The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) “to urgently investigate allegations that Google, Meta (Facebook), Apple, Microsoft (Bing), X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Amazon, and YouTube are using opaque algorithms and market dominance to undermine Nigerian media, businesses, and citizens’ rights.
After 13 years in hiding, a notorious drug kingpin Reginald Peter Chidiebere has been taken into custody following the seizure of large consignments of cocaine and heroin linked to him by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos. The
No fewer than four persons were killed in a stampede during the distribution of annual Ramadan alms at Kofar-Guga quarters, Katsina, the state’s Police Command has confirmed. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Aliyu Abubakar, described the incident as regrettable. “The Police Command in Katsina regrets to report a
Dr Samuel Nzekwe, a former President of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), has called on Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to further cut the interest rate to attract new investors into the economy. Nzekwe made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday
The Lagos State Government has announced traffic management plans to enable the Federal Ministry of Works, reconstruct a section of the main carriageway between the Super Bus-Stop and the Ilepo Bus-stop. The affected stretch is (Inbound Lagos) along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made
Mr Francis Igwe, father of former Ebonyi Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe, has been kidnapped, police confirmed. SP Joshua Ukandu, Spokesman, Police Command in Ebonyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Sunday that the victim was abducted on Sunday morning. Ukandu said that he was kidnapped on
Security experts have identified injustice and lack of accountability as some of the factors contributing to insecurity in Nigeria. The security experts stated this at the annual Ramadan lecture organised by the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN), Oyo State branch, on Sunday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria
The Federal High Court, Abuja has admitted former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abdulaziz, to N200 million bail on charges bordering on alleged terrorism and illegal possession of firearms. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik granted the bail on Friday while ruling on the application argued by
Police Command in Osun says it has rescued 15 persons suspected to be victims of human trafficking from a three bedroom apartment in Osogbo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victims were suspected to have been trafficked from Togo, Benin Republic and Niger. DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the command’s