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Playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in an interview with Arise News on Monday, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. The octogenarian lamented and likened the tempo for disintegration in recent time in Nigeria to that witnessed prior to the civil […]
Continue ReadingUntil recently, I had believed that the biggest threat to Nigeria’s corporate existence was hunger. Following the shenanigans of the past week when the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) banned Twitter because he got his feathers ruffled, I concluded that the trouble with Nigeria is that our leaders are a collective of anti-social […]
Continue ReadingJudiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its nationwide industrial action. The decision to call off the strike followed a meeting between JUSUN executives and the National Judicial Council (NJC) led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. Both parties agreed that the strike should be called off in the […]
Continue Reading“Bombs kill terrorists, Books kill terrorism. Missiles kill extremists, Mindfulness kills extremism. Guns kill supremacists, Goodness kills supremacy. Law restrains cruel people, Love reforms cruelty. Sarin cripples the malicious, Service cures malice. C4 impairs the prejudiced, Curiosity treats prejudice. Violence can be revolution no more. For all degradation kindness is the cure.” ― Abhijit Naskar. […]
Continue Reading“Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you keep quiet?” “But I noticed you tweeted something not long ago, despite the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria” “Hey…hey. My family offend your family? This man. I commit crime to know you? […]
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 ReadingNigerian academic, media scholar, public speaker and newspaper columnist, Farooq Adamu Kperogi, has reacted to the suspension that Nigerian government placed on the use of Twitter in Nigeria. Kperogi in a tweet, has been able to show the alternative way Nigerians living in Nigeria can continue to use Twitter inside Nigeria. He wrote: “Does Lai […]
Continue ReadingIn a press release, Nigerian government has suspended the Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria. This must have been as a result of the removal of its tweet some days ago by Twitter. See the Nigerian government’s press release below: PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of […]
Continue ReadingWas Nigeria in its geographic sense created to last or was it a convenient contraption for extractive purposes? Since the birth of this republic, ethnic discontent and violence have been one of its characteristic markers. Before and after the Civil War, there was never a national consolidation based on the principle of federalism within the […]
Continue Reading300 Level female student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Omowumi Blessing, was brutally raped and murdered by unknown persons at her sister’s residence in Tanke area of the Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The deceased was a student of the Agricultural Science Department from Oke-Opin community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a country presently dripping bitterness and sadness. The Owu Chief argued that even though Nigeria, as a country, is destined to be a land flowing with milk and honey, bad leadership has made it unachievable. He said this on Thursday while receiving a book titled, […]
Continue ReadingAmb. John Campbell, Prof. Robert Rotberg. Former United States […]
Continue ReadingTempers rose on Monday among participants at the ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-Ethnic Peace Dialogue’ organised by Youths Off The Street Initiative when the Middle Belt Forum said it would not go with the North should Nigeria break up. The event, with the theme, ‘Restructuring and 2023 power shift: Nigeria’s make or break factor for […]
Continue ReadingThere is an undeclared war going on in the South East. The headlines, in frightening details, painted the lurid portrait yesterday: “Gunmen kill 7 military men, raze police stations;” “Gunmen raze courts in Imo, Abia CID building burnt down;” “IPOB’s stay-at-home order: Tension in Ebonyi, Imo, others.” Then the big one: “Ahmed Gulak shot dead […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Nigerian president, has knocked President Buhari’s decision to travel to Ghana for a meeting with ECOWAS leaders to discuss how to return peace to Mali, despite the incessant killings in Nigeria. Reacting on Twitter, Omokri wrote: “What an irony that @MBuhari traveled to Ghana to discuss with ECOWAS […]
Continue ReadingFormer Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba has said there is no governance in the country. Decrying the spate of violence across the country at a gathering of ethnic nationalities in Abuja on Monday May 31, the former speaker said “the worst amongst us is being enthroned to manage our affairs.” The meeting is being attended […]
Continue ReadingActress Rita Dominic has expressed her concerns about the current state of insecurity in the nation. In a tweet posted today May 31, Rita said everyone is watching Nigeria slip into anarchy. He wrote in her tweet: “I am afraid that we are watching Nigeria slip into anarchy. It is surreal. Our elected officials need […]
Continue ReadingI’ll no longer announce the deaths of those killed by Fulani herdsmen, rise up and defend yourselves with weapons not prohibited by law, bows and arrows, spears and knives. Get licence for dane guns from local government Chairmen and use them to defend yourselves,” – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. Armageddon beckons – Columnist. […]
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