Former Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose has dared Federal Government for threatening to arrest and prosecute anyone found using Twitter in Nigeria. Ayodele Fayose made the statement about three hours ago on Twitter while reacting to the statement credited to the Country Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami that those who go…
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that Nigerians still using Twitter despite the ban will get to know the law they are violating when they are arrested and charged to court. Media aide to the minister, Umar Gwandu made this known in a statement and said anyone found violating…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams on Sunday said with the killing of over 50 people in Igangan town, Ibarapa, Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, it is evident that war is imminent in the country. Adams, while condemning the gruesome murder of innocent residents of the town, warned Fulani herdsmen and bandits to…
An estimated N2 billion naira has been lost to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government, NetBlocks, an international Internet monitor, says. NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST) is a data-driven online service that enables anyone to quickly and easily produce rough estimates of the economic cost of Internet disruptions. The digital rights advocacy…
Seventeen young men from Kano State have perished in a fatal motor accident along the Zaria-Kano highway. It was gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday evening, June 5, when they were returning to Kano after attending the wedding of their friend in Zaria, Kaduna state. The victims were traveling in a Kano Line bus…
Founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet TB Joshua passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 57. While many Nigeria is aghast at his demise, the actual cause of death is yet to be made known. Here are things to know about the televangelist and philanthropist 1. He was born on…
Gunmen have razed Ashaka Police Station in Ndokwa East LGA, Delta State. The armed men, numbering over 20, stormed the station at the wee hours of Sunday, shot sporadically, and set the station on fire. Ashaka Police Station is the third station attacked in the state in the last month. A patrol van was also…
The Yobe State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of a commercial sex worker, Stella aka Ritachi, at Dorawa Joint, in Potiskum Local Government Area of the State. The command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, the state capital, that Stella was stabbed to death by unidentified…
Radio Presenter, Sandra Ezekwesili has alleged that the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet TB Joshua did a lot of harm than good, irrespective of all the good eulogies being credited to him by people. Recall that the Prophet passed away in Lagos, Saturday evening, after a program at his church. In…
More reactions yesterday trailed the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria following the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged inciting tweets against insurrectionists in the South East, with the United States, the media and other Nigerians joining to condemn federal government’s action. Reacting to the development, the United States government yesterday faulted the ban…