‘Fake News’:Burundi Bans BBC, Withdraws Radio Licence

LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burundi has banned the BBC from the country and taken its radio off the airwaves, after what the government said was the broadcaster’s “false’’ reporting on secret torture centres. “The licence to operate the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio Station is withdrawn,’’ Nestor Bankumukunzi, the head of the National Communication Council, said…

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Zamfara, Rivers APC Candidates Remain Banned Except Presidential – INEC

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission says the All Progressives Congress will not be allowed to participate in any elections except the Presidential poll in Rivers and Zamfara States. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu’s position comes despite a letter written to…

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