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Twitter, a microblogging and social networking site, has had its activities in Nigeria banned indefinitely by the Federal Government. According to a statement from his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Friday. However, as at the time of posting this story, our correspondent’s investigations…
Hundreds of students of the D. S. Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State, on Wednesday, blocked the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway in protest. The protest caused gridlock and left many travellers stranded for hours on the road. We gathered from our undisclosed sources that the students were protesting against the management of the institution and also blocked the…
Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet in which he threatened to deal with Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”. President Buhari had in a tweet shared on Tuesday, evoked Nigeria’s civil war experience which was fought between 1967 and 1970, and noted that most of those “misbehaving” by burning electoral offices were maybe…
75 companies have submitted bids to be picked as concessionaires for 12 federal roads through the online portal of the federal government under the first phase of the Highway Development Management Initiative (HDMI). Head of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mrs. Abimbola Asein, said in a statement…
The President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria ,President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that those plotting to destroy his government administration will soon receive the shock of their lives as he will do everything possible to ensure they fail. According to tweet posts from President on his official Twitter handle, He gave this warning while…
More than 50 people have died and dozens are still missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the Northenwestern Nigeria state of Kebbi on Wednesday, according to government authorities.There were at least 150 passengers on board, most of whom are from Kebbi State and are believed to be traders, authorities said. READ ALSO: CBN Governor…
Alkali Usman, The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has said that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) created a vacuum which is challenging efforts by the Police to tackle insecurity in the country. He stated this on Thursday at a presidential briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the statehouse in Abuja.…
Yahaya, a major general, will replace Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a military plane crash alongside 10 others. Acting director of defence information, Onyema Nwachukwu, released a statement announcing Yahaya’s appointment on Thursday. Yahaya was the former general officer commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian army. READ ALSO : U.S. judge has until next week…
During the 279th MPR meeting held today in Abuja, Godwin Emefiele , , the CBN Governor assured Nigerians that digital currencies will have a place in the country. Godwin said, “We have carried out our investigation and we found out that a substantial percentage of our people are getting involved in cryptocurrency which is not the…
Dr Faisal Shuaib ,The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Tuesday said it was not clear yet when the Federal Government would take delivery of next batch of COVID-19 vaccines. Shuaib said this in Abuja during a press conference organised to update the public on the status of COVID-19 vaccination.…
