Nigerian regulator tells TV stations to curb reporting on violence
NIGERIA’S broadcasting regulator has asked TV stations to curb their reporting of insecurity in the country by withholding details of
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Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria president asks lawmakers for funds for COVID-19 vaccines, military
Nigeria’s president has asked parliament to approve 895.8 billion naira ($2.18 billion) as an extra-budgetary provision to fund the purchase
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Nigerian police fire teargas to break up protests
SEUN SANNI and AFOLABI SOTUNDE POLICE fired teargas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja
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Buhari tells youth to ‘behave’ if they want jobs
LIBBY GEORGE PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told young Nigerians that they must “behave” in order to attract jobs and investment.
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Nigeria’s Twitter ban is part of a larger attack on civil society
NELSON OLANIPEKUN FOUR years ago, Omoregie* and his friends were arrested without cause and taken into custody. When they got
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Twitter ban will harm Nigeria as a technology investment destination
The Nigerian technology scene, concentrated in Lagos, is a recent and rare success story. One particular area of growth has
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Nigerians fight government’s Twitter ban with legal action
KIM HARRISBERG ALMOST 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government’s decision
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Nigerian telecom firms block access to Twitter
NIGERIAN telecoms firms have blocked access to Twitter following a regulatory directive aimed at suspending the U.S. social media giant
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Nigeria suspends Twitter in tit-for-tat action
NIGERIA has announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from
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Twitter removes President’s ‘abusive’ civil war post
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM TWITTER has removed a post by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks
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