Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation, has told the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS that President Muhammadu Buhari’s order banning Twitter “legally violated” Nigerians’ fundamental human rights. This is contained in court documents. Days after the Buhari regime banned Twitter operations in June, human rights organisations and journalists including Peoples Gazette and Amnesty International, in a consolidated lawsuit alleged a breach of the freedom of expression and association. The microblogging platform has over the years been a medium of accessing information on issues of national interests and the ban on its operation undermines Nigerians’ freedom of information online.…
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As part of activities marking the 61st Independence Anniversary of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 7am. All television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), respectively, for the nationwide broadcast.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said yesterday that the Safe School Initiative of the federal government was designed to fail. Lawan spoke at an investigative hearing by Senate joint committee on education (Basic & Secondary) and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on the utilisation of the funding proposed and budgeted for the Safe Schools Initiative, including monies, supports and donations received from foreign government and agencies. The Senate President made the remarks in response to the submissions by the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono that his ministry played no role in the funding or application…
Famous Kaduna based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi has said that the killer herdsmen were hijacked into banditry by gunrunners and drug dealers. Dr. Gumi revealed this yesterday at the advancing humanity conference with the theme ‘the challenges of advancing human dignity, sanctity of lives and values in the 21st century and way out’ organized by Center for the advancement of human dignity and value in Kaduna State. “They are hijacked by evil people; drug dealers and gunrunners. We should not allow people to hijack them. Let us hijack them back to society; this is what we need to…
The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, Thursday gave reason, the Nigerian Navy instituted a Naval base in Kano. Gambo during an Open Ears Conference 2 averred that the Naval base in Kano was purely for administrative and operational reasons. Explaining how it was moved from Owerrinta, somewhere within Aba and Owerri, Gambo said: “Let me use this opportunity to clarify that what the navy established in Kano is a logistic college. The granted logistics college have thrown up lots of reactions but it has also given us the opportunity to shed some light on our establishment…
Nigeria (CNN)Pope Francis has condemned the spate of killings and kidnappings in northern Nigeria and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to guarantee the safety of all Nigerian citizens. Francis expressed his solidarity with Nigerians after 34 people were killed in villages in the north-western state of Kaduna on Sunday. “I pray for those who have died, for the injured and for the entire Nigerian population. Pope Francis said during his Wednesday’s General Audience at the Vatican City. The head of the Catholic church described the attacks as senseless killings of Nigerians by suspected jihadists and noted that massacres were not…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended the launch of its digital currency, called e-Naira, hours before its earlier scheduled Independence Day roll out. The suspension was announced by CBN spokesman Osita Nwanisobi on Thursday while addressing the press in Abuja. The shift in events is to allow other events slated for the country’s 61st independence anniversary to take place. No new date has been announced for the launch yet. The CBN had earlier announced the launch of its digital currency (e-Naira) pilot program in October, citing cross-border trade facilitation, financial inclusion, monetary policy effectiveness, improved payment efficiency, revenue tax collection, remittance…
Reno Omokri has tackled the Federal government for its decision to go after the owner of AbokiFX. Recall that earlier this month, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) declared Oniwinde Adedotun, founder of AbokiFX, wanted. AbokiFX is a website that publishes the parallel market exchange rate of the naira against other currencies. According to CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, Oniwinde started the AbokiFX operation in 2015 and has since ”milked the economy by manipulating the exchange rate.” He added that Oniwinde will be prosecuted for ‘endangering the Nigerian economy.’ In a notice shared on its website on Friday September 17,…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has signed the state’s anti-open grazing bill into law. He said the law is aimed at improving security of lives and property as well as ensuring food security across the state. “We believe that it is in the best interest of security; we also believe that it is in the best interest of ensuring food security and that it will help us to ensure that we are able to cause people from across this nation who will find themselves outside their own states inhabiting in Delta State to live with Deltans in a peaceful and…
‘Fem’ crooner Davido has disclosed how he got into trouble and left the country for supporting the #EndSARS campaign. The DMW boss disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking of how ‘Fem’ became an anthem for the #EndSARS protest during a chat on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He stated he “did not record the song (Fem) thinking the protest was going to happen.” Relishing the experience, he said he found his voice serving as an instrument for the people amazing. Narrating the downsides that came with his support, Davido said: “I got into a lot of trouble. I had…