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Twitter faces new attack from India

Abiodun A. — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:55:27 +0000

On Wednesday, India’s information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Twitter; accusing it of not complying with new regulations for social media sites that came into effect last month. The new “intermediary guidelines” were aimed at regulating content on large social media platforms and messaging services like Facebook; WhatsApp, as well as Twitter [...]

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Twitter Ban: PDP Asks UK, US To Impose Visa Ban On Buhari And His Cabinet Members

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:30:43 +0000

The party calls on the international community to hold President Buhari, Lai Mohammed, and Malami responsible for the escalated abuse of human rights in Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Saudi Arabia to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his [...]

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PDP Lawmakers Protest After Gbajabiamila Shuts Down Motion To Reverse Buhari’s Suspension Of Twitter

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:00:25 +0000

Gbajabiamila believes the walk-out was a political scheme to undermine his leadership. Some members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a walkout during plenary at the green chamber over President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The Federal Government last week announced the indefinite [...]

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Twitter Ban: I’m Number Three On List Of Defaulters — Dino Melaye

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:00:48 +0000

Senator Dino Melaye who represented the Kogi Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly has identified himself as the number three defaulter of the Federal Governments ban on Twitter. The FG had last week suspended the microblogging platform for allegedly allowing contents that are capable of threatening the corporate existence of Nigerians. However, many [...]

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Presidency Threading Very Wrong Path — Senior Advocate, Adegoke Dismisses Malami’s Order

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 20:30:06 +0000

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kunle Adegoke has said the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami are threading the wrong path. He said this while reacting to the order instructing the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, to commence the prosecution of those found [...]

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APC Behind Twitter Ban, Planning To Regulate Social Media — PDP Alleges

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 20:00:32 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party. “The PDP says revelations available to it showed how APC leaders at [...]

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Twitter Ban: We Have Tweeted, Do Your Worse — Fani-kayode, Fayose, Ezekwesili, Dare FG

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:00:38 +0000

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; and ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, have dared the President Muhammadu Buhari government to arrest them as they continue to share information on Twitter. Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, is also of the opinion that the Buhari-led Federal Government has no [...]

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