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Gunmen killed one student, wounded another and abducted at least 10 others, including two lecturers, in an attack at government-owned Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria.   This was confirmed on Friday morning by Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who said that the incident happened on Thursday night.    “Kaduna State Government […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned that his directive to security agents to shoot anyone found with illegal assault refiles still subsists.   Buhari said this during his one-day visit to Lagos State, at the handing over of some security equipment to the Lagos State Police Command by the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu   […]

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration.   Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, according to a statement issued by the Ministry.   Aregbesola congratulated Nigerians on the occasion, with a  request to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday spoke as an army commander, painting a picture of the Indigenous People of Biafra as a river having nowhere to flow to, or an army encircled entirely by the enemy.   He described the group clamouring for the Republic of Biafra as a dot in a circle having nowhere to […]

Twitter, the microblogging platform banned in Nigeria, has reached out to the Federal Government for negotiations over the recent suspension of its activities in the country, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has disclosed.   Mohammed told State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council that Twitter is seeking […]

The opposition People’s Democratic Party on Wednesday asked the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and other countries to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his cabinet involved in the recent suspension of Twitter in the country.   PDP hinged its call on what it called “the violation of […]

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will  conduct a mop-up examination for candidates who register late  for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.   This was disclosed in Lagos on Wednesday by the Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, as he monitored the registration exercise at the board’s office.   The mop-up exams will […]

The Minority caucus in the National Assembly on Wednesday asked Nigerians to disregard the ban on twitter by the Federal government and continue to use the micro blogging platform.   The group which comprises the Senate and House of Representatives opposition members described the ban on twitter as draconian and unacceptable.   It also dismissed […]

Eight months after the Senate rejected her nomination as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Muhammadu Buhari has resubmitted her name for the same position.   Onochie is Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, who was first nominated by the President in October 2020 but was rejected by the Senate. […]

… summons Lai Mohammed   The House of Representatives on Tuesday said it will within 10 days investigate the factors responsible for the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter in the country, as well as the laws on which the action was based.   The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that the micro-blogging platform had become […]

At least 25 civil society organisations in Nigeria on Tuesday described as an abuse of power, the prosecution order issued by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, that violators of the ban be prosecuted.   This was part of the organisations’ condemnation of the Federal Government’s suspension of microblogging […]

At a meeting summoned Monday by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, foreign envoys maintained their position that the ban on Twitter in the country violates the citizens’ rights.   Geffrey Onyeama, the Minister met with ambassadors from Canada, the European Union (Delegation to Nigeria), the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States […]