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NASS joint minority caucus gives Nigerians permission to continue using Twitter

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2021

The Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has dismissed threats by the APC-led government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using Twitter and called on Nigerians to go ahead and use their Twitter as they would not be contravening any law in Nigeria or any

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SERAP, Falana drag Buhari govt to ECOWAS Court over Twitter ban

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria”. The applicants are against the criminalization of Nigerians using Twitter, and the escalating repression of human rights, rights to freedom of expression,

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Nnamdi Kanu using Twitter to destabilise Nigeria – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is using Twitter to destabilise Nigeria. Mohammed said this on Monday night during an interview with BBC News Africa while defending the Federal Government’s Twitter ban in Nigeria. According to the minister, the […]

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FG considers death penalty for railway tracks vandals

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2021

The Federal Government says it may consider capital punishment for railway track vandals in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said this during a Town Hall Meeting on ”Protecting Public Infrastructure ” on Monday in Abuja. According to Amaechi, rail track vandalism is a capital offense and its consequences should be treated […]

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Buhari appoints new aides for wife, Aisha

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Rukayyatu Gurin as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs in the Office of the First Lady. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday titled ‘President Buhari appoints new aides for First Lady.’ According […]

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Twitter ban: Facebook, IG unveil free products for content creators

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2021

American media magnate and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, seems to be on a swift mission to attract more social media users in Nigeria when he announced free products for content creators on all Facebook-owned services including WhatsApp and Instagram. According to Zuckerberg, the free products will enable creators to make more money, […]