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…
Trouble is looming at the Kaduna State University (KASU), following the purported sack of 16 lecturers and two non academic state staff by the university management. The university’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), however described the sack as illegal and called on the university management to rescind its decision. The affected…
The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria have insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the Nigeria is a violation of freedom of expression. The ambassadors stated this at a meeting with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday in…
Gunmen suspected to be fulani herdsmen have killed 30 people No fewer than 30 people in an attack on Odugbeho village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The herdmen were said to have invaded the village at about 5:45pm on Sunday and started shooting sporadically, killing anyone on sight. They were said to…
