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The social media space in Nigeria has continued to have the ‘Pantami Must Go’ discussion as one of its key trends in recent times. This is so as more evidences emerge in justification of the alleged link of Nigeria’s Communications minister, Dr. Isa Pantami to terrorism. The latest calls were triggered by a publication on Nairaland.com, which recently surfaced online detailing the minutes of a meeting allegedly chaired by Pantami in 2010, and organized to control the spread of Christianity in the North. The publication was titled “Minutes of a Joint Meeting of the JNI of Four States C...

Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, was again embroiled in religious controversies on Wednesday following violent clashes between Christians and Muslims over the use of Hijabs in Government Secondary Schools. The violence was said to have erupted after school officials at Baptist School, Surulere, barred female students wearing Hijab from entering the school. The decision to deny Muslim students access into the school premises caused the pandemonium which led to violent face-offs. The development had since sparked debates among social media users, as many Nigerians queried the state government�...

The shouting match between the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike following the latter’s corruption allegation against Amaechi got tougher on Thursday. Wike had accused the Minister, who is his predecessor, of failing to account for an alleged $308m accrued from the sale of state-owned power plants and other critical assets during his tenure. Amaechi, responding to the allegation, said Wike must have spoken under the influence of alcohol, adding that the governor was once a staff of his and that he (Amaechi) could therefore not condescend to tr...

Nigerians on social media on Saturday reacted massively to the report that Benin Republic is willing to cease from being a country and becoming Nigeria’s 37th state. Many users received with shock, the revelation which came by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. Onyeama stated this after a closed-door meeting with the Beninoise Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Aurélien Agbenonci, where Aurélien stated that the Beninoise President, Patrice Guillaume Talon, had earlier made the offer to President Muhammadu Buhari. “The President of Benin Republic said as...

Garba warned that Nigeria’s greatest undoing would be allowing the northern region secede the country. He went on to state that the North was not afraid of a break-up of Nigeria since it was blessed with all mineral and natural resources. “I don’t know what the so called secessionist guys are playing at, their hatred towards the Fulanis and everything north can be their greatest undoing once we pullout of the union called Nigeria,” Garba tweeted “The north is the single largest supplier of all raw materials in Nigerian industries, from food through agriculture and cloths to shelter ...