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Operatives of the Department of State Services have summoned controversial priest, Ejike Mbaka, to Abuja for questioning. SaharaReporters gathered that the operatives visited the church to drop the letter of invitation. However, they didn’t meet the cleric at the church premises. Details of why the intelligence unit summoned the priest were not stated but it […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family and members of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on the passing of their father and founder, Pastor Temitope Balogun, popularly known as TB Joshua. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina on Sunday, President Buhari […]

Evelyn Joshua, wife of the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Balogun Joshua, has broken the silence since the news of her husband’s death made rounds. Evelyn took to social media to express ocean-deep emotions over the loss of her husband. Amid the ban by the Federal Government on the usage of popular […]

Nigeria will lose N2.18 billion per day for blocking the operations of Twitter, a micro-blogging and social networking platform, in the country, an estimation by NetBlocks has shown. NetBlocks, a data-driven online service, estimated the economic cost of internet disruptions on its cost of shutdown tool (COST) platform. The platform, built on Brookings Institution and […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Saturday ordered the prosecution of Nigerians defying the government’s ban on Twitter, but did not state the specific law that is being violated. Asked which law the AGF intends to invoke to prosecute alleged offenders, his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, told Premium Times that […]

Many Nigerians have taken to social media to lambast Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for keeping mute after the suspension of Twitter operations in the country. Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had on Friday announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi. The suspension by the Nigerian government comes days […]

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 […]

Sweden has reacted to the indefinite suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a brief communique shared on Twitter, the European country urged the Buhari-led government to respect ‘freedom of expression’ and the rights of the citizens. According to the tweet, Nigerians have a constitutional right to exercise their freedom of expression […]

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 […]

Facebook on Friday set its ban on former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. The two-year ban will be effective from January 7, when Trump was booted off the platform, and comes after Facebook’s independent oversight […]

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 […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed worry over the growing level of unemployment relating to fresh graduates in the country. Osinbajo stated that the government was concerned and would ensure that the challenge was tackled. He said, “Unemployment is a great problem, especially youth unemployment. Two million young people come to the job market every year. “We […]

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is compulsory for all […]

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 […]