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  The Petroleum Industry Bill, which has spent 20 years at the National Assembly, will be passed before the of this month, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured.   Lawan made the declaration on Monday at the start of the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, in Abuja.   He disclosed that a joint committee […]

  The Imo State Police command has ordered a probe into the killing of a German-based Nigerian, Oguchi Unachukwu, allegedly by the personnel of the 211 Regiment of the Nigerian Air Force.   The Commissioner of Police in the State, Abutu Yaro, gave the order, according to a statement issued by the command’s Spokesperson, Bala […]

The Federal Government has summoned the envoys of  Canada and the European Union, the United States, and United Kingdom in Nigeria over their recent comments on the suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the country   The summon was contained in an invitation to pressmen issued on Monday morning by Kimiebi Ebienfa of the Crisis […]

The National Broadcasting Commission has ordered all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the patronage of Twitter with immediate effect.   The Commission said the order is a consequence of the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of […]

  Nigeria’s media operators have joined in the condemnation of the government’s ban on Twitter, and asked for it to be rescinded.   The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) urged the government to reconsider the ban, and take immediate steps to lift the suspension, which it said is overkill.   The NGE’s position was expressed […]

Prophet Temitope Joshua (popularly known as TB Joshua), the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, is dead.   He was aged 57 years.   The church announced his death this Sunday morning in a statement.   He was born on June 12, 1963.   “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his […]

  The United States government has joined the list of those who have condemned Nigeria’s ban of Twitter .   In a statement, the US government the suspension of Twitter by Nigeria is at variance with the 1999 Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression.   The US said that the move undermines Nigeria’s ability to […]

The main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party,  has said that the order by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for the prosecution of people still using Twitter is unconstitutional, illegal, null and completely of no effect.   According to the party, “the directive by the ruling party through the Attorney General […]

The Presidency on Saturday defended the ban imposed by the government on the operations of Twitter in the country.   It said the microblogging platform does not appreciate the trauma that Nigeria experienced during the 30-month long civil war.   The Presidency declared that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government will not allow a recurrence of the […]

Bandits operating in Kaduna State have set ablaze a church building belonging to the Assemblies of God denomination, and also killed at least five citizens in the rural communities of the state.   This was disclosed on Saturday by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner in charge of the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State […]

Two Civil Society Organizations have asked the Federal Government to rescind the ban on the operations of microblogging platform, Twitter.   The organizations, One Love Foundation, and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), said they would institute legal actions against the government if it did not grant their requests.   OLF in a statement on […]

The Nigerian government has ordered the immediate prosecution of Nigerians who are still accessing the microblogging platform, Twitter.   The order was given by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami following reports that some Nigerians are still accessing Twitter through a virtual private network (VPN).   Nigeria on Friday imposed an indefinite ban […]