By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has dissociated itself from a video on social media, regarding a protest by some policemen over non-payment of one year salary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Ajayi Okasanmi debunked the report in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin,...
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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed outrage over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman, Ms Salma Al-Shehab charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents and activists. Doctoral student Al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in jail, followed by a 34-year travel ban...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, Nzan Ogbe has launched the first indigenous community platform tagged FacesofNaija App. Mr Ogbe, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairmen of the company said the app came after two years...
Dino Melaye, the spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, has dismissed the social media frenzy generated by Peter Obi, saying the Labour Party presidential candidate does not stand a chance of winning next year’s poll. Senator Melaye who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, maintained that...
The Publisher of Realnews Magazine Online, Maureen Chigbo, has enjoined medical students of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, to shun spending hours on social media so as not to perform poorly in their academic studies. Chigbo, who is also the president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, stated...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has reacted to the viral pictures and videos of some Bishops and pastors, who attended the Wednesday’s unveiling of Sen. Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. The Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Mr Bayo...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Monday issued new regulations for Internet platforms available in Nigeria. A statement signed by NITDA spokespers.on, Hadiza Umar, said the new code was designed to protect the “fundamental human rights of Nigerians and non-Nigerians living in the country as well as...
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Kayode Olorunleke, has advised Nigerian youths to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) ready for the 2023 general elections and stop lamenting over national challenges on social media. Olorunleke, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency...
Popular Male Barbie, Idris Okunneye widely known as Bobrisky, has become a subject of ridicule on social media after his mentee, James Brown, has revealed he sponsored himself to a University in the United Kingdom. James Brown took to his Instagram page to share a video of himself giving...
A viral video clip showing the moment a lecturer chased out tons of Nigerian students out of the lecture room for allegedly not wearing their bra has been made a subject of discourse online. The incident is said to have happened in Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku. Further reports say the lecturer...
The Federal Government says it plans to inaugurate a national sensitisation campaign against ritual murders soon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Monday in Abuja when he paid official visit to the headquarters of Daily Trust Newspaper. According to him, the government is...
Modern societies do not seem to really have evolved from the classical period of witch hunt between the 1450s and 1750s. This era saw the summary executions of an estimated 50,000 persons accused of sorcery, voodoo, or having extra-terrestrial powers in Europe and America. There were evidence of witch...
Rihanna is pregnant with her first child, with boyfriend A$AP Rocky and she got social media into a frenzy displaying her pictures spotting a bump and walking the streets with her guy. The 33-year-old confirmed her baby news in the most iconic way possible, unveiling her growing bump while...
The misuse of the social media these days is something that calls for immediate remedy as if such is not curbed or brought to order, it will definitely affect the younger generation because these days, even the little children are exposed to the use of a smart phone right...
A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was ousted in August, blaming the Taliban for the worsening...
A 33-year-old man, Oyebode Odewale, was on Thursday docked in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly writing RIP on his girlfriend’s picture on social media. The police charged Odewale with two counts of breach of peace and threat to life. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court...
Business mogul, Mr Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana has urged Nigeria youths to show respect to elders as part of Africa culture. Iyiegbu made the call in a post made on his verified Instagram page on Monday. He said he was saddened at how rude and impolite...
Introduction Recently I had a need to access the WhatsApp group for my class at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh in Surrey, England, and the last time a post was made in the group was on July 20, 2021! Instructively it’s important to note that the Admin of this group...
Annie Idibia, wife to legendary musician, 2face Idibia has apologized to him for the pain and heartbreak her actions caused their families (Both hers and that of 2face’s.) Recalled that in September, Annie accused 2face of alleged infidelity with his ex-lover, Pero. She also alleged that his family and...