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General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has defied the Nigerian government’s Twitter ban. The cleric on Monday posted a tweet reacting to the ban of the microblogging platform. He said tweeting is in accordance with Article 19 of the UN universal declaration of human rights. He wrote: “The […]
Continue ReadingThe Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, says the police have directed an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Uguchi Unachukwu, who was allegedly killed on May 31 in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was shot dead near Sam Mbakwe Airport during a […]
Continue ReadingAnother popular Nigerian Pastor and General Overseer of Redemption Ministries, Worldwide, Reverend Stephen Akinola is dead. According to BBC Pidgin, the Port Harcourt-based Pastor died in the early hours of Sunday, June 6, at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Akinola was said to have undergone a kidney transplant months back though the cause of his […]
Continue ReadingIf not for his sudden death, the founder and Senior Pastor of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua had planned to celebrate his birthday solemnly. Looking visibly healthy, Joshua appeared in a video posted on social media on Friday, June 4 where he addressed the public on the way he would celebrate his […]
Continue ReadingA joint military and police team on Sunday morning, June 6, killed six suspected gunmen alleged to have attempted an attack on the Imo State Police Command headquarters. The police have identified one of the six men killed during the attempted attack as Joseph Uka Nnachi, aka Dragon. He is alleged to be killer-squad commander […]
Continue ReadingSeventeen young men from Kano State have perished in a fatal motor accident along Zaria-Kano highway. It was gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday evening, June 5, when they were returning to Kano after attending the wedding of their friend in Zaria, Kaduna state. The victims were travelling in a Kano Line bus and […]
Continue ReadingUnknown gunmen have razed the country home of the Imo state commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, in Oru East Local Government Area. The gunmen stormed his apartment at about 1am today June 6, broke the gate, and set it ablaze. Confirming the incident, Emelumba in an interview with The Nation, said: “Early hours […]
Continue ReadingA consultant anatomic and forensic pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa on Saturday, June 5, told the Lagos state judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that the coroner’s office conducted post mortem autopsies on 99 bodies between the October 20 and 27 during and after the #EndSARS protest. Channels TV […]
Continue ReadingAt least 10 persons were reportedly killed with houses, petrol station and vehicles razed when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Igangan community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that said the assailants invaded the community in the early hours of Sunday, June 6, with guns and other […]
Continue ReadingVarious sources are reporting that the popular tele evangelist, founder and General Overseer of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua has passed on late last night, Saturday, June 5, shortly after ending a programme at his church. His body has reportedly been deposited at the morgue. A Facebook user, claiming to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations within Nigeria. This was after the giant social platform site deleted genocidal tweets from Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the Biafran War of 1967-1970, where many lives were lost. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement, said the government was forced to […]
Continue ReadingNot deterred by the Nigerian government’s ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria, Nigerians logged on to the microblogging site in large numbers on Saturday to lambast the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. Amid the palpable panic that trailed the announcement of the ban […]
Continue ReadingThe Diplomatic Missions of Canada, the European Union, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have issued a joint statement in reaction to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. On Friday, June 4, two days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the president of Nigeria for violating its rules, the […]
Continue ReadingSTATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON TWITTER SUSPENSION IN NIGERIA The temporary suspension of Twitter is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post. There has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent […]
Continue ReadingUnited States of America has issued a statement in respect of the ban placed on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The US mission in Nigeria says banning social media and curbing every citizen’s ability to seek, receive, and impart information undermines fundamental freedoms. Read the statement below: U.S. MISSION NIGERIA STATEMENT June 5, 2021 Nigeria’s constitution […]
Continue ReadingThe Yoruba Nations agitators led by Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, storm the capital of Ekiti state, Ado Ekiti on Saturday June 5, to continue the struggle for the realisation of Oduduwa self determination, that is, Oduduwa as a sovereign nation. You can see the massive crowd yourself. It speaks for itself. Watch […]
Continue ReadingFormer Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Usman Yusuf has accused Southerners in the country of profiling the Fulani ethnic group even though some tribes from the region are allegedly responsible for some vices in the Northern region of the country. Speaking in an interview with The Sun, Usman alleged that agitations for […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Federal government following the decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. In a statement released on Friday evening, June 4, Olumide Apata, NBA president, said the federal government lacked constitutional authority to back its decision. Apata described the government’s action as a “disguised attempt to regulate […]
Continue ReadingSocial media giant, Facebook has joined Twitter in removing President Buhari’s controversial civil war statement. Earlier on Friday, June 4, the Federal Government announced that Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria. This came after Twitter deleted the president’s controversial statement and the video where he made the statement. The banned statement made by Buhari reads: […]
Continue ReadingSome months ago, a young lady in Nigeria was caught after allegedly abusing her 3-year-old brother sexually and was punished merciless for it. According to reports, the girl was busted after she sexually abused the toddler with her friend at Elume junction, Sapele local government area of Delta state, Nigeria. Freshrepoters gathered that the girl […]
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