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Democracy Day: Buhari Addresses Nigerians, His Full Speech
Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day.  It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria.…
Reverse Twitter Ban Immediately, U.S Mission Tells Buhari
A statement released by the Mission in Nigeria on Wednesday has called for the immediate reversal of the ban on Twitter. According to the Mission, the ban amounts to a…
GOCOP to Buhari: Suspension of Twitter major setback for online publishing, other businesses
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers,GOCOP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his government's decision to suspend Twitter in Nigeria. GOCOP made this call in…
FG bows to pressure from US, EU, UK, Canada, Norway, Ireland, opens talk with Twitter
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has assured Nigerian governments resolve to dialogue with Twitter on the best ways to resolve the the ban its placed on…
OPAN Seeks Immediate Lifting Of Twitter Ban In Nigeria
The Online Publishers of Nigeria (OPAN), Nigeriaâs premier association of new media and online new publishers has urged the federal government to immediately reverse the ban on Twitter operations in…
RCCG, Deeper Life Defy FGâs ban On Twitter …Give Reasons For Their Actions
Top Nigerian clerics, Pastors Enoch Adeboye (General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG) and William Kumuyi (General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church) have given reasons why…
‘We Need Collective Prayers To Confront Banditry ,Kidnapling ,Insurgency âEmir Of Kano
THE Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero ,has said, to confront the challenges of banditry ,kidnapling, insurgency and other social ills bedevilling the country, there was need for collective…
Reps Asked To Change Nigeriaâs Name To âUnited Africans Republicâ
The house of representatives committee on the review of the constitution has received a proposal to rename Nigeria to the âUnited Africans Republic (UAR)â. The national assembly is currently in…
FG to increase tobacco tax as minister insists on strict enforcement
President Buhari The ministries of Health as well as Finance, Budget and National Planning are working together to upwardly review taxes on tobacco in a bid to make the product…
Senoir Immigration Officer Killed By Gunmen In Imo
The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, our correspondent…