As Union Bank enters its 109th year, the inclusion question is not peripheral to its institutional story. It is central to it. A bank that has been present in Nigeria since 1917 has watched the country’s economic structure change repeatedly.
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The commission lamented the declining professionalism, misuse of platforms by political actors, and increasing hate speech, vowing to impose sanctions on erring stations.
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“They wounded me and damaged my car.”
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“They (company) gave N4.3 million to the family, N4million to the father and mother for the loss of their child, and N300,000 to the kingdom.”
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The Nigerian government has warned television broadcasters and anchors, over breaches of Nigerian broadcasting codes.
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, issued the warning in a disclosed notice to broadcasters on Friday.
NBC said the warning comes amid an alleged surge in unprofessional broadcast conduct across Nigerian news broadcast platforms.
The regulator told broadcasters, including Arise Television, Channels TV and others, that it would enforce strict and uncompromised compliance with every provision of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, particularly those relating to fairness, balance, accuracy, hate speech, incitement, and respect for constitutional bodies.
NBC warned broadcasters to ensure professionalism in handling politics, communal and war issues.
“The broadcaster shall exhibit professionalism in handling the transmission, especially sensitive issues such as politics, communal conflicts, and wars.
Specifically, it threatened sanctions on anchors or presenters found to have expressed personal opinion as fact, bullied or intimidated a guest, denied a fair hearing to opposing views, or otherwise compromised neutrality, or be disrespectful to human dignity.
NBC warns TV anchors against bullying guests, compromising neutrality
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that the second batch of results for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will be released before midnight on Saturday.
JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle, assuring candidates who sat for the examination on Friday, April 17, that their results would be available later in the day.
“The results of the UTME conducted on Friday, 17 April 2026, will be released before midnight today,” Benjamin stated.
He added that an official notice would be issued immediately after the results are released, with updates also to be shared on his social media page.
The latest release follows JAMB’s earlier publication of results for candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, when 632,788 candidates were able to access their scores.
The 2026 UTME, which began nationwide on Thursday, is expected to involve more than two million candidates across accredited computer-based test centres nationwide.
Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, a former chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), has died on Saturday after a prolonged illness.
His death was confirmed by former Secretary-General of the NFA, Sani Ahmed Toro.
Galadima was a prominent figure in Nigerian sports administration, having led the NFA before it was restructured into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
He also served as Chairman of the Kano State Sports Council between 1981 and 1983.
Born in 1951 in Fagge, Kano, Galadima had a long-standing career in sports governance. He was a member of the National Sports Commission and was elected Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee in 1985, a position he held until 1987.
He was later reappointed as Chairman of the Kano State Sports Council and continued to play key roles at both state and national levels.
Galadima also served on the Presidential Monitoring Committee on the development of sports facilities for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was initially scheduled to be hosted in Nigeria but later relocated due to health-related challenges.
In addition, he was a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Youth Championship Organising Committee.
In 2002, he was elected Chairman of the then Nigeria Football Association, further cementing his legacy as one of the country’s influential sports administrators.
His burial arrangements will be announced later by his family.
Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to order the unconditional release of Igbo youths allegedly detained across Nigeria without trial.
In a post shared on X on Saturday, Ejimakor expressed concern over what he described as the continued detention of “thousands of Igbo youths” on suspicion of belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra.
He said, “All people of conscience should urge President Tinubu to direct the unconditional release of the thousands of IGBO youths detained without trial across Nigeria on the mere suspicion that they’re IPOB.”
The lawyer argued that those in custody deserve their freedom, stressing that prolonged detention without due process undermines justice and the rule of law.
Ejimakor’s comment comes amid ongoing debates over security operations in the South-East and allegations of arbitrary arrests linked to the proscribed separatist group.
He, however, maintained that due process must be upheld, insisting that suspects should either be charged to court or released.
DAILY POST reports that IPOB was listed by the Federal Government among financiers of terrorism in Nigeria; however, Ejimakor faulted the designation.
IPOB: Order unconditional release of detained Igbo youths — Ejimakor tells Tinubu
“Detailed cybersecurity guidelines have already been issued to MDAs for implementation as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen resilience across public sector digital infrastructure,” the NITDA stated.
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The suspension came after government intervention, offering a temporary pause in a deepening aviation fuel crisis.
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