President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 98 other individual Nigerians and organisations may lose 160,289,500 followers on account of Federal Government’s ban on Twitter, according to figures obtained on Saturday. But the organisation appeared unperturbed by the ban, offering to help its Nigeria-based users to bypass the ban. …
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Ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has confirmed that Popular preacher, T.B Joshua is dead. Joshua died on Saturday evening shortly after finishing a church program. Newsextra24 earlier reported that Joshua’s death came as a rude shock to many and his remains have since been deposited in a mortuary. “The passing of …
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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has threatened to deal with those making the state ungovernable for him. The Governor accused aggrieved members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the opposition party of fighting his government. Uzodinma said this at the inauguration of a security council at the …
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A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, called on Nigerians to cry to God for solutions over what he branded “overwhelming challenges” confronting the nation. Obasanjo admitted that Nigerians as well as leaders at all levels were overwhelmed by the current challenges in the land. He said this …
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The Diplomatic Missions Canada, the European Union, The republic of Ireland, United kingdom and United States issues joint statement on twitter ban in Nigeria. “We strongly support the fundamental human right of free expression and access to information as a pillar of democracy in Nigeria as around the world and …
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Twitter Escaped Accountability For Long, Presidency Defends Ban The Presidency has defended the ban on Twitter, saying the company escaped accountability “for a while”. In a statement on Saturday, Malam Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman, said the Buhari administration will not allow tech companies tear Nigeria apart. He debunked the allegation …
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The Nigerian government Saturday said the banning of Twitter in the country is “temporary” and insisted it was not a “knee-jerk reaction” to President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet being deleted. The ban was announced on Friday and came into effect on Saturday morning. The government defended its action by citing “persistent …
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President Buhari, Gov. #Ugwuanyi, other leaders pay last respect to venerable late Chief Joe Nwodo A delegation from President Muhammadu Buhari, led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Dr. Chris Ngige, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State, Deputy Governors of Enugu and Ebonyi states, Hon. Mrs. Cecilia …
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that no one can use religious sentiments to divide residents of the State. Makinde made this disclosure when former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi visited him in Ibadan, the state capital. NEwsextra24 recalls that Sanusi is a former Governor of Central …
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#TwitterBan: Twitter deletes Nnamdi Kanu’s tweetsIn the tweet, the IPOB leader vowed to unleash terror on Nigerian soldiers deployed to the South-east. Nearly 24 hours after the Nigerian government announced a ban on the activities of Twitter, the popular microblogging platform has deleted ‘inciting’ tweets from Nnamdi Kanu, leader of …
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