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Bandits operating in Kaduna State have set ablaze a church building belonging to the Assemblies of God denomination, and also killed at least five citizens in the rural communities of the state.   This was disclosed on Saturday by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner in charge of the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State […]

Two Civil Society Organizations have asked the Federal Government to rescind the ban on the operations of microblogging platform, Twitter.   The organizations, One Love Foundation, and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), said they would institute legal actions against the government if it did not grant their requests.   OLF in a statement on […]

The Nigerian government has ordered the immediate prosecution of Nigerians who are still accessing the microblogging platform, Twitter.   The order was given by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami following reports that some Nigerians are still accessing Twitter through a virtual private network (VPN).   Nigeria on Friday imposed an indefinite ban […]

Social media platforms undoubtedly helped transform the world into a global village but in making communication and connection easily accessible, the social networking sites have also been a veritable tool for purveyors of misinformation and violence. This worrying trend is one of the reasons most countries banned some social media sites. For instance, Telegram, a […]

Quite predictably, the announcement that the federal government has suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria indefinitely, generated angry reactions on social media platforms. It was to Nigeria’s utter shame and embarrassment that the world woke up to learn Nigeria has banned Twitter in response to the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet, wherein he warned that […]

…bars NASS commission from determining lawmakers’ pay   The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to fix the salaries and allowances of the National Assembly in line with the economic realities of the economic situation in the country.   There are a total of 469 […]

The Federal Government has imposed an indefinite suspension on the operations of micro-blogging platform, Twitter in Nigeria.   “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria,” the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced on Friday via Twitter.   The Minister of Information and Culture, […]

…gets Buhari’s order to end insecurity   The Police Council on Friday confirmed the appointment of Alkali Usman Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police for the country.   President Muhammad Buhari presided over the meeting, which took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Buhari  the new IGP marching orders to ensure that […]

The National Youth Service Corps on Friday said that it is not mobilising corps members for war.   This followed an interview granted by the Director-General of the Corps, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, in which he said that the Corps members are part of the county’s defence system.   ‘This is to clarify the misrepresentation of […]