LAI MOHAMMED: SUSPENDING TWITTER WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DECISIONS I MADE AS A MINISTER. (PHOTO).
LAI MOHAMMED: SUSPENDING TWITTER WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DECISIONS I MADE AS A MINISTER Lai Mohammed, former minister of information and culture, says the suspension of microblogging and social networking platform Twitter, now known as X, was one of the toughest decisions he took while in office. In June 2021, the federal government announced the “indefinite” suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. However, in his new book “Headlines & Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined An Administration”, launched in Abuja on Wednesday, the former minister offered insights into how the decision to suspend the platform was taken. In chapter 14 of the 601-page book, Mohammed cited two reasons why shutting down Twitter at the time was a tough decision for him.
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected ATM robber,Gbenga Babatunde,35,after a failed attempt to rob a lady who had withdrew an unspecified amount of money at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market around 5:48am.The suspect,who had a cut-to-size locally made short gun with two life cartridges on him,was chased and arrested by the RRS operatives patrolling the area,after been contacted by the would-be-victim who had escaped from the robbery attempt.In his confessional statement,Babatunde claimed that he and his accomplice-one Samson Baba Ramadan,28,who had escaped after the botched operation-had in the past robbed about 35 ATM users in Alaba Rago Market,Ojo area of Lagos before his arrest.According to him,''I was introduced to the crime by my colleague,Samson Baba Ramadan,who I met at Field Joint,Alaba two years ago and since,we have been working together as a team.We have robbed about 35 people together.We would have gotten to the ATM point by 4:00am and then hide inside the shop beside the ATM point.As soon as the with-drawer collects the money,we will accost him or her and collect the money and escape.The last money we collected was N40,000.Yesterday,we collected N12,500'' he added.
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