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The Popular prophet revealed this in a statement by his Media Office on Thursday.

Last week, Mohammed, furious at Twitter’s decision to start its first Africa office in Ghana, decided it was time to level the ragged edges and crush the journalistic snakes and con artists in Nigeria by heaping on them the blame for Twitter’s decision. It was hard for him to swallow.

The ex-DSS Director spoke on Wednesday while featuring on PUNCH Online interview programme: The Roundtable

They were arrested on Wednesday.

The operational licence: RIC 043, was revoked with effect from March 25.

The Forum in a statement on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, Omon Bassey, expressed gratitude to those who made Enyimba’s trip to Libya by chartered flight possible.

This was contained in a statement by MURIC’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Thursday.

The Executive Director of SLRSA, Ibrahim Sannoh, made the call when he led a fact-finding mission to the Federal Road Safety Corps in Abuja on Wednesday.

Speaking on Arise TV programme, leader of the organisation, Ayo Adebanjo, said the 1999 Constitution is skewed to favour a section of the country and was responsible for the agitations for secession by some separatist groups in southern Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had on Wednesday said the planned asylum for IPOB and MASSOB members by the United Kingdom was disrespectful and a sabotage to the fight against terrorism in the country.

“Woke” is derived from African American Vernacular English to describe the first waking to social consciousness. In Nigeria, it is vernacularised as Soro Soke – speak up! Leftist academics, journalists, mass media talking heads, activists and other potential resistors against oppression are all wokerist combatants.

The position of the separatist movement came amid a brewing row between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government over the offer of asylum for members of the IPOB and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

The bill titled “The Electoral Act (amendment) bill, 2021 (SB. 680),” which passed first reading, was sponsored by Senator Ajibola Basiru.

Olonisakin spoke at a special thanksgiving service held in his honour at a Redeemed Christian Church of God in his hometown, Ode Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

The lawmakers while considering the budget of Customs, said that thorough legislative oversight was very necessary on a revenue generating agency like the NCS.

The governor stated this on Wednesday while speaking at the 7th Omi Tuntun Ramadan Public Lecture held at the Government House Arcade, Agodi, Ibadan, noting that his being the governor of the state today is by the grace of God and the efforts of all religions in the state.

Gbajabiamila noted that a policeman, being the face of the law, his appearance in the community must first command respect for him to effectively enforce the law.

Consequently, the House resolved to investigate the issue.

Governor David Umahi announced these developments on Tuesday as part of decisions reached at the State Security Council meeting in Abakaliki.

Two months ago at a press conference to unveil members of the Ministerial Task Force on the DSO, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said the body now has all it needs to complete the programme, which has endured a three-year hiatus on the back of many disruptions and inability to meet two deadlines.