FG Indefinitely Suspends Twitter Operation in Nigeria Days after Deleting Buhari’s Tweet

NigeriaFG Indefinitely Suspends Twitter Operation in Nigeria Days after Deleting Buhari’s Tweet

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of the operation of micro-blogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture made the announcement in a press release issued by his office in Abuja. The statement which was signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry, Segun Adeyemi, cited the consistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria. The...

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Nigerian Army Vows To Deal With Its Personnel Using Social Media To Subvert Authority

MilitaryNigerian Army Vows To Deal With Its Personnel Using Social Media To Subvert Authority

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 17, 2021

The Nigerian Army says that it has established mechanisms of responding to administrative issues and resorting to social media was not one of them, but vowed to deal severely with any of its personnel caught using social media to engage the authorities. Mohammed Yerima, Director of Army Public Relations said this in a statement on Saturday while reacting to a petition written to President Muhammadu Buhari by some Non-Commissioned Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers to...

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See Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

LifestyleNewsSee Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 2, 2021

Google on Wednesday disclosed that ‘mother’, ‘women’s rights, ‘music’, ‘movies’, and celebrities were the most searched words on its platform in March 2021. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, Google, West Africa, said that reasons for mothers and women’s rights leading the top search in March could be attributed to International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Kola-Ogunlade said that March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) and Nigerians joined the world to commemorate the cultural, political,...

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Comedienne Emmanuella Wins Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

AfricaEntertainmentNewsComedienne Emmanuella Wins Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ABUJA — Nigerian Comedienne Emmanuella has won Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Award 2021, for Favourite African Social Media Star. She posted this on her Instagram handle and thanked her family and fans for their massive support. She wrote: “Congratulations to me as I won the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2021. I am so happy to be a winner, thank you! To all my fans out there, I say...

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Nigerians Go Sarcastic as MC Oluomo Alleged Book Surface Online

LifestyleNigerians Go Sarcastic as MC Oluomo Alleged Book Surface Online

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 3, 2021

Nigerians have taken to social media with sarcasm in reaction to a book that was allegedly published by the Chairman of the Lagos branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo. The book which is titled, “My Service to Humanity” is trending on social media and many Nigerians on social media had reacted to it sarcastically. MC Oluomo is yet to comment on the book...

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Again, Presidency Alerts Nigerians on Smear Campaign Plot Against President Buhari

NigeriaPoliticsPress * MediaAgain, Presidency Alerts Nigerians on Smear Campaign Plot Against President Buhari

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2021

ABUJA  — The Presidency has alerted the nation of another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs. Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who raised the alert in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the campaign was designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the president as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies. According to him, this narrative is contrary to Buhari’s pledge to...

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Disregard Misinformation On Lockdown, FG Advises Nigerians

CoronavirusNigeriaDisregard Misinformation On Lockdown, FG Advises Nigerians

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

The Federal Government on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the news circulating on social media that it was contemplating another lockdown. Mr. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), also Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, made clarification in a statement signed by Mr. Willie Bassey, Director Information in his office. Mustapha also advised Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government to contain the spread of the virus by adhering...

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Trump Ban Was Right But Sets Dangerous Precedent – Twitter Chief

PoliticsUnited StatesTrump Ban Was Right But Sets Dangerous Precedent – Twitter Chief

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the platform’s decision to suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely but also said it sets a dangerous precedent. Twitter banned the outgoing president in the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob last week. “I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning, we’d take this...

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Internet Subscribers Grew to 151 Million in Q3 2020 — Report

NewsNigeriaTelecommunicationInternet Subscribers Grew to 151 Million in Q3 2020 — Report

PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021

A report by the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) has shown that Internet subscribers in Nigeria grew to 151.51 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2020 In the report on telecoms data for Q2 and Q3 2020 released on Sunday NBS estimated that this represents a 5.48 percent growth quarter-on-quarter. A total of 205 million voice subscribers were reported to have been active in Q3 2020 compared to 196.24 million subscribers in Q2 2020,...

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Twitter Permanently Bans President Trump

NewsUnited StatesTwitter Permanently Bans President Trump

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 9, 2021

Twitter has permanently suspended President Trump from its platform citing risk of instigating further violence. Trump’s Twitter account was suspended on Friday as punishment for his role in the attack on the US capitol.  The ban is a significant reprimand for the president who had used the microblogging site to gain political prominence. The US president was suspended after the two tweets which would be his last violated the company’s policy against glorification of violence....

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