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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...

COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

Facebook removes Buhari’s post on Biafra civil war

Facebook on Friday removed a post from President Buhari in which he threatened punishment for regional secessionists.  The company said it removed the...

Nigeria rebukes, suspends twitter operations in the country

Nigeria on Friday rebuked Twitter for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet on Biafra war and for not complying with government orders. The federal...

As Abu Inu-Umoru validates his self-effacing persona

Two events in the month of May 2021, separated by about three weeks, significantly coalesced to validate the essential persona of Chief Abu...

Acting IGP Alkali Baba confirmed

Barely two months after his appointment as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, was on Friday confirmed. The Police Council presided over...

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...

$1.5m clinical trial cost threatens local production of COVID-19 vaccine by FG — Minister

The plan by the Federal Government to produce COVID-19 vaccine locally appears to be threatened by the $1.5 million cost of clinical trial...

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...

2023 polls: Zoning Presidency to South: Perish the idea, Kogi Gov. tells agitators

Apparently reacting to calls for the zoning of Presidency to the South in 2023, Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has foreclosed any of such...

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...

Supplementary budget for additional COVID-19 vaccines not ready, says Health Minister

“The figures are still in rough stages and would soon be fine tuned. Government wants to get a clearer picture of the different...

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...