WE WILL CONTINUALLY ADDRESS FLOODING ISSUES FRONTALLY – LAGOS GOVT
The Lagos State Government on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to address frontally the menace of flooding by restoring the drainage Right of Ways and putting...
JOHANNESBURG COURT ORDERS IPID REPORT ON NIGERIAN MAN’S ALLEGED TORTURE, DISAPPEARANCE DURING TV RAID
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Johannesburg High Court has ordered the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to deliver a comprehensive report detailing the alleged...
CBN CLARIFIES NRBVN FEES, SAYS BVN ENROLMENT IN NIGERIA REMAINS FREE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked circulating claims suggesting the introduction of new or excessive charges on Bank...
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURGES IN MAY, BOOSTING HOPES OF ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
By Aishat Momoh. O. Germany’s industrial sector delivered a welcome surprise in May, with production rising sharply despite ongoing trade tensions with the United...
AUCHI POLYTECHNIC SUG CONDEMNS VIOLENT ATTACK DURING STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTION, CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION, POSSIBLE ONLINE VOTING
By Aishat Momoh. O. The President of the Student Union Government (SUG) at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Arua Onyedikachi, has strongly condemned the violent...
DOZENS MISSING, 78 DEAD IN TEXAS FLASH FLOODS AS RESCUERS RACE AGAINST TIME
Agency Report Rescuers in central Texas were racing against time on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people, including children, after devastating flash floods killed...
SENATE AWAITS CTC OF COURT JUDGMENT NULLIFYING NATASHA’S SUSPENSION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Senate has acknowledged the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which nullified the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha...
TESLA STOCK DROPS 3% FOLLOWING MUSK’S DECLARATION OF POLITICAL AMBITION
By: Muftau Fatimo Musk's conflict with President Donald Trump has escalated further since his announcement. According to Reuters, Tesla's stock dropped more than 3% in Frankfurt, indicating that it will continue to drop once premarket trading resumes after the three-day Independence Day weekend. Wedbush veteran tech analyst Dan Ives told Reuters that Musk was Tesla's "greatest asset" and that the company's stock would probably suffer if he decided to get more involved in politics. Ives wrote in a letter on Sunday that Tesla needs Musk as its CEO and its greatest asset and that the company should avoid going down the political path once more while also alienating Trump. Given the political nature of this endeavor, we would not be surprised if the Tesla board became involved at some point, depending on how far Musk takes it.
TRUMP’S PROPOSED ADDITIONAL 10% TARIFF AGAINST THE BRICS PUT NIGERIA AT RISK.
By: Muftau Fatimo Following the 16th BRICS Summit in October 2024, Nigeria was officially accepted as the ninth BRICS partner nation in January 2025. Nigeria’s ‘struggling’ economy is set to face a further slump if the United States President, Donald Trump, follows through with his threat to levy an additional trade penalty on countries joining with BRICS. When the pioneering countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa united under an unofficial umbrella of emerging economies, the term "BRICS" was created. Additionally, it included six coalition members, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Indonesia, which joined in 2024. Trump attacked the 11 BRICS countries on Sunday, threatening to levy an additional 10% tariff on the alliance, which consists of China, India, Russia, and Brazil. "Any country that supports the BRICS' anti-American policy will be subject to an additional 10% tariff." This policy will not be exempted," Trump stated on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. One of the nations joining BRICS is Nigeria. Following the 16th BRICS Summit in October 2024, Nigeria was officially accepted as the ninth BRICS partner nation in January 2025. On Saturday, President Bola Tinubu landed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 17th BRICS meeting. Nigeria's status as a "partner country," a membership category below full status, is the reason President Tinubu is attending the summit at the invitation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil. Nigeria can contribute to talks and formal documents at BRICS summits, meetings, and initiatives as a partner nation. Its prior guest status, which the nation had enjoyed for many years, has been upgraded to partner status.
FG FINES MULTICHOICE N766 MILLION FOR PRIVACY VIOLATION
By: Muftau Fatimo Multichoice Nigeria has been fined ₦766,242,500 by the Federal Government through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission for violating the Nigeria Data Protection Act. In a statement released on Sunday by Babatunde Bamigboye, NDPC's Head of Legal, Enforcement, and Regulations, the commission mentioned illegal cross-border transfers of citizen data as well as breaches of subscribers' privacy rights. The censure came after an investigation into the company's invasive data processing practices was started in the second quarter of 2024. "Multichoice's extensive data processing is blatantly unfair, needless, disproportionate, and intrusive. Section 37 of the Federal Republic of...
