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Most Nigerians who reacted to the move argued that if all things were as they should be, then Nigeria’s population should be enticing enough to have Twitter make the country its African base.

Views: Visits 15 Nigerians have taken to social media to make their opinions known after social networking service, Twitter, decided to make Ghana its African headquarters. Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, revealed on Monday, 12 April, that it had finally set up an office in Africa and it would be in Ghana. He thanked the people and the president of Ghana. “Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and president Nana Akufo-Addo,” he tweeted. Reacting, Ghana’s Presi...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday said an appointment letter circulating on social media allegedly issued to Nigeria President media aide Bashir Ahmad is “fake” and a “handiwork of mischief maker.” “We hereby advise members of the public to disregard the purported letter in its entirety as it is not from DPR,” DPR’s head of public affairs Paul Osu said in a statement. “We wish to reiterate that employment into the Department is carried out in accordance with...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Boko Haram elements from the ISWAP faction, on Friday engaged the Nigerian military in a four-hour battle to take control of Dikwa Local Government Area in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Reports say the gun battle, which started at about 6:00pm, lasted till about 9:30pm with heavy casualty on the side of the insurgents, a member of the civilian joint task force fighting alongside the Nigerian milit...

Prior to the demise of Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s former ambassador to the United States, on December 10, a gap had been created in terms of diplomatic relations between both countries. In July, President Muhammadu Buhari dropped the reappointment of the 85-year-old who was appointed in 2017, thereby raising concerns on who would become the next US ambassador. Advertisement On Tuesday, Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant on digital/new media to Buhari, announced the president’s approval for th...

By Seun Adeuyi & Adejumo Enock The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, (PTF) has raised alarm over recent upsurge in Corona Virus infections, warning that a second lock down may be inescapable if the Nigerians continue to flout all the COVID-19 protocols. PTF stated that in the last two weeks, its surveillance system recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases across the country and warned citizens to observe all stipulated modes of behaviours so as to sustain the gains made so far in Nigeria�...

1 min read By on July 16, 2015 By JUNIOR OTABONO President Muhammadu Buhari  is set to appoint Writer and Social Media expert, Tolu Ogunlesi, as his Special Assistant on New Media. Mr. Ogunlesi who is one of Nigeria’s most active Twitter users was among the foremost youths who supported Buhari’s election in the 2015 general elections. Before his appointment, he was a freelance writer, contributing articles to various publications, mostly abroad. He also syndicated opinion articles in ma...