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After two months strike, JUSUN orders reopening of courts nationwide on June 14

  After two-month long shut down of courts nationwide, the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its strike. JUSUN has directed...

Buhari administration approves N895bn supplementary budget for military, COVID-19 vaccines

The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a draft supplementary budget of N895,842,462,917 for the year 2021....

Nigerian Journalist Philip Obaji Wins 2021 Allard Prize For International Photography Contest

Philip Obaji, a Nigerian born journalist is among five others across the world who have just been announced winners of the Allard Prize...

Nigerian laws must be followed: Federal Government to Twitter

    Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said that Twitter management has reached out to seek high-level discussion to resolve the...

Buhari and Harvests of Executive-Legislature Cordiality,

Although there are three separate arms of government, one of the most interesting relationships in a democracy is the one between two of...

Reps summon Lai Mohammed over Twitter ban

As the dust of Twitter suspension in Nigeria is yet to settle, the House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Information...

Twitter suspension: FG can’t stop us from tweeting, CSOs, stakeholders say

Unperturbed by the Federal Goverment’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria, leaders of 27 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders have vowed to...

Nigerian First Ladies raise alarm over insecurity, poverty, join forces with governors over scourge

Upset by the worsening security situation across the country, the Conference of Wives of State Governors has declared support for their husbands to...

Nigeria, Twitter and Other Stories By Reuben Abati

  “Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you...

Online Publishers of Nigeria (OPAN) urges FG to lift suspension on Twitter operations

  “The reasons adduced for the suspension or ban of Twitter have remained unconvincing because the federal government failed to exhaust other channels of communication...

Popular Lagos Socialite, Otunba Jide Osinubi ‘Sokoyokoto’ dead at 81.

The Nigeria entertainment industry have been left devastated after a popular socialite Otunba Jide Osinubi died suddenly in his sleep on Monday in...

SERAP slams NBC over directive to electronic media to deactivate Twitter accounts, says unlawful

“This directive by the NBC is itself unlawful because it is based on another unlawful decision by the Federal Government to suspend Twitter...

Twitter suspension: Another governor calls for restrain, reversal, says youths are hurting, Nigeria is hurting

“Buhari government can sign ‘rules of engagement’ with the San Francisco-based social media giant on Twitter usage in Nigeria” “What I see is...

Gruesome details revealed in murder of pastor, 3-year-old son by herdsmen who surrounded their home

Gruesome new details were revealed over the weekend surrounding the killing of Pastor Leviticus Makpa and his 3-year-old son Godsend Makpa, in the...

The Day In Pictures: Fidelity Bank Pays Courtesy Visit to Senate President

  Fidelity Bank’s Managing Director/CEO, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe and some Senior Management Staff paid a courtesy visit to the Office of the Senate President...