The microblogging platform, Twitter, on Friday declared its willingness to meet the Federal Government over the suspension of its activities in the country. The federal government...
Nigerians using any of twitter, Facebook, Google, Skype, Netflix and other companies will now pay tax for service rendered. This was confirmed in a mail sent...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on the suspension of the operations of the social networking platform, Twitter, by the Federal...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the Federal Government for dialogue with a view to...
The minority caucus of the Senate and House of Representatives, making up the National Assembly, has urged Nigerians to ignore the suspension of Twitter by the...
The aftermath of the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria continues to reverberate with the Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana,...
A few years after calling Nigeria a shit-hole, former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for having “the courage” to...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has warned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), against going through with...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday disclosed that an invite has been dispatched to the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed over “the objectives, intent, and duration...
Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has taken to the social media platform, Twitter to lament the travails of the country, Nigeria. According to the actress, Nigerians have...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has the right and the prerogative...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday cautioned the Federal Government against harassment of foreign envoys and other members of the international community for speaking out...
Government is a relationship – between the leadership and the governed. A democratic government, in particular, should not operate in vacancy of citizens’ imprimatur. A government...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Monday the suspension of Twitter operation in the country was in the national interest. Onyeama disclosed this...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has decried the directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to all broadcast stations in the country to suspend...
In a bid to redress the fallout that emanated from the ban on Twitter usage, the Nigerian Government on Monday disclosed conditions required before a reversal...
This a season of emotions, and as usual emotive arguments rule the roost. If you are a keen follower of the Nigerian story, you would have...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed all broadcast stations in the country still using the Twitter platform after its ban by the Federal Government to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has resolved to institute a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the decision to suspend...
The week in review has been one full of intrigues, starting with President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Civil War’ comment which many feel has further polarized the country...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose has dared the Federal Government for threatening to arrest any persons found using the social media platform, Twitter in...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, to apply the Commonwealth Charter to hold the Nigerian...
Every hour, the Federal government’s decision to prevent Nigerians from accessing Twitter, a microblogging social media website, is costing the country N90.7 million ($250,600). This is...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the mainstream...
The European Union, United Kingdom, and three other nations on Saturday expressed disappointment over the suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. In a joint statement, the...
Twitter on Saturday deleted inciting tweets from the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on the Nigerian Army. In the tweets, Kanu...
Nigeria’s social media space is facing trying times following the suspension of microblogging platform, Twitter by the Federal government. The Nigerian Government had on Friday issued...
The United States said on Saturday the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country was an infringement on the rights of Nigerians to freedom...
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 All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Saturday the Federal Government’s suspension of the microblogging platform, Twitter, was in the national interest. The Secretary of APC’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari as a “kind bully” (apology to Femi Adesina) has bared his dictatorial fangs recently by banning or suspending indefinitely the operations of the...
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...
What a week! History will not forget what transpired any time soon. The Federal Government banned Twitter, joining the likes of China and Iran where access...
Telecommunications companies in Nigeria including MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9Mobile have started blocking access to the social media platform Twitter. According to the telcos, the Nigerian...
Twitter said on Friday it was deeply concerned about the Federal Government’s decision to ban its operation in Nigeria. The federal government had on Friday suspended...
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,...
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 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 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...
Nigerian Twitter users on Wednesday collectively declared their solidarity with the people of South-Eastern Nigeria using the hashtag #IAmIgboToo. The move was in reaction to a...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, accused the social media giants Twitter of discrimination and double standards. This came in the wake...
Twitter Inc. on Wednesday deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari in which he said his government would deal with those fomenting trouble in the South-East...
Popular activist and co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, has lambasted those who are against governors of southern states in Nigeria after they came out...
American social networking site, Twitter, has publicly endorsed Davido’s “E choke” slang with the creation of a personified emoji, a new development that has garnered massive...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Donald Trump launches self-hosted “Twitter” The former President of...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Ghana to host Jack Dorsey for 6 months As...
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has vowed to sacrifice anything and everything to achieve his dream Republic just as...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, believes unpatriotic Nigerians are to blame for social networking service provider, Twitter, snubbing Nigeria to make Ghana its...
