The Online Publishers of Nigeria (OPAN), Nigeria’s premier association of new media and online new publishers has urged the federal government to immediately reverse the ban on Twitter operations in the country and stop infringing on the rights of citizens to freely express themselves. In a statement by Austyn Ogannah, President …
Read More »STEALING TIMETABLE: INFORMATION MINISTER LAI MOHAMMED EARMARKS OVER N97 MILLION FOR UPDATING AND REPRODUCTION OF WALL CALENDARS
Secret Reporters Saddled with providing citizens with information and creating a technological environment for Nigeria’s socio-economic and cultural development, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture appears to have deviated from its mandate to annually divert outrageous amounts of money in the guise of executing frivolous projects. This was seen …
Read More »MRA, IPC CONDEMN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S TWITTER BAN, THREATEN TO LODGE COMPLAINTS BEFORE AU, UN BODIES
Lagos, Monday, June 7, 2021: Two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the Federal Government’s indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and threatened to lodge a formal complaint before the appropriate agencies of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) …
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