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Nigerian Senate yesterday passed for second reading, a bill mandating social media platforms to have physical and verifiable offices within Nigeria, aimed at amending the Nigerian Data Protection Act of 2023.The amendment seeks to compel major social media platforms—including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, TikTok, and other independent bloggers—to establish physical offices in Nigeria.The bill is titled ...

Another explosion occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.This comes just hours after a similar explosion rocked the Trans Niger Pipeline operated by Shell in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area.The latest incident reportedly occurred at a manifold connecting a federal pipeline deep inside the forest.The pipeline tran...

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening declared a state of emergency in Rivers State in a nationwide broadcast.Citing the need to restore law and order, Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State for an initial six months.Tinubu announced the nomination of retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as ...

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the protracted political crisis in the state.Tinubu made the proclamation during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy Ngozi Odu; and all the members of the House of Assembly for six months.The president nominated Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) as administrator to take charge o...

The Trade Union Congress has backed a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, who claimed to have received threats for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration.TUC President, Festus Osifo, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said that the corps member spoke out of frustration, advising the government not to go after her but to be tolera...

The National Youth Service Corps has remained silent over the allegation of threats levelled against it by a Lagos-based corper, Ushie Uguamaye, for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s government.Uguamaye had, in a now-viral video shared on her TikTok account, talktoraye, on Saturday, expressed frustration over Nigeria’s worsening economic conditions, lamenting the high inflation and economic hardship....

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it evacuated over 100 truckloads of substandard, falsified, and banned medicines and narcotics from Idumota market in Lagos State, Onitsha market in Abia state, and Aba market in Abia state, in six weeks.This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Resident Consultant of the agency, Sayo Akintola.The Director General of NAFDAC, ...

Wages and salaries of military personnel, revenues accruing to non-profit-oriented organisations like religious bodies, pension fund, schools, trade unions and cooperative societies are to be exempted from tax payment when the Tax Reforms Bills become law.The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will also enjoy 50 per cent of funds accruing from the development levy contained in the Report on the bill as submitted on Thu...

Lagos State Government will shut and divert traffic for the emergency repairs of the Independence/Mekwen Bridge (inbound Marina/CMS route) for two months.Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the emergency repair of the bridge is scheduled from Wednesday, March 19 19, to Monday, May 26, 2025.He said during the repairs, the section of th...

The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Sunday, accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of insincerity in the implementation of the recent Supreme Court judgment, ordering him to present the 2025 budget afresh.The lawmakers, who are loyal to Fubara’s estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, alleged that contrary to Fubara’s claim to have written the House for budget presentation, they had not received any correspon...