The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that Twitter must be registered as a business entity in Nigeria before the ban imposed on the social media by the federal government can be lifted. He also disclosed that the management of Twitter has reached out for a “high-level discussion” to resolve the…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos A lecturer with the Department of Theatre Arts of the University of Jos, Dr. Dan Ella, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence at Haske quarters in Laminga community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Nigerians against the resort to using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the banned microblogging platform, Twitter. The party in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, warned that many private investments have already been scammed as a result of using VPN. The statement signed by the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), alongside 176 concerned Nigerians have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to the ECOWAS court over the ban on Twitter in Nigeria and for criminalising Nigerians still using the social media platform. The suit was filed by counsel to the plaintiffs and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday…
The authorities of the Kaduna State University (KASU) has suspended academic programmes for undergraduate students following growing tension over the recent increase in tuition fees by the Kaduna state government. In a statement on Tuesday, Samuel Manshop, registrar of the university, said academic activities for undergraduate students have been “suspended indefinitely.” He said only postgraduate…
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives on Tuesday staged a walkout when the speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila rejected a request to ask the federal government to lift the ban on Twitter. The speaker had earlier mandated the relevant House Committee to investigate the suspension of the social media…
