•Media clampdown The wave of abduction of journalists that continues to grow under a so-called democratic government has no doubt become a point of concern for media practitioners who now have to worry about their safety as they discharge their duties. The concerns are not only for reporters, editors and every media practitioner but also [&hel...
•Troops The Nigerian Army High Command today expressed dismay over the resolve of the Okuama Community to embark on media propaganda on the unfortunate killing of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion, saying their actions indicated the killings were communally orchestrated. The military personnel were killed while on a peaceful and mediatory mis...
•Oloyede The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has called for ruthless sanctions against social media abusers to serve as deterrent. Oloyede also submitted that Nigeria does not need a new law to tackle social media abuse as there are relevant laws to address the challenges, reports Daily Tru...
•Soludo In what looked like declaration of war against the media by the Anambra State Government, officials of the state government have destroyed newspapers and beat up vendors in Awka. The attackers who were officials of the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) disclosed that the state government does not want any Newspaper t...
•PPRO Josephine Adeh As the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Complaint Response Unit has over a long time continued to receive complaints from married people over the divulging of private issues on social media, the FCT Police Command has cautioned couples to stop the trend. The Command cautioned couples to keep details of their marriage...
•IGP Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force has said that crowdfunding for kidnap ransom on social media is an illegal and punishable offense. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this yesterday while speaking on Channels TV. Adejobi said such actions demoralise police personnel, stressing that paying a ransom is criminal ...
•Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has lamented over the sorry state the social media has fallen into in recent times. According to him, the social media space has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by people he described as “barbarians”. The literary icon made the assertion while speaking [&hel...
•Bwala with Tinubu A presidential campaign spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 elections, Daniel Bwala, yesterday, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents after closed-door talks, he declared his availability to work with the President Tinubu-led administration, repor...
•2go lovers A bride-to-be, Florence Nwankpa, has shared how she met her fiance on the popular social platform, 2go, 12 years ago. Nwankpa made this known on her Instagram account yesterday, sharing a throwback photo with her partner, as well as recent prewedding photos. She wrote, “To God be the glory 🙏. To every love, […]