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- P resident Buhari approves Opening of Schools for examination student s * Interstate borders now open President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following as part of ease of lockdown. *Permit Interstate travels between 5am to 9:59pm. *Students in graduating classes like Primary 6, J.S.S 3, S. S. 3 are to return to school immediately. students will be made to put on face masks compulsorily and observe all other protocols. *Domestic flights to resume as soon practicable. *Curfew effect from Tuesday 30th June - Monday 27th July, 2020 now from 10pm - 4am. This was made known in today's Presidential Task Force Briefing on Covid-19.

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Here is an oppourtunity! The broadcast industry in Akwa Ibom state is gradually building up. From a monopoly of AKBC with the only Radio and TV and latter NTA 12 Uyo, a federally owned TV station. Much later, another federally owned Station, this time radio joined in. With Radio Nigeria Atlantic FM Uyo on ground it was state and Federal government broadcast stations branding Radio (AKBC Radio & Atlantic FM) and (AKBC TV & NTA). Today we now have private sector operators branding, PLANET FM, INSPIRATION FM, COMFORT and most recently PASSION and EXCEL FM. Don't forget we had the community Radio settings of the campuses in UNIYO and in HERITAGE of Heritage Polytechnic in Eket. DAAR Communication, operators if Ray power/AIT following a ground breaking in 2015 are being awaited in Abak. Let me shock you, more are in the pipeline! Just like Lagos that boasts of over 20 Radio and TV stations Akwa Ibom is another destination. We would not wait to see several broadcast ...

Admin Enugu, the coal city of Nigeria was host to community radio advocates at a two-day workshop to expand citizens’ participation in the democratic process and particularly to build the capacity of grassroots groups for active participation in the deepening of democracy in Nigeria through the use of community radio. The workshop, which held Enugu was organised by the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) in collaboration with the Nigeria Community Radio Coalition (NCRC) was supported by the Democratic Governance for Development (DGD II) project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The workshop, which was attended by communities routing for the establishment of community radio stations including community-based organizations and the media in the South-East and South-South zones of the country was to advance the cause of granting licences to communities to establish community radio as a tool to aid development agenda and deepening democracy and development. A k...

Akwa Ibom Broadcast Journalist Advocates establishment of Community Radio for rapid social and economic development By Morenike Oshilade An Akwa Ibom broadcast Journalist; Mr. Charles Bassey has canvassed the need for Communities to set up Community Radio stations noting that it would go a long way in expediting social and economic development. In a chat with CBSnewsTrend, after a conference of community Radio experts, the Uyo born broadcast professional stated that Community Radio is one of the surest ways to attain development using effective grassroots media outreach. He pointed to the success stories of South Africa which has quite a good number of community Radio stations and India as well as the Caribbean countries like Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados which he said had had promoted community radio establishment. He said, “These countries used it as a veritable tool for social enlightenment, on Health, commerce and even civic education which would deepen citizen’...