June 8, 2021

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has defied Federal government’s ban on Twitter operation in the country by tweeting via his official handle.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that FG had on Friday last week suspended the operation of the microblogging platform for allegedly allowing contents capable of threatening the corporate existence of Nigerians.

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Despite the ban, some users have continued to access the social medium via the use of Virtual Private Network, VPN.

Governor Ortom who tweeted on Tuesday evening, said the decision by the FG …

Clashes between Arab and non-Arab tribes in South Darfur have left no fewer than 36 people dead and dozens wounded.

The fighting broke out on Saturday between the Arab al-Taisha and ethnic African Fallata tribes in the remote Um Dafuq area of South Darfur, witnesses said.

According to sources in the area, calm has been restored to the city as the people mourn the dead.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the clashes but similar fighting often erupts in the Darfur region over land and access to water.

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‘We heard the …

Malian coup plotter Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in as transitional president of the chronically unstable Sahel state yesterday, Africa Daily News, New York can confirm.

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of two aides to work in the ‘Office of the First Lady’, an office that has no backing in the 1999 constitution.

The first appointee, according to a statement by media adviser Femi Adesina is Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin.

She will serve as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs.

Rukayyatu is a doctorate degree holder in Curriculum Instruction from the University of Maiduguri.

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She was at various times a Lecturer at the University of Maiduguri; a …

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has been given 72 hours to appear before the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating recovered loots.

The ultimatum is also affecting the Inspector General of Police, Usman Akali Baba, National Security Adviser, Babangana Monguno, and the Director-General of NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh.

The decision to summon them followed a motion moved at the hearing on Monday. The CBN Governor and others had failed to appear before the investigative committee, instead sent representatives.

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Ibrahim Isiaka, …