Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has deactivated her account on Twitter. She announced a few seconds before midnight that she would deactivate her account. “I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she tweeted at 11:59pm on Friday. Minutes later, the account — which had one million […]
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a yet-to-be identified pastor and one other for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl whose heart was ripped open and other vital organs removed. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the victim and her mother, a petty trader, were members of the pastor’s church located along Board road in […]
The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that in as much as Ndigbo would not support the break up of the country, the Igbo people would also not be victims of Nigeria’s unity. To that end, the Ndigbo mouthpiece, therefore, warned the Federal Government against using the military to address the insecurity […]
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria have blocked access to Twitter after the government slammed an indefinite ban on the social media platform on Friday. The telcos, under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) said there has been a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to block Nigerians from accessing […]
The Federal government may have ignited a social media war it may not be able to to prosecute or win, with the suspension of Twitter for deleting President Buhari’s twit for what Twitter considered as offensive. Shortly after announcing Twitter operation in Nigeria, Facebook joined Twitter in banning President Buharo’s civil war controversial message on […]
The umbrella body of Nigerian lawyers, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has threatened to sue the Nigerian government if it fails to reverse its decision to suspend Twitter operations indefinitely in the country. Many Nigerians have expressed outrage at the ban announced by the information minister, Lai Mohammed, on Friday. The government had announced the […]
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Friday raised the alarm over the deteriorating health condition of their leader, Shaikh El-Zakzaky and his wife, Malama Zeenat Ibraheem. IMN said the duo needs urgent medical attention and may die in detention if the government does not act swiftly. Kaduna State Government charged El-Zakzaky and […]
The Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Anthony J.V Obinna, has urged Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State to as a matter of urgency, convoke a ceasefire meeting with Imo stakeholders as a measure to stop the killings in the state. In a statement issued in Owerri on Friday, the head of the Catholics […]
Twitter has expressed “deep concern” over the federal government’s decision to suspend its operations in Nigeria. Sarah Hart, Twitter’s senior policy communications manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, told TheCable the company is investigating the development. TheCable had reported how the government suspended Twitter’s operations indefinitely, after accusing the micro-blogging site of “undermining Nigeria’s […]
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission, will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. The NBC is the regulator of all radio and television stations in Nigeria. The minister announced this just as he said the Federal Government has also suspended micro-blogging platform, Twitter, […]
