LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President of ECOWAS Court Hon. Justice Gberi-bè Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire) on Friday, 9 July, 2021 consolidated Barrister Malcolm Omirhobo’s Suit and three other suits contesting the indefinite suspension Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja equally renewed its interim order barring the Federal Government of…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives, on Thursday, rejected the lifting of Twitter suspension. The rejection came while the House was considering the report of its Committee on the matter. Recall that the House had mandated its Committees on Information, ICT, Intelligence, Justice and Orientation to investigate the circumstances of the suspension by the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice has served hearing notice on the Buhari government in the suit filed by SERAP and 176 Nigerians on the unlawful suspension of Twitter. The suit is fixed for 22 June 2021 for the hearing of application for interim orders, SERAP said on Twitter on Monday night. “Having…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States on Thursday condemned the Nigerian government for suspending Twitter and targeting individuals who use the social media site, including Nigerian broadcasters, and called for the African nation to reverse its decision. “Unduly restricting the ability of Nigerians to report, gather, and disseminate opinions and information has no place in…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer cum human rights activist, Chief Malcom Emokiniovo Omirhobo, has dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari led-government before Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, for banning micro blogging site, Twitter. Omirhobo in a suit dated June 7, 2021 and filed through online same date, asked the court…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammad Buhari has turned down a question on the suspension of operations of the micro blogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria. In a statement last week, Minister of information and Tourism Lai Mohammed had announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. He stated that the government was…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Today, former President Donald Trump issued a statement supporting the Nigerian government’s decision to suspend Twitter activities in the West African country. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,” he said in the statement. The ex-President also encouraged other countries to follow in Nigeria’s…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a moment of anger and lack of critical reflection unbecoming of a democratically elected government, and with complete disregard to our rights, the Buhari Administration on June 4 announced an indefinite ban on the operations of “the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria.” Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant To The…