Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has described Twitter as the online machine for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Garba made the remark while commending the Nigerian Government for suspending the activities of Twitter in Nigeria. Garba while featuring on Channels Television’s Programme, Politics Today on Friday, said Twitter ...
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IMPORTANT UPDATE ON USSD TRANSACTIONS
Please be informed that you are now required to pay a fee of N6.98 to your mobile network provider for every banking transaction carried out on all Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD banking platforms. This means that when you access any banking service using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, a fee ...
Read More »Just In: MTN, Glo, Airtel,Others Block Access to Twitter in Nigeria
The Federal Government has followed through with its decision to ban the operations of microblogging site, Twitter in Nigeria after citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the nation’s corporate existence as its reason for the action. A directive was, Friday night, ...
Read More »Twitter ban: See The Thought Provoking Warning Sweden Government Gave President Buhari
Sweden on Friday reacted to the indefinite suspension slammed on Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The European country in a tweet on its official handle, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to respect ‘freedom of expression.’ It noted that Nigerians have a constitutional right to exercise their freedom ...
Read More »See the Implications of FG’s decision to suspend Twitter operations in Nigeria
For the federal government, It seems that ‘criticism’ means ‘enmity’ and that could be the major reason why it announced the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria on Friday. The government in a statement by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said Twitter is being used for activities that are ...
Read More »Twitter is Part of youths daily lives and Source of income – Saraki Reacts to FG’s Decision
Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, MBBS, CON is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He’s one of the active users of Twitter and has reacted to the FG suspension of the platform ...
Read More »FIRSTBANK CLINCHES ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION; RANKED SECOND MOST ADMIRED FINANCIAL SERVICES BRAND IN AFRICA
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has been ranked the second ‘most admired financial services brand’ in Africa – for the second straight year – at the 2021 Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands Event, held on Africa day, 25th May 2021. Brand Africa ...
Read More »Just In: FG Susupends Twitter’s Operations In Nigeria
The Nigerian Government has suspended Twitter Operations in Nigeria This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed in a statement made available to Society gazette. “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.” ...
Read More »You Are Fired! Twitter Operations Suspended By Federal Government
The Federal government has suspended the operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the suspension in a statement issued on Friday. The suspension of the social networking service was also shared on the Twitter handle of the federal ministry of ...
Read More »Nigerians Blasts Femi Adesina After Labelling President Buhari A ‘Kind Bully’
Society gazette reports that the President’s aide on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has landed in fresh crisis with Nigerians after calling President Muhammadu Buhari a kind bully over his statement on terrorism in the south east. President Buhari had said he will go hard on those causing mayhem ...
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