The House of Representatives on Thursday, June 6, called on the Federal Ministry of Communications to develop measures to limit social media usage for children below 16 years in Nigeria. The House said the rise of social media has exposed young children to unsupervised orientation, leading to misplaced priorities and neglect of schoolwork It […]
The Partnership for Media and Democracy (PAMED) has called for the immediate release of Precious Eze, a journalist and publisher of the online newspaper “News Platform” who was arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force from Zone 2 Command at his Gbagada, Lagos residence on Monday, May 27, 2024 and has since remained […]
The Presidency said that two fiscal policy documents in circulation being given wide coverage by the mainstream media and social media platforms were not official. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said one of the documents titled: “Inflation Reduction […]
Sixteen members of the United States House of Representatives, have petitioned President Joe Biden, urging him to intervene, as they demand the return of detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to the United States from Nigeria. He was arrested by the Federal Government in February. Gambaryan was initially held at a guest house before formal […]
At least 27 people, including children, have been reported killed in an Israeli airstrike at a UN school in Gaza. The school provides shelter to displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed Hamas fighters who participated in the October 7 attack against Israel were housed […]
Northern senators and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have rejected a bill seeking the establishment of ranching as the only viable alternative for cattle breeding in Nigeria. The National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission establishment Bill scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate yesterday after an intense debate. […]
FOLLOWING the recent decision of the Labour Party, LP, to create a directorate for the Obidient Movement in the party, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections and the principal mentor of the Obidient Movement In Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi has said that the group is beyond a political party […]
President Bola Tinubu says appointing Nyesom Wike, minister of federal capital territory (FCT), was one of the best appointments he made since the start of his administration. Tinubu spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during the commissioning of the extension of the inner southern expressway (ISEX) and the outer southern expressway (OSEX) to the southern […]
Men of the Nigerian Police Force from the Zone 2 Command have arrested Precious Eze, a journalist and publisher of the online newspaper “News Platform.” The arrest, which took place at Eze’s Gbagada, Lagos home on Monday, May 27, was instigated by a complaint from prominent businessman and politician Prince Chris Odinaka Igwe. This […]
Acute food insecurity is projected to worsen in magnitude and severity across 18 hunger “hotspots,” including Nigeria. This was revealed in a recent report from the United Nations. The report emphasised the immediate need for assistance to prevent femine in Gaza and Sudan, as well as the worsening hunger crises in Haiti, Mali, and […]
