PERSPECTIVE – Nigeria and twitter
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN We are in perilous times in our land, given the flurry of events in the past one week. It started with the meeting between the President and the Independent National…
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PERSPECTIVE – Constitution wetin? A game of deceit and distraction
By Tola Adeniyi It is curious that millions of otherwise educated people can be easily fooled and dragged into the on-going theatricalities and inanities of a so-called jamboree deceitfully tagged Constitution Amendment Panorama.…
Governorship rotation: Okowa’s stand on equity, fairplay, justice in Delta’s best interest, says Okwudi
A former council chairman in Delta State, Chief Jaunty Okwudi has dismissed comments trailing Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s statement that there was no written agreement on rotation of the office of the governor entered into by…
N-POWER Batch C Stream 1: Humanitarian Ministry announces next stage of enrolment
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the next step for the Npower Batch C Stream One applicants. A statement signed by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Assistant on…
Okowa swears-in Ukah as SSG, urges political appointees to shun complacency
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged political appointees in the state to shun complacency and redouble their efforts to help his administration to deliver on its promises to Deltans. Okowa made the…
Nigeria Twitter ban: Pastor Adeboye says tweets are within human rights
The gGneral Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Monday insisted on using his Twitter account despite the ban on the social media platform by the Nigerian government. “The Redeemed Christian Church…
PERSPECTIVE – The battles of Ibadan in the June 12 uprising
By Owei Lakemfa The bloody five-year pro-democracy uprising that forced the military back to the barracks after a cumulative 29-year military dictatorship began on Monday, July 5, 1993. Hundreds of lives were lost. Some of the bloodiest…
Twitter ban: PDP chides APC for conspiracy to suppress Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of conspiring against Nigerians to ban Twitter in the country in a devious move to suppress the…
Ozekhome, aghast, flays FG on Twitter ban, calls for more prison spaces for violators
The Federal Government has been criticized for not properly weighing the implications of the decision to ban twitter in Nigeria. Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Mike Ozekhome handed down the…
AMASS Congratulates Ukah on appointment as Delta’s SSG
Anioma Media Associates, a group of leading Journalists of Anioma extraction, has hailed the appointment of Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah as the Secretary to the Delta State Government. The group, in a Statement on Saturday, by…