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2022

Lai Mohammed says Twitter begged Nigeria to lift suspension

Business, Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Lai Mohammed, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Twitter

The government of Nigeria has stated that Twitter and the country engaged in lengthy negotiations before Twitter was reinstated in the country late last year. In response to a claim by a former top Twitter official that there was no dialogue between the business and Nigeria to remove its suspension on Twitter, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed made the explanation. At a Monday morning press conference in Abuja, Mohammed said it was ridiculous to try to deny what had happened between the two sides. If you enjoy this story, please do not forget to check out our other news stories:…

Dec

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

The OBI-DATTI Campaign, Doyin Okupe And The High Moral Ground Of Project Take Back Nigeria.

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Security

Of the four leading Presidential Candidates seeking the High Office of President come 2023 only one has great bragging rights to integrity, only one can boast of unimpeachable credibility, and clearly Peter Gregory Obi is the proverbial Caesar's Wife who must be above board, and indeed Peter Obi is above board. Need I say that this position is without an ounce of equivocation? Like Archaeologists, the Leviathan the APC, and the Behemoth the PDP have been more engaged in searching for darts against Peter Obi and The Campaign than they would articulate policies that must take Nigeria out of the…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Okupe’s fraud conviction won’t stop Peter Obi – Adeyanju, Ibegbu

Opinion, Politics2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The Labour Party, LP, campaign Director-General, Doyin Okupe was on Monday convicted for fraud. An Abuja Federal High Court sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment for breaching the money laundering act. Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of the 59 count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted 2-year jail terms each, would run concurrently. Ojukwu, however, gave an option of N500, 000 fine in each of the counts, amounting to N13 million. She ruled that Okupe should be taken to Kuje Correctional Centre to serve his…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Truck driver kills tricycle rider, hoodlums loot rice

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAccident, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

There was tension at Itam Market in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the murder of a tricycle rider by a truck driver. Market sources told PUNCH Metro that trouble started when the Hausa truck driver, while trying to negotiate space to park for easy offloading of his bags of rice, was obstructed by the tricycle operator and tables used by traders to display their wares, resulting in a traffic snarl. It was gathered that in the ensuing confusion, the driver climbed down from his truck with a machete, which he used on the tricycle rider, who died…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Alleged terrorism: DSS can’t arrest Emefiele, court rules

Economy, News, PoliticsCBN, DSS/EFCC, Emefiele, Nigeria, Politics

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, has rejected the suit filed by the Department of State Services to arrest the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele over terrorism charges. The Chief judge described the suit as an illegal operation and plot to deceive the court into granting a frivolous order to help them arrest and deprive an innocent man of his personal liberty. Delivering his ruling on suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/2255/2022 between State Security Service (applicant) and Godwin Emefiele (respondent), Justice Tsoho said the entire affidavit depositions, especially as per paragraph 4…