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The Federal Government says Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Mohammed alleged that ... Read More »

In a swift reaction to the report going around that the APC leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ is critically ill and has been flown abroad, the founder BAT Movement Otunba Abiodun Ajiboye has debunked the rumour in a statement duly signed by him and made available to the press this evening. According to him, “looking through the story , you ... Read More »

Retired Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha has advised Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the shortest possible time. Al Mustapha, who is a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Gen. Sani Abacha, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said the new ... Read More »

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday night invaded the campus of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified numbers of students and lecturers. Our corespondent  gathered that a student was also killed while others sustained injuries during the attack The attack is the latest in a series of the abduction of students and pupils by bandits ... Read More »

The Academic Staff Union Of Polytechnics (ASUP) have suspended its 65-day-old strike, following an appraisal of the report indicating the gradual implementation of the items contained in the Memorandum of Action signed between the Union and the Federal Government. National Publicity Secretary of the group, Abdullahi Yalwa said the suspension of the strike will take effect from June 10. The statement ... Read More »

PRESIDENT BUHARI PRESENTED WITH NIGERIAN MADE HANDS SET MOBILE 3. President Muihammadu Buhari was presented with Made in Nigeria Mobile hands set by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo during the FEC Meeting at the State House, Abuja. The product was presented to him by Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, just before ... Read More »

In order to improve electricity supply around Ibeju-Lekki area in Lagos and Agbara Industrial area in Ogun State, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (Eko Disco), have signed a bilateral agreement for the sale of up to 300MW of power from NDPHC’s power plants to customers in these areas within Eko Disco’s franchise ... Read More »

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has released fresh prophecies for some African presidents that include Kenya, Chad, Mali, Somalia, among a host of others. Primate Ayodele in this statement released by his media office spoke on the next election in Kenya, warning the incumbent president not to contest because of some of the issues God ... Read More »

The Amotekun Corps has not been integrated into the security architecture in Lagos because the state lacks a formal operational base for it to function, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Monday. The Governor spoke on Arise Television while answering questions on how his administration has fared in the last two years. According to him, the concept of Amotekun was for ... Read More »

Acting Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba The National Broadcasting Commission has directed all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the patronage of Twitter with immediate effect. The NBC said the decision followed the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining ... Read More »