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The United States Government, Saturday, described the ban on the operations of Twitter in the country as an infringement on the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression. In a terse statement issued in Abuja by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, the United States Government also said that the ban was a way of sending a poor message to Nigerian citizens, investors and businesses. “Nigeria’s constitution provides for freedom of expression.  The Government’s recent #Twitterban undermines Nigerians’ ability to exercise this fundamental freedom and sends a poor message to its citizens, investors and businesses,” the United States said.…

Isoko youths in Delta State under the auspices of the Isoko National Youth Council, INYC, have joined in calling for the inauguration of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. This is as the Federal Government is still grappling with a seven-day ultimatum issued to it by ex-militant leader, Ekpemupolo Government, popularly known as Tompolo. To douse tension, the Minister of Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Godswill Akpabio visited the ex-militant in his hometown, though a truce was not brokered to for the NDDC’s sole administrator to remain in office beyond the deadline. The Isoko who stormed…

Facebook has joined Twitter in deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s civil war controversial message on its platform, saying that it violates its standards and capable if inciting violence. The Federal government may have ignited a social media war it may not be able to to prosecute or win, with the suspension of Twitter for deleting President Buhari’s twit for what Twitter considered as offensive. With this action, President Buhari’s entire message had been removed from Facebook following the ban on Twitter on Friday by the federal government. ” In line with our global policies, we have removed a post from President…

The social media war ignited by Federal Government against Twitter has taken a new turn. This follows an order by Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, for immediate prosecution of offenders of the Twitter’s ban on operations in Nigeria. The AGF, in a statement that was signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, “to swing into action and commence in earnest the process of prosecution of violators of the Federal Government De-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria.” Recall…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has vowed to sue the Nigerian Federal Government for suspending a micro-blogging site ‘Twitter’ indefinitely. The federal government through the Ministry of Information announced on Friday, June 4, that the microblogging platform has been suspended in Nigeria days after the platform deleted a tweet from President Buhari’s handle. Buhari had in his tweet said: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. “Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war,…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the reported rape and murder of a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin as “shocking and utterly condemnable.” Olajide Omowumi Blessing, a student of the Agricultural Science Department from Oke-Opin community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, was allegedly raped and murdered by some yet-to-be-identified persons at her sister’s house on Tuesday, June 1, in Ilorin, the state capital. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the incident on Thursday, said Omowumi was found naked with her two hands tied to the back and mouth gagged…

The Federal government has announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. A statement from the office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said ”The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. Mohammed, who announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, cited the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and…

Female Members of Parliament in Tanzania are demanding an apology to an MP who was thrown out of parliament for wearing a pair of trousers. MP Condester Sichwale had arrived in parliament in a yellow peplum blouse and black trousers that a male MP found fault with. The male MP, Hussein Amar, had said that the way some women dressed invited ridicule to parliament. “Mr Speaker, an example there is my sister seated on my right with a yellow shirt. Look at the trousers she has worn, Mr Speaker!” Hussein Amar said in parliament on Tuesday, June 1. The Speaker then ordered the…

As calls for amendment of Nigerian Constitution heighten, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has called for the scrapping of the Senate in order to reduce cost of governance in the country. Akeredolu stated this in Akure while declaring open the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee on Constitution Review, South West Zonal Public Hearing, Akure Center for Ondo, Ekiti and Osun States. The governor represented by his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa pointed out that the scaling of the members of the National Assembly and the ministries would provide more funds for developmental projects in the country. He said the unicameral legislature should…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, welcomed the Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ayade who two weeks ago defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Though he was expected to be introduced by the leadership of the APC, he was led to the President by Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Ayade said until he defected to be ruling party, he was a committed and dedicated member of the PDP. He said he still have great respect for his former party, the PDP, because it was…