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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives have staged a walkout over the refusal of the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, to grant their prayer on the Federal Government’s Twitter Ban. The Speaker had earlier asked relevant committees of the House to investigate the matter within 10 days. Leader of the PDP caucus, Kingsley […]
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 ReadingEnvoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a violation of freedom of expression. The ambassadors stated this at a meeting with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has knocked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for ordering broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter accounts when the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, still have active accounts on Twitter. The Commission had directed broadcast stations to “de-install Twitter handles and desist from using […]
Continue ReadingGeneral overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has defied the Nigerian government’s Twitter ban. The cleric on Monday posted a tweet reacting to the ban of the microblogging platform. He said tweeting is in accordance with Article 19 of the UN universal declaration of human rights. He wrote: “The […]
Continue ReadingNot deterred by the Nigerian government’s ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria, Nigerians logged on to the microblogging site in large numbers on Saturday to lambast the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. Amid the palpable panic that trailed the announcement of the ban […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Nigeria’s ruling party’s Support Group, APC Support @APCNigeria’s tweet sent on June 5, despite ban, even though Buhari’s political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) used the tweet to promote Trenchat.com, another social medium. Can the Nigerian government ban Twitter operations in Nigeria while its political party of the same government continues to […]
Continue ReadingSocial media giant, Facebook has joined Twitter in removing President Buhari’s controversial civil war statement. Earlier on Friday, June 4, the Federal Government announced that Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria. This came after Twitter deleted the president’s controversial statement and the video where he made the statement. The banned statement made by Buhari reads: […]
Continue ReadingEx-governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari could not have been the one who made the ‘genocidal’ tweet that Twitter deleted. Nigerian President has been under fire for a tweet made on his official account on Tuesday night. He tweeted; “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to […]
Continue ReadingExcept that elections, especially at the third world African countries which Nigeria belongs are not won on social medium like Twitter, otherwise, Bukola Saraki would have been hoping to be PDP presidential flag bearer. In an online poll on twitter ahead of the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), president of Nigerian Senate, […]
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