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NIGERIA LOSES N24.72bn IN 10 DAYS
15th of June makes it 10 days twitter was banned in Nigeria. In 10 days, Nigeria has lost N24.72bn ($60.14m) to twitter ban which took effect from 5th of June after being announced by the Federal Government on 4th of June. According to NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST), Nigeria loses N102.9m ($250,600) every hour … Continue reading
ARISE TV INTERVIEW: THAT MAN CANNOT BE THE BUHARI NIGERIANS VOTED FOR
“The picture painted at the said interview was that of an unscrupulous, unguided and insensitive leader and that cannot be the Buhari Nigerians voted for in 2015″ Democracy by definition is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. So, what was celebrated on June 12 in Nigeria supposedly was democracy … Continue reading
TWITTER BAN IN NIGERIA
“Today marks one week since Twitter was blocked in Nigeria. We have informed the Nigerian government that we are ready to meet for an open discussion to address mutual concerns and see the service restored. We remain advocates for the free and #OpenInternet everywhere. #KeepitOn – Twitter Public Policy, 11th June, 2021. 0n 5th of … Continue reading
BORNO REP. MEMBER DISMISSES AIDE FOR PUBLICLY CELEBRATING BOKO HARAM’S LEADER, SHEKAU
Kadiri Rahis, a member of House of Representatives, representing Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, MMC in Borno State, has sacked his legislative aide, Bukar Kurama Tanda, for controversial “actions, utterances and opinions” while also distancing himself from Tanda’s actions. The sack came 24 hours after Bukar Kurama Tanda openly celebrated the vicious leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar … Continue reading
NO GIRL SHOULD BE PULLED OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MARRIAGE
Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has said that ‘no girl should be pulled out of school for the purposes of marriage in Nigeria.’ She gave the advise when she recommissioned the newly renovated Government Secondary School Chibok, Borno state burnt down by insurgents after they forcefully abducted 276 SS3 girls from their hostels in … Continue reading
#YORUBANATION: JUNE 12 LAGOS MEGA RALLY, A LITMUS TEST FOR GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU
June 12 is significant in so many ways and one of them is the remembrance of the freest and fairest presidential elections in Nigeria and the demise of the acclaimed winner of the election, a Yoruba man, in person of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who was then the head of … Continue reading