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6Apr By MosesianNo Comments

Lifestyle

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Nigerian Influencers Over Coordinated online Campaign to Obstruct Justice’

Twitter has suspended the accounts of some Nigerian influencers for breaking the platform's rules. According to SaharaReporters,  they were suspended because of their tweets to free a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab pictured above, who has been in detention in Cape Verde for months. The suspended accounts include:  @Danny, @Tife, @Volqx, @Lamar, @Pamilerin, @Four eyed Edo Boy, @Biisi, @Mbah, @Alex_Houseof308, @Dasucre, @Mbahdeyforyou, @ogaKnowledge, @AimThaMachine_, @FestusGreen and @CO_Chiamaka. "Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules," the profile pages of the suspended accounts showed. Many other accounts outside Nigeria were also suspended indefinitely for allegedly involving in a coordinated online campaign to obstruct justice. During a fuel stop a...

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3Apr By dthataNo Comments

Business

Shoprite Workers Embark On Protests In Ibadan, Shut Down Company Indefinitely

Shoprite workers at Ring Road branch, Ibadan, on Friday, embarked on another round of protest, shutting down the company indefinitely. The workers, under the aegis of National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), vowed that the company would remain shut until management acceded to their demands. The chairman, NUSDE, Shoprite branch, Mr Williams Peter, said the union was using the Easter period to press home its demands since dialogue had failed. He stated that all Shoprite stores had been shut down nationwide because the negotiation between the union and the management had been deadlocked. Peter attributed the indefinite strike to the alleged refusal of the management to meet up with the demands of the union. He said that although the planned transfer of Sho...

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26Mar By MosesianNo Comments

News

American Nurse Released From Police Custody after Suing Lagos Police Commissioner

  American nurse, Kari-Ann O’Rourke has been released from police custody after spending 44 days in detention. LIB reported earlier that Kari-Ann R’ouke filed a lawsuit against the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Adegoke Fayoade over her ‘unlawful and indefinite’ detention. The nurse in the lawsuit filed before the federal high court in Lagos through her counsel Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, disclosed that she was arrested on February 9 and has been detained indefinitely over the death of her partner. Her lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa told newsmen that she was released on Wednesday March 24. He also disclosed that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) i...

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15Feb By MosesianNo Comments

News

Ibadan crisis: Hoodlums took advantage of cobblers death to burn shops, houses in Shasha market – Eyewitness

Traders, shop owners, landlords and other persons with property in and around Shasha market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital have started to count their losses. An investigation carried out by DAILY POST in the market on Saturday and Sunday, confirmed that property among which are shops, houses and cars worth over fifty million Naira (N50,000,000.00) was destroyed between Friday and Sunday in the market. About five lives were reportedly lost as a result of the clash that erupted in the market on Friday. Our correspondent reports that Shasha market is located in Akinyele local government area, one of the eleven local governments that make up Ibadan. It was, however, noticed that the market has become a ghost of itself since Friday when the crisis erupted in the market. DA...

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8Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Trump Suspended Indefinitely From Snapchat

Snapchat suspended President Trump’s account indefinitely on Wednesday after the riots at the Capitol that left four dead and many injured. "We can confirm that earlier on Wednesday we locked President Trump's Snapchat account," a Snapchat spokesperson told The Hill. The spokesperson said the company is concerned about the rhetoric coming from Trump and the attacks on Democratic institutions. This isn’t the first time Snapchat has stood against the president; the social media platform took Trump off its Discover feature back in June. “We are not currently promoting the President’s content on Snapchat’s Discover platform. We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover," Snapchat said in a statement back in June as ...

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7Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Facebook, Instagram Extend Donald Trump’s Ban Indefinitely

The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect -- and likely their intent -- would be to provoke further violence. Following the certification of the election results by Congress, the priority for the whole country must now be to ensure that the remaining 13 days and the days after inauguration pass peacefully and in accordance with established democratic...

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20Oct By dthataNo Comments

Education

EndSARS: Lagos Closes All Schools Indefinitely

The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti- SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive today, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools is paramount at this critical period. She however advised parents to keep an eye on their wards and not allow them to be used as willing tools in the hands of those who might want to hijack the protests to unleash mayhem on the society. The Commissioner also encouraged schools to utilize other means of distance teaching and learning i.e radio, television and online media as they have been doing during and post the recent COVID-19 lockdown.According to Ade...

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14Jul By BobbyNo Comments

News

Governor Umahi Suspends Ebonyi Auditors-General Indefinitely

Ebonyi state's auditor-general, Innocent Nweda and the Auditor General for local government in the state, George Ukpai have been suspended indefinitely by Governor David Umahi. Secretary to the State Government(SSG) Kenneth Ugbala who made the announcement, said the auditors were suspended for failing to carry out their duties. They were accused of failing to prepare and produce the annual audited accounts of the State and Local government. While Nweda was asked to hand over to the next most senior officer in rank, Governor Umahi asked Dr U. A. Udu to take over as Acting Auditor General for local government until further notice.  

