of Education recently announced the government’s resolve to declare emergency on the sector but failed to avail the public with the aim of such decision and the resultant effect expected at the end of the day. At the tertiary level, a Nigerian University has hardly ranked among the first one thousand in the various global rankings. It is a hard fact that lack of facilities in especially the public educational institutions has stalled research oriented innovations and hence, a big hindrance to necessary developments to measure up with the realities of the modern world. The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) that is supposed to be used for revitalization of the public higher education sector has not yielded the expected result. Yet, despite the funds being appropriated for the sector, over dependence on the government funding still hangs like the Sword of Damocles leading to incessant strike actions in a quest to better the lots of the institutions and the general welfare of staff which is nothing compared to robust benefits enjoyed by the political office holders with far less educational heights and achievements. Several promises made amidst negotiations with the government are always hard to fulfil. Courses that are supposed to be completed in a number of years get unduly elongated as a result, with some schools “crashing the programmes” to bridge the strike gap- a very big risk for a developing country not just because of the quality of education under discuss but because the active population of the country is in school; the value system has hinged survival and economic sustenance solely on “education” thereby increasing dependency ratio in a country where sixty per cent (60%) of the citizens are said to be living below poverty line despite huge national resources. However, the libraries still look like archives of some sort. It is surprising that most books being used in the tertiary institutions have been there since decades and neither have they been revised at least twice since ten years of publication. Some lecturers still copy verbatim from these books, type or publish and sell to students as “textbooks or hand-outs”. Some of them also pay private journals in the Europe and America to publish their articles got from such materials which they count as "publication in international journals" and use them for promotion. Talking of effective internet facilities or virtual library is like asking for too much. Some of the students have never seen or heard of some academic materials that are common among their mates even in an average academic institution in South Africa. I once visited the state library in Owerri, Imo State and the place was fantastic. There were enough books and the environment was very conducive, with staff ready to attend to requests from readers. But, how up-to-date are the materials in the library is a big question looking everyone in the face including the library staff who would wave their hands in despair at such requests for current books. In an internet age, there is no access to e library where books and articles published even today are stacked in some online stores at some good price. Though a final year university student surfing the internet on her phone for her dissertations seemed so confident; she had got enough free materials on google! How about privatising such fantastic library in a state hosting about seven different institutions of higher learning which move will give it a great heave to measure up with the realities of the times? This is one example out of numerous public libraries in the country. Just as we are talking of deregulating the oil downstream sector, can we liberalise the higher education institutions, with some degree of autonomy given to the universities and other tertiary institutions. This will bolster research activities and engender academic innovations to a great extent. Education is increasingly being globalised and the developed countries are already running with the tide. Those that never bothered about English language as a medium of teaching are dropping the old idea due to the strategic position the language is rapidly occupying in the global scheme of things. Virtual classrooms are gaining grounds and nations running to bridge the internet gap (electricity has long been conquered). Duplexes for resident professors are disappearing for momentary hotel bills to lodge a visiting Harvard professor whose academic prowess has gained him a retainership to lecture Economics in a Nigerian university. He finishes his lectures, (an opportunity to bring down a near Harvard standard and still save some “change” for a prolific academic research) and leaves for US after fixing a date for his examination. He flies in again to conduct his examination, goes back to mark scripts and send result by email. Webinars and other social platforms are there for students’ continued interaction with the professor. If a survey taken at the end of the session among his students does not favour his style of lecture, it is time for another egg head. This time a guru from University of Cape Town could be invited. The Nigerian professor also jostles for recognition out there, in a way that he does not wait for government subvention to attain academic excellence. This trend is rapidly gaining ground in some places in Europe. At the primary and secondary levels, sound educational laws and policies will standardise the private institutions and give proper funding to the public schools. The world stood still, astounded when a public school teacher could not read out a passage handed to her by Adams Oshiomhole, the then Governor of Edo State. Apart from revitalising the public schools, those educational inspectors that would take the classroom teacher unawares participating in his class disguised as students should be reconstituted. They will secretly check the notebooks of the pupils accompanied with necessary questions about the teacher- a criterion for the teacher’s promotion in addition to proper and thorough scrutiny of the educational qualifications of such teacher. The floating of private schools by all and sundry who could afford some capital to rent an apartment anywhere and take off should be strictly regulated. I recall with nostalgia, the playgrounds that used to be as large as the whole Michael Okpara Square in Enugu where we performed different sporting activities and marched with pride during the morning assembly, singing heroic songs in the beautiful rhythms of bands and trumpets and feeling like patriots who are ready to die for the cause of the nation. Those are the days of non-proliferation of private schools with government conducting schools debate competitions and broadcasting it on national media, the days of dedicated teachers who will not spare the rods lest the child spoils, teachers who will not sacrifice discipline for fear of parents. https://guardian.ng/opinion/much-ado-about-the-education-sector/ |
I was wondering what this requirement in the Federal Fire Service advertisement means.
