Day: June 2, 2021

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly threatening Twitter for deleting his tweets on Wednesday. Starnews Nigeria reports that the federal government of Nigeria on Wednesday lashed out at social media giant, Twitter, for playing alleged double standards on issues concerning Nigeria’s domestic issues, describing the company’s role in…

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly threatening Twitter for deleting his tweets on Wednesday. Starnews Nigeria reports that the federal government of Nigeria on Wednesday lashed out at social media giant, Twitter, for playing alleged double standards on issues concerning Nigeria’s domestic issues, describing the company’s role in…

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council OYC has said President Muhammadu Buhari, has pushed Ndigbo to the point not good again to the people As a result, the group has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United Kingdom and United States of America USA among others to intervene Ohanaeze alleged that the President’s tweet was…

Lagos – The Naira on Friday depreciated further to N500 to a dollar at the parallel market after it had remained stable for nearly three weeks,. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N616 and N530 respectively at the open market. The Nigerian currency, however, remained stable at the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment…

Edo PDP Suspends Chairman The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a new dimension on Tuesday following the suspension of the state chairman of the party, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, over alleged misconduct and fraud. Aziegbemi was suspended by 12 members of the state working committee during a meeting,…

    The Peoples Democratic Party has said it handed over a united and stable Nigeria to the All progressives Congress government led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This is in response to a statement issued by the APC which claimed that the insurgency which its government is facing was inherited from…

The federal government has lashed out at social media giant, Twitter, for playing alleged double standards on issues concerning Nigeria’s domestic issues, describing the company’s role in Nigeria as suspect. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, reacting to questions over the reported deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets reminiscing Nigerians’ experiences during the…

The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan said he hoped the public and private sectors will ensure that the content of the bill is amended. According to him, the issue has been on since the second assembly in the fourth republic. Lawan said: “A bill for an Act and abolish discrimination between First Degree and…

  The Senate, on Wednesday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s executive Bill which seeks to increase the retirement age for teachers in the country from 60 to 65 years. The Bill also proposes increase in the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40 years. Buhari, in a letter read on the floor by Senate…

A former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, on Tuesday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would not be judge based on the provision of infrastructure but on his ability to secure lives and property. Mimiko stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 71st birthday celebration of a former member of the…

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned that there must be a pay back for any Biafran killed by Nigerian security agencies. Nnamdi Kanu said this while sharing some images of South Easterners allegedly shot and killed by security operatives in the region. The IPOB leader said his group were…