{
  "id": 2963618,
  "title": "Tinubu renews tenure of NTA director-general, NAN managing director",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/tinubu-renews-tenure-of-nta-director-general-nan-managing-director",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:32:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/08/24/tinubu-renews-tenure-of-nta-director-general-nan-managing-director/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu has renewed the tenure of Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and Ali Mohammed Ali, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), for a second three-year term each. This decision was announced in a State House press release signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on August 23, 2026. Tinubu urged both executives to continue demonstrating commitment to their organisations' mandates and to the promotion of his administration's Renewed Hope Agenda. Both Dembos and Ali were first appointed on October 20, 2023, and their new terms will begin on October 20, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}