The Federal Government has reportedly suspended, indefinitely, the operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, via a statement issued by the Ministry’s spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi on Friday. The Minister cited the persistent use […]
The police in Yobe on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a farmer, Mohammad Mohammad, 25, for allegedly poisoning nine wells in Kasesa village near Damaturu. ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command Spokesman disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. ”On May 25, he poured […]
The National Assembly will next week assess the level of implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-2021 (NACS). The NACS was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in July 2017. Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, has summoned relevant agencies. The session will […]
The Governor of CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele says the bank aims at empowering the cultivation of 80,000 hectares of cotton in 2021. According to the apex bank, this will be with an average output of 120,000 metric tonnes at 1.5 metric tonnes per hectare. Emefiele made this known on Thursday […]
Some daredevil armed men were reportedly on a rampage in Ikire and Apomu in Irewole and Isokan local government areas of Osun state, allegedly killing five persons in Ikire . It was gathered that the armed robbers had earlier robbed a bank in Apomu town around 3pm before proceeding to […]
A local AK-47 fabrication factory has been uncovered by the police high command in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, it was learnt on Wednesday. The Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba in Abuja paraded two middle aged men Joe Michael and Iliya Bulus arrested for the […]
Management of the Federal Polytechnic Offa through medical center have taken up the initiative and responsibility to organize free medical check up in order to enhance the health status of all staff and enable them to be hale and hearty. Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Lateef Olatunji with other principal […]
Twitter has deleted tweet wherein President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to deal with ‘people’ who didn’t learn from the civil war. Checks by The Nation showed that Buhari’s tweet was deleted for allegedly violating its rules. “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to shock those bent on destroying his government. He said attacks across the nation were targeted to show his administration has failed. He spoke on Tuesday while he received briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks […]
The Senate on Tuesday read for a third time and passed a Bill which seeks to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, to a University of Technology. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of Federal University of Technology, Ilaro and for other […]