Twitter Went Too Far Insulting President Buhari- Actor, Yemi Solade
Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade says twitter went too far insulting President Muhammed Buhari and Nigeria as a whole for deleting his tweet. The microblogging site had deleted President Buhari’s tweet where he spoke about the civil war experience and threatened to deal with those “bent on destroying ” Nigeria through “insurrection”. This development made the […]
Nigeria, Twitter and Other Stories By Reuben Abati
Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you keep quiet?” “But I noticed you tweeted something not long ago, despite the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria” “Hey…hey. My family offend your family? This man. I commit crime to know you? […]
CAPPA Decries Water Scarcity in Lagos
…Urges Gov. Sanwo-Olu to fix water infrastructure. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has expressed worry over the water scarcity in Lagos communities and cautioned that if the situation is not speedily addressed residents might become susceptible to water borne diseases and hamper efforts at combating the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic. […]
A CONVERSATION WITH SHEIKH ABDURRAHMAN AHMAD PART 6
Mis-Understanding Islam By Toyin Falola There could be a thin and almost fully blurred line between piety and extremism. The first is a well-meaning zeal for religiousness or political ideology. The other, extremism, is a dangerous overzealousness wrapped in fanaticism and crassly blind ignorance. All over the world, religious and political extremism have been on […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PRINCE YEMISI SHYLLON, PART 3
The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art: Reintroducing Africa in Modern African Art By Toyin Falola The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) and its extensive collection of traditional (antique) and modern art pieces—both African and foreign—represents an opportunity to create awareness and reintroduce art as a potent force for national reconstruction and transformation. The significance […]
IGP Orders Suspension Of Issuance Of Tinted Glass Permit
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle glasses in Nigeria The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers including commissioners and DIGs from across the states. He also directed that the issuance of spy number plates be put on hold. Baba gave […]
Remembering Professor J. A. Atanda
By Toyin Falola Many Africans have shown pioneering integrity in enhancing the formidable intellectual image that has come to be associated with the Black race. Specifically, Nigeria’s intellectual network has become so important to this movement that it is inescapable and impractical to dismiss the contributions of academics and thinkers from the country to human […]
FG Gives Condition To Lift Ban On Twitter
The federal government has given a condition to lift its definite suspension of the micro-blogging site, Twitter in Nigeria The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said this during a meeting with some envoys in Abuja on Monday. The minister stated that Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be […]
Prophet TB Joshua Is Dead
The leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as T. B. Joshua, is dead SCOAN is a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos. The Prophet who would have turned 58 on June 12, was said to have died on Saturday […]
BREAKING: FG Suspends Twitter Operations In Nigeria
The Federal Government has suspended micro-blogging site, Twitter operations in Nigeria indefinitely On Tuesday, Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s post and suspended his account for 12hours. President Buhari had tweeted: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. […]
