The Nigerian Government has claimed that Twitter has formally written them to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme in Abuja. “I can confirm…
Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has given reasons why the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), should drop plans to prosecute RCCG’s Pastor Adeboye. Adeoye said it will be impossible for Malami to successfully sue the clerics because the move will spark heated nationwide reactions from their many…
The United States government has warned the Nigerian Government to immediately reverse its ban on Twitter adding that it was tantamount to opposing free speech. Samantha Power, an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. She revealed that Twitter has over 40 million users in…
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 Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama,…
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