Tag: BBC

By Yakubu Musa Nothing, perhaps, illustrates the tragedy of the current world's most enduring struggle, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, than last Friday’s UN resolution for a ceasefire. Curiously, the United States of America voted against it while her...
By Sanusi Abdullahi Kiru In the ever-evolving landscape of Nigeria's telecommunications industry, there are individuals who leave an indelible mark, reshaping the sector for the betterment of the nation. Among these luminaries, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta stands...

Notes on Safara’u’s BBC interview

By Aliyu Jalal 1) Safara'u knows she's a social deviant: Yes. She knows. She narrated how she was treated after the leaking of her nude video....

Conflict reporting in Nigeria: Between the devil and deep blue sea?

By Aliyu Dahiru Initially, I didn't want to say anything about Kadaria Ahmed's controversial comment on the Zamfara Bandits documentary by BBC Africa Eye program....

FG to sanction BBC, Daily Trust over banditry documentaries

By Ismail Auwal The Federal Government has said that it will sanction the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust Newspaper over their documentaries on...

 BBC in Nigeriazzz: Between reporting and propagating terror

By Kadaria Ahmed It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better,...

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

By News Desk The US Senate has passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats...

Intellectuals

By MA Iliasu More than seventy years ago the American or rather the undeniably global economist for all that he has influenced with his precise...

Co-discoverer of HIV, Luc Montagnier dies aged 89

Luc Montagnier, the French virologist credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89. Montagnier was jointly awarded the 2008...

There’s security but no money’: Afghans settle into life under Taliban rule

At Balkh airfield in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Taliban fighters excitedly snap photos of a Russian-made MI-17 helicopter touching down. On board are senior Taliban officials....

Robert F Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan recommended for parole

A Californian parole board has voted to grant prison release to the murderer of Democratic 1968 presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy (RFK). Sirhan Sirhan served...

120 People Killed in Western Europe Floods

.....Over 1,300 missing By jake Aimun At least 120 people have died while more than 1,300 persons are unaccounted for after the worst flooding in decades...

Sex for grades: UNILAG sacks two lecturers after BBC documentary

By Salim Yunusa The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has sacked two lecturers, Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu and Dr. Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo, for...

BBC reporter leaves China, says ‘too risky to carry on’

A senior BBC correspondent said on Wednesday he had left China, after facing legal threats and pressure from authorities over his reporting on Xinjiang...

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