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Director-General of the commission, Malam Balarabe Ilelah, made the disclosure in a statement issued by Ekanem Antia, Deputy Director, Public Affairs of NBC, on Saturday in Abuja.

They were kidnapped Monday night when the gunmen raided Bakori Housing Units.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sal Island, Cape Verde.

Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Ilelah also refuted reports of alleged rift between the commission and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, describing it as fake news.

He had claimed Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors

Checks by The Nation indicated it was not the first time Channels TV would be queried by NBC.

The student organisation said this in a statement by its Amir (president) Mallam Miftahudeen Thanni, on Thursday, to commemorate the 1443AH Islamic new year and International Youths Day.

Speaking during the annual NBC Stakeholders Forum themed ‘Packaging & Waste Management: Key Drivers, Challenges & Solutions’, they commended the company for leading efforts to ensure the eradication of the menace of plastic waste in the country.

The Incorporated Trustees of the NBA filed the suit numbered FHC/L/CS/613/202 on June 18, following the government’s June 4 threat to prosecute Nigerians who defy the directive by continuing to use Twitter.

Joined in the suit, which was made public on Sunday, as Defendant is the National Broadcasting Commission.

The beneficiaries, who had earlier been trained by a local NGO, Genius Hub, on behalf of the Coca-Cola System, received shoe-making and tailoring equipment to start their businesses and begin their journey to self-reliance.

The NBC had in a letter dated July 7, 2021 issued a directive asking journalists, television and radio stations in Nigeria to stop “glamourising and giving too many details on the nefarious activities of terrorists and kidnappers” during their daily newspaper reviews.

Adams, who spoke on the heels of the recent attack in Ibarapa, said in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, that the attack was grossly predetermined to provoke and wreak huge havoc on residents of the area.

In the suit, both firms are locked in battle over alleged similarities of the logos of their energy drinks.

The company, along with its partner, Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd, has been at the forefront of efforts to tackle the challenge of improperly disposed plastic waste in the country; forging partnerships and alliances with waste collectors, industry leaders, governments, NGOs, waste aggregators, development agencies, and consumers to address the issue.

The suit followed the order by the National Broadcasting Commission asking TV and radio stations to “suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately”, and telling them to delete “unpatriotic” Twitter, after the social media giant was banned in the country for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet.

The request was contained in the submission of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at the public hearing of a bill to amend the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission Act organised by the House Committees on Information, Ethics and Values.

The NBC had reportedly stated that the decision followed the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over purported use of the platform for “activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria.”

He particularly singled out one Ahmad Isah of the Human Rights Radio 101.1FM, whom he accused of putting him and the BBC crew in this precarious situation by allegedly releasing their personal phone numbers on air.

This was announced in a statement issued on Thursday after the NBC met with the owner, Ahmed Isah, who is also the host of Berekete Family Show, a programme on the radio station.