LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he is not aware of the suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). On May 5, President Muhammadu Buhari approved Usman’s suspension following a recommendation by Amaechi. After Usman’s suspension, Amaechi inaugurated an 11-member investigative panel to probe NPA over all contracts awarded…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos-based entrepreneur Ogechi Egemonu was selling more than 500,000 naira ($1,219) worth of watches, shoes and handbags on Twitter per week. Now, with the site suspended by the Nigerian government, Egemonu does not know how she will cope. “Social media is where I eat,” she told Reuters. “I depend on social media…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mary Leonard, Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, on Monday, confirmed that Nigeria is in discussion with Twitter over suspension of its operations in Nigeria. Leonard said this during a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, ambassadors and representatives of the United States, the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers,GOCOP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his government’s decision to suspend Twitter in Nigeria. GOCOP made this call in a statement signed by its President, Mr Dotun Oladipo and General Secretary, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni on Monday. According to GOCOP, the suspension of Twitter…