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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...

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...

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 calls Buhari govt. bluff, promises to restore Nigerians’ access to its new platform

  Twitter, the American micro-blogging and social networking service, has reacted to Buhari administration’s ban on its operations in Nigeria, promising to restore...

Just in: Twitter ban: FG goes tough, Justice Minister to prosecute violators

…Office of Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to “swing into action” Following the ban slammed on Twitter by the President Muhammadu...

Twitter ban: Soyinka, NBA unimpressed, chide Pres. Buhari

  “If Buhari has a problem with Twitter, he is advised to sort it out between them personally, the way Donald Trump did,...

Twitter Users Roast First Lady Aisha Buhari For Deactivating Account

  Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari announced on Twitter Friday night that she’s leaving the popular social media platform, less than 24 hours...

Beleaguered Nigeria: Ex-NNPC boss, Andrew Yakubu, calls for interfaith prayers by Christians, says challenges surmountable

  “There is no doubt that we are not in the best of times today; there is no doubt that we do not...

Osinbajo’s comment on crushing Southeast groups, Fulani herdsmen, a bush telegraph

  “There was never a time the VP said the Federal Executive Council must “crush” any group with “by fire by thunder. It is...

Charles Williams Onus, Ajibola, three other Nigerians face $4.5m (N3.7bn) wire fraud charges in U.S.

  Another humongous internet scam in the United States of America amounting to $4.5 million, involving five Nigerian have been blown open and...

Drunken soldier fatally shoots Customs officer In Lagos

A bombed soldier has allegedly shot a Customs officer dead at Seme border in Lagos State, Persecondnews reports. The tragic incident, it was...

N2.5bn bulb Onions destroyed by fire in Sokoto

No fewer than 200,000 bags of onions worth N2.5 billion have been destroyed by fire at the Ramin Kura local onion storage facility...

Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet on “Nigerian Civil War’’

  Twitter, the social media giant, has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Biafra civil war, a comment that drew the ire of...

UPDATE: Ethiopian Airline cargo plane slides into grass at Lagos Airport

  A  cargo plane skidded off and slid into the grass while taxiing after landing at the Murtala Muhammed 2 airport in Lagos...