The federal government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. The minister cited alleged “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has lamented the killing of 134 people by rampaging armed invaders within five days in separate attacks on villages in Otukpo, Apa and Guma Local Government Areas of the state. It was gathered that the death toll of Wednesday’s attack on Umogidi village in Otukpo LGA rose to 52 from…
By Iliya Kure In his work, “Primitive Culture”reprinted in 1958, Edward B. Taylor (1871), defined culture as “the social behaviour and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.” This goes to say it is the summation or total lifestyle…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has extended the closing date for the purchase and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the 2023 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement Friday night, said the extension was to make up for the two-day public holidays as announced…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disclosed that it has over 1 billion litres of safe petrol for nationwide distribution. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. The company disclosed further that 2.3 billion litres of petrol would arrive in Nigeria between now and the end…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo The police in Jalingo, Taraba state have arrested a suspected kidnapper with over N8.5m believed to be his share of kidnapping ransom. Parading the suspect on Wednesday at the state headquarters of the police command in Jalingo, the police commissioner, Joseph Eribo, said the suspect, identified as Aliyu Mohammed, offered the whole…
