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President Muhammadu Buhari has lifted the ban on the services of social media application, Twitter in Nigeria. However he gave certain conditions to be met for the app not to be suspended again. In his independence day Buhari on Friday, October 1st, 2021 said that the platform must ensure Nigerians use it for business and positive engagements. The president said …

The members of the Nigerian House of Representatives have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the bandits a terrorists group. This comes barely 24hours after the Senate called on the President to do the same. The decision was moved by Babajimi Benson a member of the house of representatives on Thursday, September 30, 2021. According to Benson the move will …

Gernot Rohr, the coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria has listed his 23-man squad to face Central African Republic in their FIFA world cup qualifiers match in October. According to the official statement by the Super Eagles media team, Alex Iwobi, captain Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Leon Balogun and Maduka Okoye, are among the players invited.21-year-old Calvin Bassey who …

The Federal Government has declared Friday, October 1, as public holiday to mark the Nation’s 61st Independence Anniversary Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Nigerians on this year’s Celebration of the Country’s 61st independence and assured Nigerians of Government’s commitment to tackle and eradicate all forms of …

Unidentified gunmen have killed Dr Chike Akunyili, husband of late former Director General of NAFDAC and minister for information, Prof Dora Akunyili. According to reports medical doctor was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State on Tuesday evening, September 28. Dr. Akunyili had on Tuesday attended a lecture at Sharon Hall, All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha, which was …

The federal government has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from leaving the country for one year, after they refused to take the Coronavirus PCR tests at international airports across the country. Mr. Mukhtar Muhammad, the National Incident Manager of the Presidential Steering Committee at a press briefing stated that the names of over 2,000 citizens and foreigners had been …

The Nigeria Air Force has accidentally bombed over twenty (20) fishermen while on a mission to attack Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state. The military aircraft was targeting terrorist camps in Kwatar Daban Masara in the Lake Chad area when the incident happened on Sunday, September 26, 2021, reports claim. According to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the aircraft was …

Retired Air Vice Marshal, Sikiru Smith was abducted by masked Gunmen in Lagos on Monday, September 27. According to reports the gunmen shot sporadically before abducting him while he was supervising a work at a site in Ajah, Lagos State and then whisked away in a waiting speed boat. An SOS voice note shared by his driver, Corporal Odiji, the …

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has banned the eating of dogs in the country, which has become a traditional practice in the Asian nation. According to reports the President gave the order while being briefed by the prime minister on the government’s plan to improve the system to take care of abandoned pets. Dogs were earlier legally considered livestock in …

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State has banned the use of cars owned by students in the school’s campus. In a memo signed by the registrar, G.E. Ihiokhan on September 22, the ban comes after the management received disturbing reports on reckless driving on campus by students. Adding to that the students drove against traffic rules and …