Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has been reported as describing Yoruba nation agitators as ‘foolish’. This sweeping description will encompass Professor Banji Akintoye, who leads the Yoruba World Congress, Sunday Igboho and other canvassers for an independent Yoruba nation. Aregbesola said the agitators are foolish because they have ...
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Just In: US Frowns At ban on Twitter by Buhari govt, Says it is a poor message to investors
The United State Government has kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari government’s decision to ban Twitter in the country. The US condemned the ban and described it as a poor message to citizens and investors. The US Mission in Nigeria in a statement on Saturday said the Nigerian constitution provides for ...
Read More »My comments on corps members as reserve soldiers misconstrued: NYSC DG
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Shuaibu Ibrahim, has expressed dismay over the news making the rounds on social media of his purported call for corps members to be mobilised for war, saying that his comments were misconstrued. He said this on Saturday during the commemoration of the ...
Read More »Twitter Ban: A Challenge To Talented Nigerians to Develop Homegrown Social Media Apps – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians to defend the country’s sovereignty by supporting the federal government’s Twitter suspension, saying it is in national interest. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, in a statement issue Saturday, said the ban on Twitter ...
Read More »AN APPEAL TO ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU AS HON DIPO OLORUNRINU FINALLY SUBSTITUTED
We have always nursed the fear that certain key figures within the All Progressives Congress will cause the untold embarrasement for the party with the way the just concluded All Progressives Congress Local Government Council Primaries elections. It is worrisome that these personalities are not taken into consideration the presidential ...
Read More »Twitter Ban: Banky W Blows Hot, Says Nigerians Won’t Vote For Any Politician Above 65 In 2023
Popular Nigerian singer, Olubankole Wellington, better known as Banky W has urged Nigerians to shun voting any politician older than 65 into power during the 2023 general elections since the retirement age in Nigeria is 65. Banky W made the call while reacting to the suspension of Twitter operation ...
Read More »Another Tragedy In Ekiti As Soldier allegedly Stabs DSS operative to death inside hotel
Tragedy struck in Ado Ekiti on Friday evening as soldiers numbering three allegedly killed an operative of the Department of State Services(DSS) inside a hotel. The incident occurred at about 7.30pm at a hotel located along NTA road in Ado Ekiti where one of the soldiers was alleged to ...
Read More »88 Confirmed Dead As Bandits Invade eight Communities In Kebbi
Eighty-eight people were massacred by bandits in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi state on Thursday, the police said. Initially 66 were reported dead. The Kebbi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Nafi’u Abubakar who confirmed the figure, said all the victims were killed in eight different communities ...
Read More »Three dismissed soldiers confess to training over 4,000 ESN members
Three dismissed soldiers who aided the training of over 4000 members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have narrated how the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, lured them to join the group, but failed to fulfill his promises. Three dismissed soldiers who aided the ...
Read More »Buhari to Launch ‘Deep Blue Project’ in Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, June 10, in Lagos perform the official launch of the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project. Preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit (MSU) of the Deep Blue Project, comprising personnel ...
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