The Nigerian government has opened an official account on Koo, an Indian microblogging platform. The move comes less than a week after the federal government suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria. The government had alleged that the microblogging site was being used to undermine “Nigeria’s corporate existence”. The Koo account, with the handle, “@nigeriagov” and username, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that last year’s #EndSARS protest against police brutality was aimed at removing him from office. Buhari said this when he appeared on Arise TV on Thursday morning. The president stated that those who participated in the protest have made Nigeria unattractive to investors. He also blamed the protest on the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos reiterated that his directive to security agencies, to shoot any person or persons found illegally wielding AK-47s and other assault weapons, remains in place. The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police […]
The police in Imo State have arrested a 40-year-old man, Uzoamaka Ugoanyanwu said to be a notorious native doctor, who allegedly prepares charms for members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). Mr Abutu Yaro, the State Commissioner of Police, who confirmed the arrest, said the police […]
Officers of the Nigeria Police have arrested men from Igga Community and accused them of being the unknown gunmen who killed five police men of Adani police station in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area and set the station ablaze. Igga Community was raided by the Nigeria Police, and Ralph Iyambo, Titus Okeke, and other young men […]
The United States has again called on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the ban on Twitter. After the microblogging site yanked off a tweet of Buhari on the civil war last week, the Federal Government suspended the operations of Twitter in the country, citing alleged interference. The United States has again called […]
The Federal Government says the management of tech giant, Twitter, has reached out for dialogue. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council. He declared that the ban has so far been very effective following reports of Twitter’s huge financial losses […]
A Senior lecturer with the department of Theatre Art University of Jos Dr Daniel Ella has been kidnapped by some notorious gunmen on a rampage in Jos, Plateau state. It would be recalled that a senior lecturer of the University with the Department of Microbiology Professor Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband was kidnapped recently at […]
The joint minority caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has called on Nigerians to ignore the ban placed by the Federal Government on Twitter and continue to use the social media platform. The National Assembly caucus, which described the ban as draconian, decried that many Nigerians are losing their sources of livelihood […]
President Muhammadu Buhari received a made-in-Nigeria mobile phone at the presidential villa on Wednesday in Abuja. The phone called ITF mobile was presented to Buhari by Niyi Adebayo, minister of industry, trade and investment. Adebayo said the phone was one of the 12 produced, using locally sourced components, by the electrical/electronics technology department of the […]
