Politics

Reverend Francis Ejiroghene Waive, House of Representatives member has predicted that the All Progressive Congress (APC) the 2023 presidential elections . He made this comment while speaking on Sunday during a visit to a chieftain of the party, Olorogun Ogbarode Ogbon at Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta. He urged all APC members to be united so as to benefit at the appointed time. Mr. Ejiroghene further said that the founding leader of the party in the State Olorogun O'tega Emerhor is providing…

Cross River State Governor Professor Ben Ayade has taken Francis Etta, Commissioner of Special Duties off his duty. Ayade's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita on Tuesday made the revelation in a press release. The commission has sacked four commissioners barely a week for not defecting to the All Progressives Congress and he has sacked another commissioner again. “The State Governor, His Excellency Prof Ben Ayade has approved the relieving of Hon. Francis Etta of his appointment as Commissioner…

President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of two new aides for his wife Aisha Buhari. According to a press release issued on Monday 7th June 2021, by the President's Media Adviser Femi Adesina, the appointees are in the persons of Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs in the office of the First Lady and Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdurrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners in the…

Opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected President Buhari's ban on twitter's operation in the country. According to the party the actions by the President is a draconian action and a slide towards a fascist regime. According to a statement signed by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan the suspension of twitter's operation in the country is unwanted and condemnable. “Our party is appalled that the Federal Government could exhibit such primitive intolerance and power…

The media aide of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Umar Gwandu has revealed that the Nigerians still using Twitter despite the ban of the site in Nigeria will get to know the law they are violating when they are charged to court On the 5th of June, Malami in a statement signed by Gwandu announced that any one found violating the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria will be Prosecuted. "We will invite journalist at the time of Prosecution and they would Know which laws…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked Igangan community, Oyo State and have killed about 20 people, burn down chief's palace as well as a petrol station. This comes six days after after the chairman of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, General Adjibola Togun (retd) raised the alarm that some foreign herders were about to attack six States in the South West. The gunmen were said to have invaded the town at midnight, killing and burning houses in the community. Reports also has it that many vehicles were burnt including…

Aisha Buhari, the first lady of Nigeria has deactivated her twitter account after the Federal Government of Nigeria announced the suspension of twitter's operation in Nigeria. Aisha announced the deactivation of her account on twitter when the Nigerian government disclosed that its suspending twitters operation. Announcing the deactivation of her account she wrote; ''I will be deactivating my account for now. Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria''. As at Saturday morning Nigerians couldn't the social media site,…

The bird app, twitter has finally reacted to the Federal Government of Nigeria's decision to suspend its operation in the country. Twitter describes the suspension of its operation in Nigeria as ''deeply concerning''. According to reports Sarah Hart, Twitter's Senior Policy Communications Manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa responded via an email and indicated that the issue is being investigated. “The announcement made by the Nigerian Government that they have suspended Twitter’s operations in Nigeria is deeply…

Latest information gathered by our outfit indicates that the Nigerian government has requested federal prosecutors to arrest and arraign clients of the Twitter application, after a prohibition on the online media organization took effect on Friday June 4, 2021, Nigeria's Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, gave the mandate Saturday, June 5, 2021 in an explanation endorsed by his representative, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu. Nigeria's restriction on Twitter was quickly carried out as Twitter's site…

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture has showered praises on Buhari's administration stating that it has done so much with little than any administration in Nigeria's history. “Let me repeat what I have said many times in the past: never in the history of our country has any administration done so much with so little. He made this statement at a press briefing organized to announce the production of a documentary on Buhari's achievements on Tuesday in Abuja. “It’s easy to forget now, but when this…