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The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet on civil war The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria. More to follow…

Thomas Tuchel has signed a new two-year contract at Chelsea following the Blues Champions League triumph against Manchester City. In Tuchel’s 30 games in charge of Chelsea, he led the team to 19 victories and only five defeats, with just 16 goals conceded. The German has been widely credited with building the team’s end-of-season success on an outstanding defence. A statement on the club’s website said “Chelsea Football Club is very happy to confirm that, following our triumph in the Champions League, Thomas Tuchel’s contract has been extended by two years, as agreed when he joined the Club.” How Tuchel…

Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer will make his first fans forum appearance in his 15 years as owner of the Old Trafford club on Friday. Glazer vowed to be more receptive to the club’s supporters in the wake of the European Super League fiasco. Demonstrations were held against the Glazer family, which forced the postponement of the Premier League game against Liverpool on 2 May. He has since apologised for United’s involvement. Man Utd offer Solskjaer new deal, Xhaka exits Arsenal Subsequent home games against Leicester and the re-arranged Liverpool game were played but amid an enormous security presence. Manager…

GOtv Nigeria has announced that the Nigerian vs Cameroon friendly match will be available to GOtv customers on the Max and Jolli packages. The match which is scheduled for Friday, 4th June will be airing live on a special pop-up channel, SuperSport Nigeria Pop-Up (GOtv channel 35) at 7:30pm. The Nigeria versus Cameroon friendly match was organized to help the Super Eagles men stay in top shape ahead of the September World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde. To ensure customers get to experience this match, GOtv has dedicated a special pop-up channel which will launch on Friday, 4th…

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) have detailed the successes recorded by the troops against terrorist groups, bandits and kidnappers across the country. The DHQ said operational efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies conducting operations to tackle insecurity is yielding results. The acting director of public relations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko said the operational activities across the country took place between 20 May and 2 June 2021. The DHQ said the Nigerian troops conducted series of clearance patrols, ambush, raid, picketing, cordon and search operations as well as artillery bombardments. Others are anti-piracy, anti-illegal oil bunkering, anti-crude…

The Federal Government on Thursday rejected the labelling of the country as a failed state by the United States Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). It described such a verdict on Nigeria because of its security challenges as “preposterous.’’ Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja Also yesterday, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, dismissed the classification. He recalled that a Senior Fellow at the Council, John Campbell, had in the past made some negative predictions about Nigeria that never came to…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday reflected on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria is not where God has created her to occupy in the comity of nations. He lamented that rather than being a land flowing with milk and honey, it has regrettably become a “land flowing with bitterness and sadness”, urging Nigerians to change the narrative. The former President spoke while making his remarks at the Youth Centre of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during the public presentation of a book, Titled: ‘The Man General President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR’.…

Five teenagers have been arrested in Belgium over the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl, who died less than a week later. According to Belgian media, images of the attack were shared online. The victim took her life four days later. Prosecutors say that three of the suspects, who are minors, are in a youth facility, while two men aged 18 and 19 have been arrested and are due to appear in court on Wednesday. The prosecution has only confirmed that they are being investigated for “acts that occurred shortly before the death of the victim”. Man sentenced to…

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on Thursday said he never wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari suggesting that he suspends the constitution. In a statement by his spokesperson Umar Gwandu, the AGF asked Nigerians to disregard reports alleging that he wrote a secret memo to Buhari advising that Nigerians’ fundamental rights guaranteed under chapter IV of the Constitution be suspended due to insecurity. The statement said: “The attention of the office of the honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has been drawn to a false and fictitious report alleging…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has advised Nigerians with pressing views to build a national consensus around them to ensure the amendment of the constitution in their favour by the National Assembly and State Legislatures. Lawan gave the advise on Thursday while declaring the National Public Hearing on the alteration to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution in Abuja. According to him, the constitution review exercise embarked on by the 9th Assembly was imperative in view of existent flaws in its provisions which has attracted agitations. He said, “Our country has been consistently reminded that there are flaws in our constitution.…