The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Federal Government to jettison traditional orientation and “achaic” sentiment that cannabis is a “devil’s plant” by setting up legal machineries in motion to enable its use in Nigeria. He said “cannabis is a multi-billion naira industry that can help diversify the …
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The house of representatives has summoned Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. At its sitting on Tuesday, the house mandated its committees on communication, justice, information and culture, and national security and intelligence to immediately commence an investigation into the suspension of …
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The Nigerian Army will be spending not less than N700 million on the retirement of 29 Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals who will leave the service going by the appointment of Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. NEwsextra24 learnt that the 29 Generals’ retirement benefits would gulp a large …
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Nigerian- American, 22 year-old Steve Ezeonu, has won the Grand Prairie City Council run-off election in Texas, United States. Ezeonu, a Democrat clinched 3,903 votes to beat his closest rival Greg Giessner who garnered 3,720 votes in the June 5 run off election. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians In Diaspora …
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Radio Now says it is “not convinced a ban on Twitter, and a directive by NBC, barring broadcasting stations from using the platform is the right way” A Lagos-based radio station, Radio Now 95.3FM, has faulted the recent directive from National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) that television and radio stations should …
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The envoys 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 …
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Atala Marginal Field: Allegations against Dickson false, laughable – Bayelsa West Youth Congress A youth group in Bayelsa state, Bayelsa West Youth Congress, has described as false and laughable, allegation that the the former Governor of the state, Sen Henry Seriake Dickson, wants to revoke the license of the Atala …
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The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government against “harassing foreign envoys and other members of the international community for speaking out against the infringement on the rights of Nigerians” by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The party said this after …
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The Federal government has stated that no condition was given for the lifting of a suspension placed on Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. On monday, Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama met with envoys from the UK, US, Ireland, Canada and the European union to explain the government’s decision on Twitter. …
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The Nigerian federal government’s suspension of the operation of American micro-blogging company, Twitter, in Nigeria, might have left both in a catch-22 situation as the duo have lost millions of followers that they had built for more than half a decade. For Twitter the saga has cost it billions of …
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