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With Twitter suspended in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is now poised to regulate other social media platforms. Already, mobile telecommunication operators have said they have complied with the directive of the government to ban subscribers from accessing Twitter. The government has since doubled down on the crackdown with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of […]

Some twenty-four hours after taking one of the most lampooned decisions since he came into power six years ago, there is no respite for President Buhari as world superpowers on Saturday flayed his government over the suspension of the ‘operations’ of microblogging site Twitter in the West African country. In a joint statement, Canada, the […]

Facebook has deleted a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari making reference to the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). The social media platform said it violated its community standards against inciting violence. Earlier, in the week, Twitter also deleted comments made by Buhari threatening punishment for agitators for secession in the country.  The tweet read, “Many of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vehemently rejected what it has termed the unwarranted suspension of the social media platform, Twitter, by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. According to the opposition party, the Federal Government’s proposed suspension of Twitter is draconian action and a slide towards a fascist regime in the country. The party […]

The Senate yesterday ruled out the possibility of the National Assembly producing a brand new Constitution for Nigeria. Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Ovie Omo-Agege, gave the hint in his welcome address at the National Public Hearing on the review of the Constitution in Abuja. Many eminent Nigerians […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria has become a country that is flowing with bitterness and sadness. The former president spoke on Thursday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, when he was presented with a book titled “The Man, The General, and The President”,  written by Femmy Carrena. Obasanjo said […]

Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, owner of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina town in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, has said the government is yet to contact the school authorities over the abduction of 163 children and staff. Daily Trust had reported how the students were abducted during the weekend. In a voice note sent […]

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to make a way for the Republic of Biafra so that there can be peace in the country. Armed gangs suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been wreaking havoc across the South East region. Daily Trust reports that while […]

The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial institutions has said its members are not afraid to declare their assets as being required by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The union’s National President, Anthony Abakpa, disclosed this on Wednesday in a telephone interview with Punch. The Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, had said recently […]

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said the 1999 Constitution is being amended to address critical national issues the current document has failed to address. The Speaker said this on Tuesday at the opening of the zonal public hearing on amendment to the constitution in Lagos. He noted that the current document falls short […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday issued a stern warning to those plotting to destroy Nigeria, saying they will soon receive the shock of their lives. Speaking after he received a briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body around the country, […]

Bandits who kidnapped pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have contacted the management of the institution. The bandits contacted the school headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, around 4pm on Monday, asking him to pay N110m as ransom for the release of his pupils. Speaking […]

A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says the de-proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organisation will pave the way for dialogue and amicable solution to the crisis engulfing the South-Eastern part of the country. Ejiofor stated this in an exclusive interview with Punch on Monday. He also said […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cannot issue a sit-at-home order to the people of Rivers State. Wike stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, adding that Rivers is a South-South state and not one of the South-Eastern states. IPOB had through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful said […]

Residents of the five southeastern states are gripped with fear over the sit-at-home order issued by the leader of the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to mark the anniversary of the Biafra Republic Remembrance Day. IPOB is remembering civil war victims over two days, with a candlelit march on […]

The Nigerian Army has reiterated its commitment to crushing Boko Haram terrorists, members of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and ending all forms of criminality in the country. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Farouk Yahaya stated this on Saturday during the passing out parade of the 80 regular recruits intake […]

Security operatives on Sunday raided a church on Owerri Road, Enugu State, and marched suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra away. In a video sighted by Punch, the security operatives, especially policemen, held guns while members of the church marched out one after the other. The church members were seen raising their hands and […]

AT least, 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was said to have been shot dead while another was critically injured after gunmen carried out the kidnap operation at about 4:30pm on Sunday. A resident of the area, Zayyad […]