BY Ayodele Oluwafemi
The reactions to the threat by the office of the attorney-general of the federation to prosecute Twitter ban violators and the legal action instituted by civil society organisations against the ban dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch says the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) warned Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, over the threat to prosecute violators of Twitter ban, including very important personalities (VIPs).
Daily Independent says the World Bank raised Nigeria’s growth forecast to 1.8 percent. The newspaper reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) took the federal government to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court over Twitter ban.
The Nation reports that stakeholders in the manufacturing industry lamented the shortage of power supply to factories and homes. The newspaper says the suspension of Twitter caused a rowdy session in the house of representatives on Tuesday.
Daily Sun says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, are set to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, promised that the Igangan killings will not happen again, the newspaper reports.
The Nigerian Tribune says the house of representatives has moved to probe the legality of the federal government’s ban on Twitter. The newspaper says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 50 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo state.
The Guardian reports that the federal government insisted that the ban on Twitter is indefinite. Farmers in the north-central region of the country said apathy and distrust hampered the anchor borrowers’ programme, the newspaper says.
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