Italy’s competition authority on Thursday fined TikTok €10m (nearly $11 million), saying the hugely popular video app had failed to sufficiently protect minors. “The company has failed to implement appropriate mechanisms to monitor content published on the platform, particularly those that may threaten the safety of minors and vulnerable individuals,” the AGCM watchdog said in…
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has provided an insight into how members of the National Assembly manipulate Nigeria’s budgets. Recall that the Senate has been enmeshed in a padding scandal following allegations by now-suspended Bauchi Central lawmaker Abdul Ningi that the sum of N3.7 trillion in the budget was not tied to any project….
Terrorists on Tuesday night, launched another attack on Banono Angwaku community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing one Christopher Zamani, injuring another person, and abducting eight persons. The eight victims were identified as Kauna Fidelis, Tina Bulus, Alice Joshua, Sarah Micah, Janet Amos, Martha Peter, Rita Joefrey and Favour Ado. A resident…
Nollywood sensation, Daniel Etim-Effiong and his wife have announced the birth of their newborn on Thursday. Etim-Effiong made this known on his Instagram account with a picture of him, his wife and their daughter. He wrote “She’s here our song! Our love-gift! Our evidence!! Another arrow in our quiver to the glory of GOD!! “Thank…
A union called on all journalists in Portugal to join a one-day strike on Thursday over low wages and job insecurity, the first stoppage of its kind in 42 years. The action came after Portugal’s leading media group, Global Media, announced a redundancy plan this week targeting 20 employees, including 10 journalists, due to a…
The 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League saw three teams from Spain, two from both England and Germany, and one from France successfully secured their spots in the last eight of the tournament. The UCL quarter-finalists draw is scheduled for Friday, March 15, 2024 (tomorrow) at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, at 11am UK time. Here…
A 17-year-old boy, Ojibe Chukwueze, was reportedly found dead after being alleged of stealing N100,000 from his boss in the Abijo area of the Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Monday. A source privy to the incident on Wednesday disclosed that the body of the late Chukwueze was found by the roadside by…
The Kano State Hisbah Board on Tuesday, nabbed 11 people who violated the Ramadan fast by eating during the day. The board’s Public Relations Officer, Lawal Ibrahim, said the persons were arrested during the annual Ramadan enforcement operations, which included searches of eateries and markets. Ibrahim said the arrests were made across the city, particularly…
A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, dissolved the 14-year-old marriage between one John Akinwumi, a commercial driver, and his estranged wife, Toyin. Akinwumi had pleaded with the court to put an end to his 14-year-old marriage with Toyin on grounds of alleged constant domestic violence and spiritual incompatibility. He told the…
••• Court cautions Nigerians A Lagos Federal High Court has sentenced one Fabian John Itafor, for hawking the Nigerian currency. Itafor was handed three months of community service by Justice Kehinde Olayiwola Ogundare after he pleaded guilty to a count-charge slapped on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convict, according to…
