THE BBC’s sport service was in meltdown on Saturday after pundits and commentators refused to work in support of presenter Gary Lineker, who was forced to “step back” after accusing the government of using Nazi-era rhetoric. Match of the Day presenter Lineker, England’s fourth most prolific goalscorer, sparked an impartiality …
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A court in the United States has ruled that the $3m mansion in the state of Maryland, near Washington DC, said to belong to former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, should be seized from a trust set up by him, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on Friday. Funds raised by …
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BBC TV programming has been taken off air in Afghanistan, after the Taliban ordered local channels not to broadcast content from international partners. Calling it a “worrying development”, the BBC said it would affect more than six million viewers of Persian, Pashto and Uzbek language service programmes. The BBC Persian …
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BBC Hausa which is based in London, is celebrating it’s 60 years of broadcasting in Hausa language. The Hausa service of BBC started broadcasting 2 years after Nigeria gained her independence. 60 years later, the Hausa service of BBC has grown to become a major news outlet of the BBC. …
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday said he had been vindicated by the recent outburst of President Muhammadu Buhari’ wife, Aisha, about her husband’s leadership. Mr. Saraki said the fact that Mrs. Buhari could come out to openly express reservations about her husband’s appointees showed that his earlier argument …
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