Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Is Temporary, Presidency Clarifies
The Presidency has explained that the ‘temporary’ suspension of Twitter in Nigeria was not just a response to the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s post but to prevent the possible breakdown of law and order due to fake news. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made these […]
Tears As Bandits Kill 88 In Kebbi
At least eighty-eight people were massacred by bandits in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi state yesterday, Africa Today News, New York has gathered. The Kebbi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Nafi’u Abubakar who made this confirmation, explained that all the victims were killed in eight different communities in the local government area. […]
You Are Foolish, Aregbesola Tells Yoruba Nation Agitators
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has described Yoruba nation agitators as ‘foolish’ declaring that Nigeria should be allowed to remain one for peace to reign. The minister also berated Professor Banji Akintoye, who leads the Yoruba World Congress, Sunday Igboho, and other canvassers for an independent Yoruba nation. Aregbesola explained that the agitators are […]
Prominent Nigerian Preacher, Prophet TB Joshua Is Dead
The Founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua, has died, Africa TodayNews, New York can confirm. Sources informed Africa Today News that he died on Saturday night in Lagos after concluding a programme at his church. The church took to social media on Sunday morning to […]
Okonjo-Iweala Should Be Investigated Over IPOB – Adamu Garba
Adamu Garba, former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Twitter. Garba urged relevant authorities to investigate Okonjo-Iweala over her silence on the activities of IPOB on Twitter. Featuring on Channels […]
Malami Orders Arrest, Prosecution Of Nigerians Still Using Twitter
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has ordered the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. Malami gave the directive in a statement issued by his spokesman, Umar Gwandu. Recall that after the ban slammed on Twitter by the federal government took […]
Facebook Extends Trump Ban Until 2023
Facebook has announced the ban of former President Donald Trump until at least January 7, 2023. Vice President Nick Clegg on Friday said the company ‘will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded.’ The new date is two years from when Trump was initially suspended. Facebook will then determine […]
Facebook Slams Two-Year Ban On Trump
Facebook has slammed a two-year ban on Donald Trump over his role in the insurrection on Capitol Hill that caused the death of at least one American and injured several others. Africa Today News, New had reported that the social media giant had initially suspended the former US President indefinitely. Recall that Trump had falsely […]
Indomitable Lions Beat Eagles’, End Unbeaten Run
A 36th-minute strike Cameroonian striker Anguissa Zambo was all the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon needed to inflict a defeat on their African rival, Super Eagles of Nigeria in an international friendly match played at Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Austria yesterday. The defeat, which was the first for the Lions in their last four games dented […]
Genocide: Germany’s Offer ‘Not Enough’ – Namibian Govt
Namibia has resolved that a 1.1 billion euro development budget offered by Germany as compensation for an early 20th-century genocide by colonial troops was ‘not enough’ but would be revisited as funding is rolled out. The southern African country’s government started negotiations with its former coloniser Germany in 2015 over the 1904-1908 massacre of Herero […]
JUSUN Strike: We Expect Courts To Resume Next Week – Ngige
The Federal Government has revealed that they expect courts and state assemblies to re-open next week, following the agreement it reached with the striking workers in the sectors yesterday. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made this revelation while addressing journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting between the government and […]
Nigeria Has Already Broken Up Spiritually – Mailafia
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has asserted that Nigeria has already broken up spiritually and if some drastic actions are not taken, the physical manifestation of the break up will soon become evident. Mailafia, who stressed that he believes in one indivisible Nigeria, spoke on Friday while […]