Police arrest pastor over murder of girl for ritual (Punch) The Delta State Police Command has arrested a yet-to-be identified pastor and one other for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl whose heart was ripped open and other vital…
FG suspends “Twitter operations in Nigeria”
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on…
Soyinka denies social media post on Yoruba nation
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, denounced a fake WhatsApp post on the Yoruba state agitation, which was attributed to him. Soyinka, in a statement titled: ‘They are back’, urged the public to ignore the post and utterances of…
Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet threatening to deal with secessionists ‘in the language they understand’
Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet posted Tuesday where he threatened to deal with secessionists “in the language they understand”. The social media giant said, “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules. ‘ The President had released a series of…
Twitter Blues: Lai Mohammed and Garba Shehu’s outbursts – Magnus Onyibe
While trying to deflect the allegation by Nigerians that the choice of Ghana as opposed to Nigeria for Twitter head office was reflective of the leadership failure in our country, the information minister and media assistant to the president in…
Laptop presidency powers Twitter democracy – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerians are “wailing wailers”, according to the most excited arse-licker of the government of change and terrorism. It’s another season of wailing for Nigerians now that Twitter has bypassed the “Giant of Africa” and sited its headquarters in Ghana. …
*Allegation of vaccine mismanagement in Lagos inaccurate, says NPHCDA (Punch)*JAMB bans parents from UTME venues (Vanguard)
Allegation of vaccine mismanagement in Lagos inaccurate, says NPHCDA (Punch) The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, on Friday, cleared the Lagos State Government of recent allegation of COVID-19 vaccine mismanagement. He said a…
Twitter suspends several Nigerian influencers’ accounts
In what appears to be a purge, Twitter has suspended the accounts of several influencers in Nigeria. The social media profiles of over 15 influencers became inaccessible as some twitter users noticed the suspension late Monday. “Twitter suspends accounts which…
*Lagos police arrest three cultists, impound gang’s bus (Punch)*Lagos partners CIG Motors to establish world class motor vehicle assembly plant (Guardian)
Lagos police arrest three cultists, impound gang’s bus (Punch) Three suspected cult members, Joshua Ubokuho, Emmanuel Yusuf and Adewale Hammed, have been apprehended by the Lagos State Police Command and two cutlasses including an operational bus were recovered from them.…
*Vandal electrocuted while stealing Lagos transformer cable (Punch)*CP visits family of lady gang-raped to death, commissions office complex at Ejigbo (Guardian)
Vandal electrocuted while stealing Lagos transformer cable (Punch) A suspected vandal, Kabiru Ismaila, has been electrocuted while allegedly stealing a transformer cable in the Adamo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Ismaila led some hoodlums to Owu…