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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...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been attacked for going against federal government's ban to tweet on Sunday. Recall that the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami had issued a threat to arrest and prosecute Nigerians still using Twitter despite its suspension by the FG. According to a statement, Malami had ordered the director of public prosecution of the federation to...

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, had revealed why has not acquired a private jet like other pastors. The cleric said although he has the resources to acquire a private jet, he would rather use the money to cater for the poor. Mbaka further stated that he would not be quiet about killings and bloodshed going...

An international humanitarian organisation, De Norsemen Kclub International has described the federal government’s indefinite suspension on use of Twitter social media messaging as an ambush on democracy. The group said it was appalled that a government that was enthroned through the democratic process, and prides itself as an upholder of democratic principles, could take such brazing unpopular decision without recourse...

The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) has said it will stop supply to southern Nigeria beginning from Monday if government fails to respond to their demands.   The demands is that its members who had suffered losses as a result of ethno-religious crises in the South be duly compensated. Others include restoration of law and order in those areas...