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…