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The Federal Government on Monday denied listing conditions for lifting of Twitter’s suspension in the country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had on Monday morning met some foreign envoys including the ambassadors of the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union among others in Abuja over their reactions to last week’s suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The envoys had condemned...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed all broadcast stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. This directive is contained in a Statement signed by the Director General of the Agency, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba on Monday in Abuja. Idachaba noted that it would be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronize the suspended Twitter as...

Lagos State Government has fined 27 schools, names withheld, indicted by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for general examination malpractice the sum of N13.5 million. It has also sanctioned 19 schools in the state having been indicted for general examination malpractice and document falsification by the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) during the year 2020 West African Senior...

Mustapha Gulak is the first son of Ahmed Gulak, the slain All Progressives Congress chieftain and former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan has cleared the air on the alleged N10bn reward owed his father by the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma. In an interview with THEPUNCH’s HINDI LIVINUS, he stated that the alleged N10bn reward due...

The Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle windscreens in Nigeria. The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers including commissioners and DIGs from across the states. He also directed that the issuance of spy number plates be put on hold. This according to the Minister are parts of efforts being...

The federal government has given a condition to lift its indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, said at a meeting with some envoys that Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used “responsibly.” Asked when the ban will be lifted, Onyeama said there is no definite timeline for that,...

The Federal Government has summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union over their recent comments on the suspension of Twitter in the country. The international community had rejected the action of the government, describing it as clamping down on the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression. In a statement on Monday, Kimiebi Ebienfa...

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has expressed concern over the resignation of 105 doctors in the service of Ondo in the last year. Its State Chairman, Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe and State Secretary, Dr. Olorunfemi Owa in a statement released in Akure blamed the trend on irregular and percentage payment of salaries by the state government. According to the leadership of the...

Ondo governor Rotimi Akeredolu, also chairman of Southwest Governors Forum, says Amotekun will begin a joint operation in the wake of an attack in Igangan, Ibarapa in Oyo State. It comes after an attack at Igangan, Ibarapa, Oyo State, in the early hours of Sunday. “This cowardly onslaught on a peaceful community has occasioned loss of lives and property on a...

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged northern leaders to get the Nigerian state and other critical stakeholders to accept the reality that the only remaining option to avert a civil war and bloodshed is for the Igbo to be allowed to have Biafra. It made the call in a letter to all northern emirs/chiefs, all former heads of...