One week after Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission imposed a $220 million fine on WhatsApp for a data privacy breach, the Meta-owned company may suspend its operations in the country due to further regulatory demands. Sources close to the situation indicate that Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, is contemplating withdrawing certain services from Nigeria….
A patrol helicopter was spotted hovering over the venue of the #EndBadGovernance protest in the Ojota area of Lagos State on Thursday. The white chopper moved in a circle at a slow pace for about twenty minutes. Meanwhile, the protesters have refused to converge in the Freedom Park garden, instead currently occupying the service lane….
Headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State is currently on fire. The secretariat was torched during the violence that broke out in the protest against hunger. Aggrieved youths had stormed the facility in Dutse, the state capital, where they destroyed bill boards and other publicity materials before burning down the building….
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state after the protest against economic hardship in the state turned violent. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Tofa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the decision comes after an Emergency State Security Council meeting…
The nationwide hardship protest turned violent in Suleja, Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State, as at least three youths were shot dead by the police. Over 15 others, who reportedly sustained varying degrees of bullet wounds, are in critical condition and have been taken to different health facilities in the area, including Gwagwalada Specialist…
The nationwide hardship protest in Kano has escalated into violence, with hoodlums taking advantage of the situation to loot shops and offices. What began as a demonstration against economic difficulties quickly devolved into chaos as mobs attacked businesses across the city. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, also confirmed…
Some of the protesters partaking in the nationwide demonstration against hardship set up bonfire in front of Government House, Kano, on Thursday morning. The protesters from different parts of the metropolis had converged on the Government House, where Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was to address them. However, some of them assembled tyres and set them…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the police in Borno on Thursday said nine people were killed while 20 others were injured when Boko Haram detonated an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), in Kawuri in Konduga Local Government Area. The Commissioner Police, Yusuf Lawan who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Maiduguri, said…
Gunshots were fired into air at the popular Top Medical junction in Tunga area of Minna, Niger State capital, when protesters attempted to block the road. The Police had earlier fired teargas to disperse the protesters but they attempted to reassemble while aiming at mounting a road block on the ever busy road The policemen…
Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have dispersed some youths who tried to break into a store along Zoo road in the state capital. The suspects had attempted to force their way into the two storey building housing Sadaraki Stores. But the police quickly moved in to stall their action. However, before the arrival…