Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Twitter is the social media platform of choice for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to “destabilise Nigeria”. Mohammed made this known on Monday evening during an interview with BBC News Africa monitored by The PUNCH. The minister, while defending the Federal Government’s…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite the rush for investments in renewable energy in the world, hydrocarbons will still remain a major source of energy in the foreseeable future. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 4th edition of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), on Monday, in Abuja, President Buhari, who was represented…
The Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says designation of more judges to corruption cases will curtail the delays in the prosecution of cases. Bawa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in New York, said many corruption cases were being investigated while others were at different stages of…
At least 20 people were reported killed on Saturday night as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded and attacked Igangan, a town in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State. The bandits, numbering over 50, who invaded the town on more than 20 motorcycles, also razed the palace of the traditional ruler, the…
Lagos Police Commissioner (CP) Hakeem Odumosu has offered some insight into how Pastor Joshua died Saturday night. Joshua, he said, was officially pronounced dead by a hospital around 3am. “It is true he is dead. I do not know the cause of his death yet. But the information we have is that he was conducting…
United States has condemned the banning of Twitter in Nigeria, stating that it is a violation of Nigerians’ fundamental rights. The United States, in a statement by it’s Embassy in Nigeria on Saturday said: “Nigeria’s constitution provides for freedom of expression. The Government’s recent #Twitterban undermines Nigerians’ ability to exercise this fundamental freedom and sends…
I just read a letter written by a group that called itself coalition of Northern groups signed by one Nastura A Shariff to the Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero. Shariff who said he is the Chairman Board of Trustees , Coalition of Northern Groups. In the letter he tried to report the Igbos especially…
Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed Chief Patrick Ukah as the new Secretary to the State Government. Ukah, a former commissioner for Information during Okowa’s first term, was the immediate past commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in the recently dissolved State Executive Council. The Okpanam-born politician is also the current chairman of the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the suspension of Twitter in the country, According to the Special Assistant to the President on Media, Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Segun Adeyemi, in a press statement , quoted the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as saying that the suspension…
The Honourable Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has urged that submissions seeking amendments to the 1999 constitution should be guided by the principles of national unity, patriotism and peaceful co-existence of all Nigerians. He equally called on Nigerians to seize the opportunity provided by the exercise to strengthen national bond and cohesion. …
