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VON Strive Partnership With NCC To Fight Misinformation, Fake News, Disinformation—-The Voice of Nigeria (VON) has sought partnership with Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
 in fighting, misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
The Director-General of VON, Malam Jibrin Ndace solicited the partnership when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commission on Thursday in Abuja.
Ndace also requested a strengthened partnership with NCC in broadcasting positive Nigeria, Africa and NCC’s stories to the world.
“I am here to congratulate the Executive Vice Chairman NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida on his appointment and also bring goodies to the table.
“Whatever you do, if you don’t tell your story, nobody will tell it for you, especially in this era of misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
“So,,we will like to partner with you in fighting, misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
“VON is the only public institution that broadcast in eight languages; Igbo, Hausa, Youruba and Fulfulde, and also in English, French, Arabic and Swahili.
“Our mandate is to tell Nigeria and Africa sories; tell positive stories about Nigeria, Nigerians, Africa and Africans,” Ndace said.
He stressed that as D-G, he remained determined and focussed to telling the Nigerian and African stories through deliberate, believable and truthful manner.
Ndace added that Nigeria as a country is not perfect, but there are good and positive stories daily about the country that must be celebrated.
In his response, NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Mr Abraham Oshadami appreciated VON and Ndace for acknowledging the commission as an asset.
“The collaboration between the two of us will not be taken for granted.
“You have been telling our stories; now we have more opportunities for you to tell the story even more than before.
“We want to promise you that we will take this partnership very serious at NCC,” he said.
Oshadami apologised to Ndace for the absence of the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC whom he said was on  official assignment.

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Arise TV Anchor, Rufai Oseni Raises New Controversy Over Tinubu’s Birth Date [VIRAL VIDEO]

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Arise TV Anchor, Rufai Oseni Raises New Controversy Over Tinubu’s Birth Date [VIRAL VIDEO]—-Arise News TV anchor Rufai Oseni has raised his criticism of President Bola Tinubu this time bringing to fore the Nigerian leader’s cognition of his age to question his capacity to steer the affairs of the nation.

Rufai Oseni made his observation after circulating an old video from the appearance of Tinubu at Chatham House during the buildup to the 2023 general election when the question of his age came up.

In the video shared by Rufai Oseni, a lady was seen asking Tinubu about his age.

The question seemingly took Tinubu a few seconds to answer, during which someone allegedly handed him a script from which he read his response. Oseni captioned the video,

“Just imagine, who answers questions about his date of birth like this.”

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Oseni’s post is the latest in a series of challenges to Tinubu’s credibility on social media, with many Nigerians demanding greater accountability from their leaders.

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8 Things You Should Know About Nigerian Rapper, Speed Darlington

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8 Things You Should Know About Nigerian Rapper, Speed Darlington—-Darlington Okoye popularly known as Speed Darlington is a US-based Nigerian rapper, songwriter, musician, dancer, and social media comedian. His music videos have gone viral on social media several times after being released on the internet.

In this piece, Platinumpostng.com chronicles 8 things you should know about Speed Darlington:

1. Darlington was born on March 13, 1989, in Arondizuogu, Ideato North Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria, to Pericoma Okoye and Theresa Onuorah.

2. His mother and father, Queen Theresa Onuorah and the late Pericoma Okoye, are both renowned musicians, though they have never been married.

3. Darlington began his dancing career in the 1990s with Queen Achakpo and entered the music industry in 2017.

4. Darlington became a social media sensation after several of his music videos went viral in 2016. From calling himself the “Energy God,” “King of Scorpios,” and “Irregular Speedometer,” to describing himself with phrases like “Irregular” and “Inspiring Diddy since 2017,” Speed has proven that he is not easily intimidated.

5. In 2017, one of his most popular songs, “Bang da Dadang”, was released. Despite the backlash from a section of the public, he remains optimistic about his path to fame.

6. Darlington calls himself the music savior Akpi, which is an Igbo word that means scorpion or dangerous person.

7. Some of his famous songs include “Adaier”, “Saturday Night”, “Enigma (Freestyle)” and “Bad Girl”. He has also released tracks such as “Greatest Tank Battle”, “My Party”, “Hustle Hard” and “Let’s Dance”.

8. In 2021, Speed Darlington starred in the movie African Messiah alongside Lasisi Elenu, Charles Okocha, IK Ogbonna, Nadia Buhari and others

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