“The Muslim Ummah in Jos have solemnly resolved to fight the governor” – Pantami When it rains it pours, document detailing how Nigeria communications and digital minister Isa Pantami and Muslim leaders of northern extraction conspired to violently wipe away Christians from northern parts of Nigeria has surfaced. The document surfaced amid strident and continuous … Read more
Yakowa was the first Christian governor of Kaduna, which is divided between Muslim and Christians As communication minister Isa Pantami struggles to shrug off the spectre of religious extremism that’s now gravely dented his image, another startling and damning revelation has come to public knowledge that further substantiates a widely held notion by preponderance of … Read more
The former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, says the United States has started gathering information on the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Amachree further stated that the minister must have been confirmed by the National Assembly due to a lot of factors, including federal character … Read more
The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that there are no repentant terrorists. Kanu further alleged that terrorism remains a religious duty for every Muslim that believes in the holy war, Jihad. The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that there are no … Read more
“I’m not going to go into the issue of whether government is comfortable or not“ Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the subject of Pantami’s views on terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban was not broached at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. The FEC held its 42nd virtual meeting on Wednesday presided … Read more
Pantami doesn’t qualify to head the communications ministry – Minority leader Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber, house of representatives, on Wednesday shut down a motion demanding the immediate resignation of troubled Isa Pantami. The communications minister has been in the eye of the storm over his remarks extolling the vicious and abominable … Read more
Pantami lacked the prerequisite to oversee the ministry of communications Ndudi Elumelu, minority leader of the house of representatives, says Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, public espousal of violent Jihadi has rendered his position as a high-ranking serving cabinet member untenable. Ekohotblog reports Elumelu, while moving a point of order during Wednesday’s … Read more
“I don’t understand why any reasonable government will allow such a person to be in the cabinet,” Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says no serious country and reasonable government will allow Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, in its cabinet In videos from the 2000s, Pantami, who is a known Islamic scholar, said … Read more
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has placed a curse on the convener of human rights group, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, for asking the United States to place him on terrorism watch list. While commenting on the letter via his verified Facebook page, Pantami wrote in Hausa, “Allah ya tsine masa … Read more
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has on Monday acknowledged a letter to place the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on a terrorist watch list over his alleged affiliations with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. In an update shared by the Co-covener of Concerned Nigerians on his verified Twitter handle, @adeyanjudeji, the letter … Read more
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, has renounced some controversial comments on Al Qaeda and the Taliban. While answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday, Pantami said he now knows better about some of the comments he made in the past. The Minister of … Read more
A cross-section of Nigerians has called for the resignation of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The aggrieved Twitter users alleged that Pantami cannot be trusted with the data of Nigerians, especially with the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity … Read more
The lawyers described the report as a “false, malicious, misleading and degrading narrative Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has threatened to institute a legal action against the publishers of Daily Independent newspaper over a report alleging that he associates with Boko Haram. The minister’s action is sequel to the publication of an … Read more
Reports had emerged on Sunday that Pantami had been placed on the list over alleged ties with Boko Haram leader. Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, on Monday, denied reports that the United States government has placed Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami on terror watch-list. The report claimed that … Read more
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, on Monday, lost his 13-year-old daughter, Aishah Isa Ali. Announcing the sad incident via his official Twitter account @DrIsaPantami, the minister stated that the funeral prayer for the deceased will be conducted in Abuja on Tuesday at Annur Masjeed, Wuse 2. The post by the … Read more
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), led by Abike Dabiri-Erewa says it has put the past behind it over the office saga between the commission and minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. The commission was reacting to a statement from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) absolving the minister of forceful eviction … Read more