The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared on Saturday evening that the Federal Government’s directive to its agencies to arrest and prosecute any Nigerian using Twitter is...
The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has decried the ban of the social media platform, Twitter, by the Federal Government, saying it is a...
The Federal Government has upped the ante regarding its crackdown on Twitter, by signing a decree ensuring the prosecution of persons using the social media platform...
As leaders, we should go beyond emotional reactions to issues, Gov Makinde reacts to Twitter ban. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has urged the...
The South-South zonal chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has declared that the defection of Cross Rivers State governor, Ben Ayade, to...
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to fix the salaries and allowances of the 469...
Ekiti State government has announced the suspension of minimum wage payment and a cut in the salaries of workers and political appointees. According to a statement...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over non-implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Kaduna State Government led, by...
The Federal Government has expressed optimism that courts and state assemblies would re-open next week, following the resolution it reached with the striking workers in the...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for evoking the bitter memories of the country’s civil war that ended 51 years ago....
Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), alleged on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was trying to cover its atrocities from the international community with the...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said on Friday night rejected the Federal Government’s decision to suspend Twitter operations in the country. The NBA President, Olumide Akpata,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday described the Federal Government’s suspension of the microblogging platform, Twitter as a draconian action and a slide towards a...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Friday, faulted the decision of the Federal Government to suspend Twitter operations in Nigeria. The Minister of Information...
Two days after the microblogging platform, Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial tweet on Nigeria’s civil war, Facebook on Friday removed the message from its platform....
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Friday sacked all the Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants in the state. The state’s Commissioner for information and...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Friday threatened to sue the Federal Government over its suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. The Minister of...
The Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria has come as a shock to Nigerians on social media and has elicited varied reactions. Minister of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos on Friday unveiled its candidates for the July 24 local council election in the state. The party released the...
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday restrained the National Assembly from fixing its members’ allowances. Obiozor, who delivered the judgment while...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has expelled Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose, the daughter of the state former governor, late Chief Michael Ajasin for alleged...
The Nigerian government on Friday suspended activities of micro-blogging site, Twitter, from operating in the country. This is coming barely 48 hours after the company deleted...
To stop the spate of the mass abduction of school children, the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to support splinter...
Ex-Niger Delta militant and leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, has warned Minister for Niger...
The acting state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Harrison Omagbon, has called for calm among stakeholders, following the suspension of the...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has bemoaned the increasing renouncement of citizenship by Nigerian youths due to the various challenges plaguing the country. Aregbesola expressed...
There seems to be no end in sight over the industrial action embarked upon by judicial workers over financial autonomy for the judiciary. This logjam has...
Nobel Laureate and playwright, Prof Wole Soyinka, has cried out over a fake account on WhatsApp with a post credited to him purportedly expressing his support...
The Senate has ruled out the possibility of a brand new Constitution for Nigeria, because the 1999 Constitution does not include a clause on how to...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has reacted to alleged threats issued by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to “kill members of the Indigenous...
Senate Minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has warned security agencies to stop arresting innocent Igbo youths and tagging them as criminals causing havoc in the South-East. The...
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has slammed reports that its Director-General, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated that corp members ought to be mobillised for warfare. Media...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has alleged that some election-duty security personnel sometimes aid thugs to unleash violence on voters and other electoral stakeholders. The...
The Bauchi State Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Thursday, demanded the creation of Ecclesiastical court for Christians in the State like the Sharia...
The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, said on Thursday he has total respect for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite his switch to the All...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday described the rotational presidency as an outdated system. Bello, who disclosed this to State House correspondents after a...
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, on Thursday tackled the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for addressing a press...
Nigerians on social media Thursday reacted to a statement credited to the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, who said...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Thursday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and other elected officials are defecting to the All Progressives Congress...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Thursday plots by some disgruntled Nigerians to bring down President Muhammadu Buhari’s government would fail. The Secretary of the...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday urged Nigerians to continue observing the COVID-19 protocols, saying there is no declaration of victory over the...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Thursday bandits have taken over the Falgore Forest and others in the state and converted them to hideouts....
The Imo State Chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday asked the governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, to resign over the spate of...
The fallout from the statement accredited to President Muhammadu Buhari regarding a Civil War in the South-East rages as the Federal Government slammed critics who tagged...
A group under the auspices of Niger Delta Volunteers for Good Governance (NDVGG) has sworn to join forces with the ex-militant leader in the oil-rich region,...
A piece of legislation seeking to make it unlawful for the government of the federation and states to have abandoned projects in any part of Nigeria...
With discussions about the amendment of the constitution ongoing amongst stakeholders, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) has...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday urged the citizenry to ensure a unified nation while disregarding calls for the division of the country. Ganduje...
The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah, has berated the Federal Government over its lack of empathy and concern towards the populace as kidnapping...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) on Wednesday tackled President Muhammadu Buhari for revisiting the country’s three-year civil war The group in a statement issued in...