The federal government said the ban on Twitter was lifted following agreements reached with the social media platform. The agreement, according to a statement announcing the lifting of the ban, includes legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publications in line with Nigerian laws. The conditions given by the federal government is that Twitter…
The federal government has lifted the suspension on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement Committee, Kashifu Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform…
About 17 people have been killed by gunmen in an attack on Acha community, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. The the gunmen who attacked the community on Tuesday night also burnt several houses An eyewitness said the gunmen shot sporadically into the air on their arrival to the community. The military Special Task…
The police have arrested Moses Oko, a 20 year old man for allegedly killing Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-level student of the University of Jos, for ritual purposes. Jennifer’s lifeless body was recently found at a hotel in Jos, along Zaria Road on New Year’s Day with some of her body parts including her eyes…
Former head of the Interim National Government (ING) Chief Ernest Shonekan, is dead. Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos, aged 85. He was the Chairman of the ING that succeeded the military junta of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida between August 26 and November 17, 1993. Babangida had constituted the ING after he refused to hand over power…
The Kaduna state ministry of education has directed public schools in the state to migrate to the 4-day working week introduced by the state government, as the schools reopen on Monday for second session of the 2021/2022. The Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, who gave the directive in a statement in Kaduna, also called on…
