•Youth Corpers The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has urged Corps members to exercise caution in their use of social media ahead of the 2027 general elections. He warned them against spreading misinformation, sharing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content, or engag...
As Nigeria joins the world to mark the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, concerns are mounting over the growing use of fake overseas job offers, social media and other digital platforms by criminal syndicates to lure young Nigerians into organised scam compounds across Asia and parts of Africa. Authorities say what was once [&hell...
A Federal High Court in Kano has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Ashiru Idris, to seven years in prison without the option of a fine for advertising and offering cannabis sativa for sale on social media. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said Idris was arrested on April 22, 2026, by operatives of its Kano […]
•Popular social media and messaging apps News consumers around the world are now turning more to social media and video platforms than traditional outlets for information, a respected report said Tuesday, warning that old-style business models are under threat. The year 2026 marks “a significant milestone: for the first time, social media and ...
•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today announced a forthcoming total ban on social media for children under 16, saying that such platforms are “making children unhappy”. Starmer said that the government “will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16”, warning that these platf...
Canada’s culture minister yesterday introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and require AI chatbot services to limit production of harmful content. The proposed “Digital Safety Act” makes Canada the latest in a wave of countries moving to crack down on social media platforms over concerns of ha...
•Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hqtrs, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against increasing promotion of unregistered online investment schemes on social media applications and websites, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, and other digital platforms. A statement by th...
•Julius Abure The Labour Party (LP) has initiated a mechanism likely to culminate in a legal challenge against its former National Chairman, Julius Abure, over his continued misuse of its logo and dormant social media handles, allegedly to misrepresent the party. It was learnt in Abuja today that the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Working C...
•Rabiu Kwankwaso The Kano Peace Coalition Group, has accused the Leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of manipulating youth groups to create uncertainty and chaos in Kano. The State Coordinator of the Group, Datti Datti Tukur, in a release, Tuesday, that the Youth’s who are members of Kwankwasiyya Movement Social Media arm hav...
• Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted. The 41-year-old head of Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — is the most ...
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