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2 days ago | newsentinel.com.ng | Peter Jones

As Africa marks Africa Month in May, attention turns to telling our story from our perspective, rooted in African culture. But how does culture evolve? Many things we now call “cultural” started as new ideas, songs, customs, and stories that resonated with people and became timeless expressions of identity.

1 week ago | newsentinel.com.ng | Peter Jones

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated telecom licensees in Nigeria to inform consumers of major service outages on their networks through media channels, stating the cause(s) of the service interruption, and the area(s) affected by the service interruption/outage, as well as the time that would be taken to restore service. Consumers must also be informed one week in advance where operators have planned service outages.

1 week ago | newsentinel.com.ng | Peter Jones

Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, May 2025 – Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, has recorded another major academic milestone with the full accreditation of 18 academic programmes by the National Universities Commission (NUC), following its October/November 2024 accreditation exercise. The confirmation of the accreditation was conveyed in a letter dated April 30, 2025, and signed by Engineer Abraham Chundusu, Acting Director of Accreditation, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the NUC.

1 week ago | newsentinel.com.ng | Peter Jones

Last week was a dark one for journalism in Nigeria. The light of two of its bright stars, Hajiya Amina Alhassan Ahman and Haruna Dauda Biu dimmed and blew out. Amina was cast in the print section of the profession, while Haruna was a star in broadcast journalism. I first noticed Amina in 2014 at a Leadership Newspaper editorial meeting for editors and senior editorial management staff.

1 week ago | newsentinel.com.ng | Peter Jones

Our attention has been drawn to the publication on the Peoples Gazette Titled “EXCLUSIVE: Fidelity faces bankruptcy as Supreme Court orders banking giant to pay N225 billion damages to Nigerian firm”. By way of a background, we confirm that the issues leading up to the judgment arose from a legacy transaction between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited. FSB granted a credit facility to G. Cappa Plc in 2002 for the sum of USD3 million.