Author: Nigeriacurrent

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 […]

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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? […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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Banks Begin Implementation Of N6.98 USSD Transactions

Banks on Friday started charging their customers N6.98 for  Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Many users woke up to see the notice to pay when they attempted to make a transfer or check account balance. The USSD is a channel for delivering financial services, especially for those who do not have access to physical […]

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Bandits Raise for N200m Ransom For Release for Islamiyya Students

Bandits have demanded  the sum of 200m ransom for the release of the 156 Islamiyya students kidnapped in Niger State. On May 27, bandits attacked Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in Tegina town, Rafi LGA, and abducted the schoolchildren. The bandits on Wednesday had earlier demanded for 110 million ransom for the kidnapped pupil but on […]

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BREAKING: Police Council Confirms Alkali As IGP

The Police Council has confirmed the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police Baba confirmation is coming almost two months after he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari The IGP was confirmed on Friday during a meeting of the council in Abuja presided over by President Buhari. Briefing newsmen after the […]

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