Twenty-nine generals in the Nigerian Army are set to retire from service following the appointment of a new service chief, Farouk Yahaya. President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Yahaya on May 27 to succeed Ibrahim Attahiru,
The federal government has said that there is no definite timeline for lifting the ban placed on the use of popular social media platform, Twitter in Nigeria. Conversing with reporters on Monday during a meeting
The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators to effect the suspension of microblogging platform Twitter in Nigeria. A statement on Saturday by the chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga
The federal government has commenced the process to fast-track the operationalisation of the presidential deliverables to strengthen internal security. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has set up a Task Force for the assignment, Daily Post
The Federal Government on Friday suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. Gistlover reports that the suspension of Twitter was made known in a post on Twitter. Nigeria’s Minister
The Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday said that the state has proceeded on the closing of camps for displaced victims of the northern insurgency. Zulum made this known during the commissioning and handing-over
The micro-blogging site, Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet wherein he spoke about the civil war experience. It can be recalled the President in a tweet on Tuesday threatened to deal with those bent
The application for passport booklets has been halted by an additional one week by the Nigeria Immigration Service. On Tuesday June 1, in a statement released by the agency, the applications which was scheduled to
The First Bank of Nigeria Limited has debunked reports that it has fore closed its branches in the South-East part of the country due to the rising insecurity in the region. On Wednesday, in a
The Nigeria’s federal government has shown hope that the country may receive more consignments of Covax-brokered Covid-19 vaccines between July and September. The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) through its Executive Director, Dr. Faisal
On Tuesday, the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, said individuals after his administration will be shocked as his government will do everything in its power to make sure that they fail. Buhari made this known
The National Association of Nigerian Students has shown their dissatisfaction over the incessant killings and destruction of properties ongoing in the country. In a statement issued by its national president, Sunday Asefon, on Tuesday, the
The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday, advocated the scrapping of the Senate with each zones having an equal number of four representatives at the National Assembly. Akeredolu made this disclosure at the
The members of the South-East Governors Forum have frowned at spate of killings of people in the southern part of Nigeria as they held a meeting on Monday. Gistlover reports that the meeting comes following
There is a viral online video showing moments when a traffic officer kept pleading and calling on “Jesus” after a drift driver dealt with him for allegedly entering his car without committing any offense. In