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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government is partnering with an Edo-based international firm, Rongtai Wood Company, to grow one million trees a year for the next ten years. The governor disclosed this during a tour of facilities at the company in Utesi, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. Obaseki said: “This is quite impressive as …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, criminalization of Nigerians and other people using Twitter, and the escalating repression of human rights, particularly the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and media freedom in the country.” Following …

Since June 4 when the Federal Government suspended the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, from operating in Nigeria, reactions have continued to trail the decision. Many Nigerians and foreign establishments have condemned the decision. However, there has not been an official statement from the representatives of the people, the National Assembly. Today, the House of Representatives will be resuming …

Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has described as “unnecessary”, the plan by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN to prosecute all violators of Twitter ban including the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; and the Founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide, Pastor …

Determined to strengthen the operation of the home grown security initiative in a bid to tackle insecurity, the Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwatotimi Akeredolu, Tuesday inaugurated another batch of personnel into the State Security Network Agency, Amotekun. The governor also said crime is a local issue that should be addressed with a large dose of home-grown approach. Inaugurating the newly …

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over an emergency National Security meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the detailed agenda of the meeting is not available, it is expected to review the current state of insecurity in different parts of the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; …

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen, has accused entertainers of promoting abuse of women’s bodies by employing vulgar lyrics and depicting female dancers in a most disdainful manner. Tallen said this while speaking on the theme “My Body is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination,” at the launch of the State of the …

In a moment of anger and lack of critical reflection unbecoming of a democratically elected government, and with complete disregard to our rights, the Buhari Administration on June 4 announced an indefinite ban on the operations of “the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria.” Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant To The President (Media) in the office of the Minister of Information …

“We are not saying that Twitter is threatening the country or any such thing; why we have taken this measure is to stop them from being used as platforms for destabilisation…” The federal government has said the operations of Twitter in Nigeria will be restored only when “responsible communication” can be assured on the platform. Foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama, who spoke after …

A lawyer, Festus Ogwuche, on Monday wrote to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over a subsisting judgment of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, that forbids the Nigerian government from infringing on rights to free press. Mr Ogwuche wrote Mr Malami on Monday in the wake of the federal government’s indefinite suspension of the operations of Twitter, a popular …