The Nigeria Army has admitted one of its soldiers killed Ismail Mohammed, a 16-year-old boy, in Zaria during the #EndBadGovernance protest. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army Public Relations director, shared this in a statement on Wednesday after social media videos showed Mohammed’s body next to a parked military van. The army stated that its troops “received…
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide address on Sunday, saying it failed to address the government’s violent crackdown on #EndBadGovernance protesters. In a statement, Soyinka expressed disappointment and concern over the government’s use of live bullets and excessive force against peaceful demonstrators, likening it to colonial-era repression. He urged…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denounced a controversial post by @Lagospedia on X (formerly Twitter) calling for the expulsion of Igbo people from Lagos and the South-West. The post, which went viral on July 27, 2024, announced a planned #IgboMustGo protest from August 20 to 30, 2024, sparking widespread outrage on social media. The…
One week ago, Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) imposed a $220 million fine on WhatsApp for a data privacy breach. Now, sources close to the situation indicate that Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, is contemplating the withdrawal of certain services from Nigeria. Alongside the substantial fine, the FCCPC has directed WhatsApp to…
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), on Thursday, did not oppose the recent price hike on tariffs and cost of products and services by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the owners of Dstv and Gotv. FCCPC made this known through its lawyer, Nikiomari Abeke, before the three-member panel of Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s government for the imposition of the cybersecurity levy on Nigerians. He said the government was interested in milking a dying economy instead of nurturing it to recovery and growth. Obi accused the government of coming up with policies that…
The Premium Bread makers Association of Nigeria, PBAN, has said increase in the price of bread was caused by volatility in exchange. Recall that before the ascension to office of the present government, the exhange rate hovered around N465 to the dollar in the official market and N762 in the parallel market but soon…
Leaders of G7 nations on Sunday condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and called for “restraint” from all sides. “We unanimously condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel”, European Council President Charles Michel wrote on X, formerly Twitter, following video talks. “We will continue all our efforts to work towards de-escalation. Ending the crisis in…
The Nigeria Police has opened up on why the Force cannot arrest crossdressers in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi revealed that they cannot be arrested because it is a very tricky situation. He established that cross-dressing is not yet a punishable offence in Nigeria. He also stated…
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has made an accusation against the Nigerian military. He accused the military of being ‘very hard’ on bandits in the northern part of the country. Gumi said both the Army and Air Force have launched ground and air strikes that have killed the bandits’ families. He spoke on…