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FG Fines Facebook, WhatsApp $220m For Violating Consumer, Data Laws The Federal Government has fined Meta Platforms $220 million after investigations showed data-sharing on its Facebook and WhatsApp platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws. Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, said this on Friday. He said Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance, and meted out discriminatory and disparate treatment on Nigerians, compared with other jurisdictions with similar regulations. Meta did not immediately comment, but the FCCPC…

Northern Group Backs Peter Obi for 2027 Presidency, Announces Plan for Wide Mobilization The Arewa Indigenous Obidients Forum, a political group in Northern Nigeria, has thrown its support behind Peter Obi for the 2027 presidential election. The group is pushing for a wide-reaching alliance to create a strong foundation for a better future in Nigeria. At a recent press conference in Kano, the Forum’s Coordinator, Engineer Alkassim Awwal, expressed the group’s firm belief that Peter Obi, with divine intervention, will emerge as Nigeria’s next president in 2027. According to Awwal, the Forum has a clear vision and dedicated plan to…

Ali Ndume Rejects Akpabio’s Appointment, Speaks On Resigning From APC Borno South Lawmaker, Ali Ndume has rejected his appointment as chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism. Ndume revealed that he lacks the experience and exposure to lead such a sensitive group. This is coming days after he was sacked as Chief Whip of the Senate. Breaking silence on his removal, Ndume said he his comments did not warrant the sack. Ndume was removed as the senate chief whip after his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu government’s handling of the nation. He said this in his country home of…

Court Remands Fake Lawyer Handling Mürdër Case In Umuahia ABIA State A magistrate court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has ordered the remand of a suspected fake lawyer identified as Kenneth Nwuke at the Umuahia correctional centre. The suspected fake lawyer was arrested by the police following a tip-off while he posed as a lawyer representing a client in a murder case at the Zone 9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia. Vanguard gathered that the suspected fake lawyer claimed that he was handed over a power of attorney by the father of the deceased to represent him in the murder case pending…

I Hope Peter Obi Doesn’t Contest Next Presidential Election, His Team Is Incompetent To Lead Nigeria —Wole Soyinka The literary icon further accused Obi of controlling the online trolls responsible for the insults directed at him and other prominent figures who raised critical questions about the party’s campaign during the electioneering period. Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said he hopes Peter Obi, a former Labour Party presidential candidate, will not contest the next election. Soyinka said this in a recent interview with Noble Nigeria, arguing that the actions of the Labour Party leadership in the last election showed that…

Ndume: Very Sad, Unfortunate. So Tinubu Can’t Be Criticized, Advised By Ranking Senator -Dele Momodu Dele Momodu, a former presidential contender and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken to social media to voice his disappointment at Senator Ali Ndume’s dismissal as Senate Chief Whip. Debate has erupted over the National Assembly’s decision, which came about as a result of a protest from the National Headquarters of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Momodu expressed doubts about the National Assembly’s conduct, questioning if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is exempt from ranking senators’ criticism and counsel. He conveyed his dismay…

JAMB Approves Cut-Off Mark For Admission Into Varsity, Polytechnic The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 as minimum admissible scores for 2024 admissions into universities across the country. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this after the deliberations by stakeholders at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions. The meeting held in Abuja, on Thursday. Oloyede said 100 had been approved as minimum admissible scores into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The registrar explained that the aforementioned points were the minimum, but that did not mean that institutions must comply with it.…

Minister Bows To Pressure, Accepts 16 Years As Admission Age For 2024 Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has waved the 18 years benchmark for admission into tertiary institutions. At an ongoing policy meeting organised by the Joint Admission Matriculations Board (JAMB) in Abuja, Mamman had announced that only applicants who were 18 years and above were eligible for admission. This had sparked a controversy as stakeholders across tertiary institutions in the country, kicked against what the minister said. Immediately after Mamman made the utterance, the hall erupted in rowdiness. In a move to calm frayed nerves, the Minister had…

Why Labour accepted N70,000 minimum wage offered by Nigerian Govt Leaders of the organised labour, including the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have confirmed their acceptance of the N70,000 minimum wage offered by the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government. Speaking after a crucial meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC, announced the unions’ decision to accept the offer. Flanked by Comrade Festus Usifo, President of the TUC, and other representatives of Nigerian workers, Ajaero pointed out that the unions agreed to the offer due to the additional incentives attached.…

Policeman K!lled As Gümên Attãçk Shaibu, Okpebholo’s Convoy In Benin A police officer identified as Okon, attached to the All Progressives Congress candidate in the September 21 governorship election, Monday Okpebholo, was killed after mobs attacked the convoy of his principal and that of reinstated deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, in Benin on Thursday after leaving the Benin Airport. Shaibu, who was impeached by the State House of Assembly on April 8, but was reinstated on Wednesday after Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Abuja High Court ruled that he was unjustly impeached. Shaibu and Okpebholo arrived at the…