Author: Olabanji Ayoola

A former Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye, has described as “unnecessary”, the plan by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN to prosecute all violators of Twitter ban including the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; and the Founder and General Superintendent of […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Ali, speaks on the recent suspension of the micro-blogging site, Twitter, by the Federal Government in this interview with Solomon Odeniyi The Federal Government said it suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria mainly because the platform was allegedly promoting fake news and misinformation in the country. What do you make […]

There’ll be no human rights if Nigeria is on fire —Minister Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, will decide whether or not to prosecute the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; the Founder and General […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dragged the Kaduna State government before President Muhammadu Buhari over the sack of workers in the state. In a letter dated 3rd June 2021 and addressed to the President through the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said the Kaduna State […]

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, video of the incident showed. His security entourage quickly intervened to pull the man to the ground and move Macron away from him. Two people were arrested in connection […]

Twitter Photo: AFP via Getty Images The Nigerian Economic Summit Group Tuesday said the “temporary” suspension of Twitter in the country will affect its economic recovery negatively. Nigerian authorities suspended Twitter last week after the platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari it considered “abusive”. But the government said it suspended the platform because […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (left); Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Malam Mele Kyari and Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja…yesterday Says energy transition too futuristic Insecurity, high production cost, declining investment, PIB, top fresh […]

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Communication, Justice, Information and Culture, and National Security and Intelligence to begin an investigation into the suspension placed on Twitter by the Federal Government. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives set up the committee at the resumption of the plenary session of the […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has ordered the immediate probe of the decision by the authorities to ban the usage of Twitter in Nigeria. But this decision did not go down well with members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who insisted on the immediate reversal of the ban pending the […]