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16May By dthataNo Comments

News

Imo Journalist, Vivian Ottih Suspended Indefinitely For Requesting Salary On Facebook

A journalist with the Imo State government, South-East Nigeria, has been suspended indefinitely from her job for taking to Facebook to request her three months unpaid salary and the wages of her co-workers. Officials said the Facebook post was an “embarrassment” to the Imo State government. The suspended journalist, Vivian Ottih, is a lawyer and a senior editor with the government-owned IBC Orient FM radio station. She is the chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), in Imo State. Mrs Ottih, on May 4, posted a message on Facebook, appealing to Governor Hope Uzodinma’s media aide, Modestus Nwamkpa, to make a case to the governor on behalf of the workers in the government-owned radio and television stations who were yet to get their February, March,...

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12May By dthataNo Comments

News

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey Says Employees Can Work From Home Indefinitely

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that his employees can work from home for as long as they want, even after the coronavirus pandemic. Dorsey, on Tuesday, told his employees that many of them will be allowed to work from home in perpetuity, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends, according to a company spokesperson. “Opening offices will be our decision,” the spokesperson said. “When and if our employees come back, will be theirs.” According to an email obtained by us, Dorsey said it was unlikely that Twitter would open its offices before September and that all in-person events would be cancelled for the remainder of the year. The company will assess its plans for 2021 events later this year. “We were uniquely positioned to respond quickly and allow folks to work f...

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25Apr By dthataNo Comments

Health

Kano COVID-19 Testing Centre Closed Indefinitely For Fumigation After Staff Test Positive

The head of COVID-19 testing centre in Kano, Nasiru Magaji, on Saturday said there is no definite date for resuming the test in Kano. He told PREMIUM TIMES that although the laboratory was opened on Friday, they are yet to commence treating samples. “We have opened the lab since yesterday (Friday), but you can’t run samples just like that when you open the lab. You have to do a lot of things. So, we are doing those things up (till) now,” he said. Commenting on when they would resume testing, Mr Magaji said, “We don’t know until we finish everything. In a lab like that, you have to do all the safety procedures before you start exposing yourself. PREMIUM TIMES, on Wednesday, reported how a member of Kano Task Force on COVID-19, Isa Abubakar, said the Nigeria Centre for Diseas...

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21Apr By dthataNo Comments

Education, News

Covid-19: FG Postpones WAEC, NECO Exams Indefinitely

The Federal Government has announced the indefinite postponement of this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council because of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Both examinations were slated for May and June 2020. The minister said that 15 states had already commenced electronic learning for pupils on their local television and radio channels following the stay-at-home orders of the federal and several state governments. Nwajiuba appealed to parents to cooperate with the government to ensure that their children were made available to learn at the designated hours and ch...

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24Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

COVID-19: FG Closes All Land Borders, Suspends FEC Meetings Indefinitely

The Federal Government has announced the closure of all land borders for four weeks as a measure to check the spread of coronavirus. The weekly federal executive council has also been suspended “until further notice”. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation and chairman of presidential task force on COVID-19, announced this on Monday evening. He said the council of state meeting earlier scheduled for Thursday has also been postponed. “​Ladies and gentlemen, after a further review, Mr. President on the recommendation of Presidential Task Force (PTF) has approved the following additional measures: Suspension of the weekly FEC meetings until further notice; postponement of the meeting of the Council of State ​​​scheduled for Thursday 26th March, 2020; “...

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23Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

National Mosque Abuja Suspends Daily, Friday Prayers Indefinitely

Authorities of the National Mosque, Abuja have announced the suspension of the five daily and Juma’at prayers as part of measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. In a statement on Monday, the management of the mosque said with effect from March 23rd, not only prayers, the open space markets and restaurants attached to the mosque are also to be closed. “In view of the current health issue, COVIC-19 crisis, the National Mosque management has decided to suspend the five day congregational and Jumu’ah prayers, gatherings and other activities in the mosques and its environs. Open space markets and restaurants attached to the mosque are also to be closed. While praying that Allah (SWT) to protect us from this pandemic and guide us aright, we kindly solici...

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23Mar By BobbyNo Comments

Education

ASUU Begin Strike Indefinitely

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared an indefinite strike beginning from today Monday March 23rd. The union's president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who announced this at a press conference at its National Secretariat Abuja, said the strike is over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement. He noted that the government failed to address the issues raised. Recall that ASUU had on Monday, March 9, 2020, declared a two-week warning strike.

