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Twitter suspended in Nigeria

Twitter investigates suspension by Nigerian Government

American microblogging and social networking service, Twitter has reacted to the ban on its operations in Nigeria by the Federal…
Rep minority leader Ndidi Elumelu loses Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency seat of Delta State to Ngozi Okolie of Labour Party, LP.

Reps minority caucus: Twitter suspension unjustifiable

The House of Representative minority caucus has described the Federal Government's suspension of social media platform, Twitter as provocative, obnoxious,…
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader

ISIS ordered Shekau’s execution: ISWAP

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) has said the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ordered them to…
Femi Fani-Kayode

Fani-Kayode: Nigerian Government’s ultimate intention with social media

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the Federal Government intends to close down social media completely in…
Virtual Private Network (VPN)

#TwitterBan: Dangers of using VPNs

The Nigerian government on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in the country.
Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar and Sharon Ikeazor

FG tells youths to harness plastic waste management opportunities

The Federal Government says it was creating an enabling environment for youths to harness the opportunities in plastic waste management…

NDLEA seizes drugs going to Boko Haram, arrests trafficker in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Lagos, have seized a total of 34,950 capsules of Tramadol…

Twitter is IPOB online machine: Adamu Garba

Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has described Twitter as the online machine for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Governor Seyi Makinde

Makinde calls on FG to reverse Twitter suspension

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has called on the Federal government to reverse its recent suspension on social…
Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat

Anger is never a strategy – Deputy Gov. Hamzat tells youths

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has advised Nigerian youths not to see anger as a strategy because…
Twitter suspended in Nigeria

Twitter ban: Nigerian telecom operators release statement

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operations of Nigeria (ALTON) has confirmed that they received formal instructions from the Nigerian Communications…
sa Pantami

FG urges youths to acquire skills needed for digital jobs globally

The Federal Government has advised youths to acquire relevant skills so as to compete for digital jobs around the world.

#TwitterBan: Banky W blasts Nigerian govt

Nigerian singer and songwriter cum politician, Olubankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W, has slammed the Federal Government following the…
Twitter suspended in Nigeria

Mobile networks block use of Twitter in Nigeria

Mobile telecommunications networks have blocked use of Twitter in Nigeria following the ban by the Federal Government on Friday.

LAWMA goes tough on Lagosians over indiscriminate refuse dumping

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse as anyone caught would be prosecuted.

Female lawyers protest over Unilorin student raped to death

The International Federation of Women Lawyers and the Kwara Ministry of Women Affairs have demanded justice for the University of…
Tunji Ajuloopin

Reps member Ajuloopin wants killers of Unilorin student fished out

Member of the House of Representatives, Tunji Ajuloopin has condemned the rape and murder of a 300 level student of…

Bingham University matriculates 1,746 students

A total of 1,746 students were on Friday matriculated into various undergraduate and post-graduate courses of Bingham University, in Karu…

2 hawkers crushed to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Two female hawkers were on Friday crushed to death by a truck around Lotto, inbound Lagos on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Twitter’s suspension: Fayose begs God to save Nigeria from Buhari

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has prayed God to save Nigeria from President Muhammadu Buhari following suspension of…

Soyinka hits Buhari hard over threat to shock Igbo in ‘language they understand’

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for threatening to treat the Igbo in the language they…
Aisha Buhari: exits Twitter

Aisha Buhari suspends Twitter account

Aisha Buhari has deactivated her Twitter account, in sympathy with the suspension of the microblogging social media platform, by the…
Lagos arrests 24 people over illegal reclamation in Badagry

LASG appeals to residents on regular drainage cleaning

Lagos State Government on Friday charged residents to regularly clean their drainage.
Edo State University, Uzairue

Edo University To Use Auchi Central As Teaching Hospital

Edo State University, Uzairue, has moved its medical students from Edo Specialist Hospital, in Benin City, to Auchi Central Hospital,…
Buhari: dragged to Commonwealth

Buhari gets 48-hour deadline to reverse Twitter’s suspension or be sued

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the illegal and unconstitutional suspension of Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria.

APC expels Ajasin’s daughter over anti-party activities

Ondo State chapter of the APC has expelled Mrs Jumoke Anifowoshe-Ajasin, daughter of the first Executive Governor of the State,…
Soyinka says Buhari's government was a disaster

Soyinka blasts Buhari for suspending Twitter in Nigeria

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending Twitter indefinitely in Nigeria.
CAF

Buhari says Pinnick’s position in FIFA beneficial for Nigeria

President Muhamamdu Buhari said that the membership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, into the FIFA Council…
President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari to launch Deep Blue Project in Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection, also known as the Deep…
Twitter suspended in Nigeria

Buhari drags Nigeria into tiny club of Twitter blockers

Only very few countries have blocked the micro-blogging platform Twitter since it was born 21 March 2006 in San Francisco,…