LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has told the ECOWAS court that it lacked the jurisdiction to criminalise the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as the suspension of the operations of Twitter in Nigeria is not a right recognised under any treaty enforceable by the ECOWAS court. The Federal government stated this in a preliminary…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters see him a returning liberation hero, who revived a long-lost dream of African nationhood from his flat in faraway south London. Critics see him as a dangerous insurgent who belongs behind bars. Like him or loathe him, though few would disagree that Nnamdi Kanu has come a long way since his…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has urged the House of Representatives to pass laws regulating internet broadcasting and social media in Nigeria including Twitter which it recently banned in Nigeria. The government also seeks powers for the National Broadcasting Commission to regulate prices, rates and tariffs imposed by satellite and cable television service providers…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friday was exactly a week since the Nigerian government suspended the activities of popular microblogging platform, Twitter, in the country. As the suspension got into the second week, the federal government is yet to release conditions for the reversal of the indefinite suspension but claims to be in talks with the social…
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 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s government announced on Friday that it was suspending Twitter “indefinitely” after the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Tweet, which violated Twitter’s “abusive behaviour” policy. Since the ban, users have been on the lookout for ways to access the social media platform through the use of a VPN. The volume of online…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohamed says Twitter is showing little enthusiasm toward the dialogue it initiated to resolve issues leading to the suspension of its operations. The minister said this on Friday when he featured on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme “Good Morning Nigeria’’ monitored by the…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says its directive that Over the Top (OTT) and social media platforms operating in the country must register and obtain license to operate is in conformity with global trend. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Friday when he featured on Nigerian Television Authority…