INFORMED LENS MEDIA REPORT

One of Africa's most recognisable entertainment and media conglomerates has a new chairman. Roy Murray-Bruce, former President of Silverbird Group, has been appointed to lead the group's board, succeeding its founder in what marks a significant transition at the top of an organisation that has shaped popular culture across Nigeria and West Africa for decades. The announcement was made by Silverbird Group's founder, who credited Murray-Bruce's four decades of leadership experience, vision, and governance expertise as the foundation for the appointment. The statement described the transition as the opening of an exciting new chapter for the group. Murray-Bruce's history with Silverbird is long and substantive. As former President of the group, he was a central figure in its expansion across multiple sectors — television, radio, cinemas, retail, and property development. His tenure in that role was marked by strategic growth that extended the Silverbird bra...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, ending weeks of speculation over who would succeed Professor Is-haq Oloyede when his two-term tenure expires on July 31. The announcement was made Wednesday by Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga. Aina is a Professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. He turns 40 in July and will become the youngest person to occupy the registrar's chair in JAMB's history, having already made history at 39 as one of Nigeria's youngest professors in his field. His path to this appointment traces back further than most would expect. Aina first encountered JAMB during his National Youth Service, working within the board's admissions infrastru...

MUSEVENI SWORN IN FOR SEVENTH TERM: 'KISANJA OF NO MORE SLEEP' — FOUR DECADES IN POWER, AND COUNTING By Informed Lens Global Media (ILGM) May 12, 2026 | Kampala, Uganda Forty years. That number hung over Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala on Tuesday morning like a banner no one needed to hang. By midday, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni had done it again. Uganda's 81-year-old leader took the oath of office on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds before Chief Justice Dr Flavian Zeija, securing his seventh term as President of the Republic of Uganda. The new mandate runs from 2026 to 2031. At exactly midday, the National Flag was lowered at Kololo Independence Grounds, officially marking the end of Museveni's 2021–2026 term and signalling the beginning of the new one. The ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice Flavian Zeija, with Vice President Jesca Alupo serving as Master of Ceremony.  Electoral Commission Chairman Simon Byabakama formally de...

HOURS AFTER UNIBEN TRAGEDY: CULT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RESIGNS, CITES IGNORED WARNINGS, ACCUSES VC By Informed Lens Global Media (ILGM) May 10, 2026 | Benin City, Edo State A shocking new dimension has emerged in the killing of a man outside the University of Benin (UNIBEN) main gate yesterday with the Chairman of the university's Cult Renunciation, Reconciliation, Reformation, Rehabilitation and Inter-Faith Committee (CR4IC), Venerable Egbenusi, publicly resigning his position and alleging that the Vice Chancellor personally threatened him to delete video evidence of the incident. In a detailed resignation statement obtained by ILGM, Ven. Egbenusi recounted how he received clips related to suspected cult activity on campus and, acting in fulfilment of his committee mandate, forwarded them to the Vice Chancellor as a matter of duty hours before the fatal shooting occurred. Shortly after, he said, sporadic gunshots were heard near the Chapel Vicarage on campus. Further clip...

BREAKING: Part-Time Political Science Student Shot Dead Inside Vehicle at UNIBEN Main Gate By Informed Lens Global Media (ILGM) May 10, 2026 | Benin City, Edo State A part-time student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has been shot dead inside his vehicle at the institution's main gate in Benin City, Edo State, on Sunday, May 10, 2026.. the same day he is believed to have concluded his semester examinations. The victim, a student of the Department of Political Science, was found slumped in the driver's seat of a grey Mercedes SUV bearing Lagos plate number AAA-****, with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and face. The windshield of the vehicle was shattered, with bullet holes visible across the body of the car. The attack occurred at the Ugbowo campus main gate  one of the busiest entry and exit points of the university — in what witnesses described as a swift and targeted assault. Graphic video footage of the scene, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user name ...