•Oloyede The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has called for ruthless sanctions against social media abusers to serve as deterrent. Oloyede also submitted that Nigeria does not need a new law to tackle social media abuse as there are relevant laws to address the challenges, reports Daily Tru...
•Signs of social unrest The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya risk social unrest owing to the rising prices of fuel and other commodities. The AfDB gave the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 wherein it projected the continent’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 [&h...
•PPRO Josephine Adeh As the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Complaint Response Unit has over a long time continued to receive complaints from married people over the divulging of private issues on social media, the FCT Police Command has cautioned couples to stop the trend. The Command cautioned couples to keep details of their marriage...
•IGP Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force has said that crowdfunding for kidnap ransom on social media is an illegal and punishable offense. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this yesterday while speaking on Channels TV. Adejobi said such actions demoralise police personnel, stressing that paying a ransom is criminal ...
•Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman The decision by Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to two sources, is the latest in a series of reforms aimed at projecting a more open, moderate image. Here are five other headline-grabbing changes implemented in recent years under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, wh...
•Inibehe Effiong A legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong has urged the federal government to scrap the N-Power and other social intervention programmes under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Effiong made this call in a television interview today. Recall that there has been controversy surrounding embattled minister B...
•Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has lamented over the sorry state the social media has fallen into in recent times. According to him, the social media space has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by people he described as “barbarians”. The literary icon made the assertion while speaking [&hel...
•Bwala with Tinubu A presidential campaign spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 elections, Daniel Bwala, yesterday, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents after closed-door talks, he declared his availability to work with the President Tinubu-led administration, repor...
•Late Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu The traditional council of chiefs in Seimbiri Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has declared a mourning period for the next three months in honour of the departed king, Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu (JP), OFR. During the mourning period which would commence on January 5, 2024, there will be no [&helli...
•Betta Edu The Minster for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has reacted to an alleged diversion of N3 billion from the account of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) which is under her ministry, describing it as spurious. The Minister, in a statement titled, ‘Re-Betta Edu Fingered In N3bn NSIPA Fraud...