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19Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Coronavirus: Benue State Government Shut Down Schools Indefinitely

In a bid to discourage the possible contamination of the dreaded Coronavirus among residents in the state, the Benue state government has announced the closure of all schools operating in the state indefinitely, as from Friday March 27, 2020. Taking to its official twitter handle, the state Government wrote;  ''SCHOOLS TO CLOSE INDEFINITE All Schools in Benue State, starting from Basic Education, Secondary and Tertiary Institutions are to close down on 27/03/2020~ Prof. Dennis Ityavyar.''

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31Jul By dthataNo Comments

Education

Federal University Wukari Closes Down Indefinitely

There was a fracas today in Wukari, Taraba state Nigeria, over the killing of 2 People of the Tiv native. Reports says that 2 people were allegedly kidnapped and killed yesterday, which led to students of The Federal University Wukari, embarking on a protest as early as 6am, which later turned violent as guns were fired into the air, and the school was forced to shutdown and students advised to leave the hostels or the school will be forced to make them leave. Not too long, a truck came in to vacate only the Tiv students of the institution as others were left to their fate, the school has closed down indefinitely. It will be recalled that there have been incessant clashes between the Tivs, Jukuns and the Fulanis in state. See video below

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19Jun By dthataNo Comments

Education

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Shut Down Indefinitely

The management of the Ondo state-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, has announced the shut down of institution indefinitely. The sealing of the institution was announced in a statement on Tuesday issued by Sule Atiku, acting registrar of the school. Atiku said the closure was to forestall a breakdown of law and order in the institution. The statement reads, "On behalf of the Governing Council/Management, i have the mandate to announce to the general public that the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo is hereby closed down until further notice. "In view of this development, I wish to intimate that all the students of the institution are hereby advised to vacate the institution not less later than 3 pm today, Tuesday 18th June 2019. "This closure has become imperative in order for ...

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1Apr By dthataNo Comments

Sport

Kash Ali Loses Boxing License Indefinitely After Biting Opponent

Heavyweight Boxer Kash Ali has had his boxing license suspended for biting David Price during their bout. Price was left with thick, red markings on his stomach after the 27-year-old bit him in the shocking incident. Price could be heard shouting 'he's Biting me' to the referee, Mark Lyson, who disqualified Ali. The savage nature of the assault was illustrated by the clear teeth imprints on Price's stomach, despite Ali wearing a gumshield. The British Boxing Board of Control has now summoned Ali to appear before the Central Area Council this month where his licence has now be suspended. Video Below....

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21Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Adamawa Supplementary Elections Postponed Indefinitely – INEC

The supplementary election scheduled for Saturday, March 23, in Adamawa State has been postponed indefinitely, we can authoritatively report. Findings showed that this is as a result of a suit filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by one Mustafa Shaba, the governorship candidate of the Movement for Restoration and Defence for Democracy (MRDD). It was previously reported that Shaba sued the commission over the omission of his party's logo on the electoral materials used for the March 9 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. The Resident Electorate Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Kassiam Gaidam, had initially cited section 87 sub-section 10 of the electoral act, saying, “going by the electoral act, even court orders can...

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24Jan By BobbyNo Comments

Sport

Search For Emiliano Sala’s Missing Plane Called Off

Search for Cardiff City record signing Emiliano Sala’s missing plane has been called off, authorities have confirmed. The aircraft carrying the striker from Nantes disappeared on Monday, losing contact with air traffic control near Casquets lighthouse – around eight miles north west of Guernsey in the English Channel. The search was called off this afternoon after officials felt they had exhausted their options. A statement from Harbour Master Captain David Barker, released by Guernsey Police, reads: “My team have just met to review the search and rescue operation which has been underway since the plane disappeared on Monday night. “Despite the best efforts of air and search assets from the Channel Islands, UK and France, which has covered an area of approximately 1,700sq. mil...

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13Jun By Czar Owolabi Marcus2 Comments

Sport

Sunshine Stars Banished To Ijebu-Ode Indefinitely

Akure-based NPFL side Sunshine Stars have been ordered by the League Management Company (LMC) to play its home matches at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode while its goalkeeper, David Ariyo, bagged a 12-match suspension. These decisions including a total fine of N1m for various other rule breaches by the club were reached by the LMC in review of events of Match Day 23 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in Akure. The home matches will be played behind closed doors until the LMC is satisfied that the club can guaranty security at its games and also control the unruly supporters. The LMC further warned the club that should there be similar breaches or disturbances, the suspended three points deduction will be implemented. Sunshine Stars were also charged fo...

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17Mar By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Magu Can Serve Indefinitely, Presidential Committee Tells Buhari

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to remove the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Mr . Ibrahim Magu, whose confirmation was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. The committee further stated that Magu could continue in acting capacity indefinitely . It was learnt that the committee had resolved to communicate its resolution to the President in writing . The Chairman of the PACAC , Prof . Itse Sagay (SAN ), told The PUNCH that the resolution was unanimous and that members were of the view that removing Magu would negatively affect the war against corruption . He said, “ I had a telephone conference with all members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption and we unanim...

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