News

Woman crushed to death by train in Abuja is our worker – NTA

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2022 0

By Doosuur Iwambe The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has said the woman crushed to death by a passenger train at the Chikakore axis of the Kubwa area of Abuja on Thursday morning was its worker. In a post by the NTA on its verified Twitter Page, the television station revealed the victim’s

Entertainment

NTA partners Adenuga for Village Headmaster return

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2020 0

Exciting news as 22 years after, oldies TV drama, The Village Headmaster, is set for a comeback. Wale Adenuga has partnered with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to return the series. Wale Adenuga’s production outfit, WAP, partnered with NTA management to in a deal ahead of the production. The new production of The Village Headmaster TV […]

News

NTA, FRCN FMs, others operating under lots of constraints – Lai

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said that government-owned media were operating under lots of constraints due to lack of proper funding. He made this known at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of government media […]

Politics

FG’s anti-corruption fight insincere – Maduka

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2018 0

Former Director General, of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Mr. Vincent Maduka has declared that the Federal Government’s anti-corruption fight was an insincere effort. He equally decried the replacement of ‘Freedom’ with ‘Faith’ in the Coat of Arms, contending that, “we seem to have launched our penchant for leaving all failures and successes to divine […]

Headlines News

NBC goes tough, sanctions 87 TV, radio stations

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2018 0

…NTA, LTV, FRCN, AIT, Liberty, HOT FM, others affected The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has slammed 87 Television and Radio Stations with a fine of N11, 474,999 for infractions of broadcast rules as stipulated in the rules of the regulatory agency. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the NBC’s Head, Public Affairs, […]

Headlines

Senate moves to scrap NTA, VON, others

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

Nigeria Senate has expressed concerns over bogus annual budget without commensurate implementation as the debate for 2018 appropriation bill begins on Tuesday. The N8,612,236,953,214 (Eight trillion, Six Hundred and Twelve Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-six million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand,Two Hundred and Fourteen Naira budget drew the ire of the upper

News

Alleged N2.1b fraud : Dokpesi pay N230m to NTA , says witness

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

A prosecution witness in the trial of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, over the N2.1 billion he allegedly collected from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki on Friday told the court that the sum of N230m was paid into the account of Nigeria Television Authority, NTA for […]

News

Sell your strength to the public, Ukah tells NTA management

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2017 0

DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has advised the management of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to sell the strength of the station to Nigerians so that they can truly appreciate the services been rendered by the station. Mr. Ukah gave this advise in Asaba on Tuesday when he visited the General Manager […]

News

N400m fraud: Metuh pays NTA, FRCN others

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2016 0

Mr. Richard Ihediwa, the fifth defence witness in the ongoing trial of the former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh on Thursday revealed how cash payments was made to government owned media houses the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)from the N400m.At the resumed trial yesterday

Football Sports

Nigeria Pitch Awards Gets New Date

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2015 0

Organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced a new date and venue for the 2014 Award Ceremony earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, May 6, in Lagos. Shina Philips, CEO of Matchmakers Consult International, promoters of the Awards stated in Lagos that after extensive discussions with their partners, the award ceremony will now hold […]

Business

Cobham Appointed NACCIMA Director General

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Barrister Emmanuel Cobham a lawyer, journalist, broadcaster, and administrator has been appointed as the new Director General of Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture. An official statement from NACCIMA said Cobham is endowed with an excellent inter-personal, communication, and administrative skills: “He bestrides the public and the private sector