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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 …

As June 12 commemoration of Democracy Day approaches, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed  Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police in states and FCT to deal firmly with any person or group who may want to take advantage of the event to threaten internal security order. Speaking during a meeting with …

Indeed, Nigeria is passing through a perilous time in her 60 years of existence. Nobody, not even the ‘seers’ that flood the space with prophecies, ever imagined the nation will deteriorate to this stage where animals are valued more than humans; at least animals are killed with good reasons unlike humans nowadays. Only Chinua Achebe foresaw it a bit in his …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has described as unacceptable, a situation in Ambrose Alli University, where an association of “Esan Professors and those of Afemai Professors” has run aground the ivory tower. Obaseki, therefore reassured that his government will ensure the restructuring of the state-owned University to meet global standards and attract foreign partnership. The Governor who spoke to …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which has been 20 years in making, will be passed before the end of June 2021. Lawan who made this disclosure at the opening of the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, NIPS, in Abuja on Monday, said the joint committee of the Senate and the House of …

Women farmers have called on the Plateau Government to implement its Gender Equal Opportunity Law (GEOL), to address discrimination against women in land inheritance. Mrs Jessica Vonkat, Coordinator of Country Women Association in Nigeria (COWAN), Plateau branch, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. NAN reports that Plateau is the …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the use of the popular microblogging platform, Twitter. This was contained in a statement issued by its Director General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday morning. Mr Idachaba said television and radio stations are advised to de-install twitter handles and “desist from using twitter as a source (UGC) of information …