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Can you draft a security code of conduct for organisation working in the North East? You could be paid as a consultant if you have the requisite qualification. Kindly drop your resume to creedhavey@yahoo.com Or call Good luck |
Sleekydee:Off in go-slow doesnt sound like a serious issue, my thinking cos i think that could be easily fixed ![]() |
Hi guys, I am thinking that there could be some hidden problems that the seller of this ride is refusing to share with me. Inspected , though did not drive round but the engine seems sound. Body , relatively ok, though I know I will do some finishing tourches. Any advice is welcome so I do not make a mistake |
Leebills:only that I'm I'm Abuja. |
AnonymousIP:I'm shocked that this is a press statement and not a tweet; looks kinda written on a rush. Not a standard grammatical construction |
I need EOD Tokunbo at Abuja asap |
PurestBoy:in my own experience, I have to give you an honest advice, I learnt to thread with caution. The first reason is that this is Nigeria. Second reason, many people shout Autism, ASDH or whatever. No one has given details of how his own child was treated with therapy or drugs. The truth is that Nigerians like giving advise from what they learnt theoretically. Oga, go to God in prayers and/save money and take your family abroad once in a while, there you can actually take time and check stuff like that. Medical practice here is mainly based in speculations diagnosis are most often wrong. I have seen people get wasted on simple issues that can be tackled by mere home remedy. Yes, we pray a lot. There's a reason for that cos almost everything has failed us. The Israelite molded a golden calf as god until a leader surfaced to lead them to God. Let's be wise while in this country and Wait for a messiah that will lead us out of this douldrum |
dabrats:this advise actually strikes a mark and stands out from the rest. The boy is 4. I was also told to take my 3yr old for same evaluation. Please we have to be careful from public opinion. |
PurestBoy:this is nearly my son's attributes. The difference is that he's just 3. Im now more scared cos I think he would outgrow these at 4. My first, he graduated from friso Gold to Golden morn and likes it like he must take it after any meal. I was advised on this forum not to worry for he's still a child. I'm now wondering if I should stop the Golden morn thing. He has really improved I must confess (I won't deny God of his Glory) after I made it a point of prayers. |
DeadRat:I'm sure you meant to say something else. Like seriously ![]() |
Ekitimadman:Even if such would happen as an innocent mistake, surprisingly theres no such thing in the criminal law books. So you will still go down. You could have a Defence like Extraordinary emergency, but that would amount to First admitting that you knew the money was not yours, then the owner will now bring a civil action for money had and received. |
DjVirginGee:Got those legs 30k in Gidi during my last visit ![]() |
splendid22:first, the sister that was denied entrance to the room where she was being hacked to death should have at least recorded what she observed. Secondly, the record label's statement must have come from an experienced investigator from Nigeria as the warning to to immigration shows police could compromise and help the oyibo man to abscond |
Muckross1122:nice one. Could that be equivalent to $1000 |
chloedogie:there's a monthly service charge they introduced. Maybe that's what they deducted. But even at that, are customers not supposed to be informed of the stupid charges? |
bambi2016:Dont keep your thing to yourself. Keep replaying Tonto, we shall wait for the playback ![]() |
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Islie:Contract racketeering. It's a regular thong in the Nass and other public servants. But why are we not talking of Burantai again, the searchlight is now on Ekweremadu |
bambi2016:there they go again |
Automotive1:what kind of wrong grammar is the heading of this post? What does it mean to bulldoze? Why not destroys with bulldozer or crushes as used I the passage. @Seun, I think it's time for you to employ some English graduates to help edit some posts cos our kids also read some posts on Nairalanf |

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