The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has fined MultiChoice Nigeria ₦766,242,500 for breaching the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA).NDPC is a public institution that processes data in furtherance of its mandate as Nigeria’s data protection authority and rely on recognised lawful bases for data processing such as consent, legal obligation and contract.(The commission’s Head of…
Flood, caused by a heavy midnight rainfall, has sacked many residents of Dankama community, in Kaita Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State from their houses. The incident was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday, by a resident of the area, Alhaji Ishaq Sarkin-Fulani. NAN reports that during the…
No fewer than 10 persons have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained injuries in a lone crash involving a Mitsubishi bus on Ijebu-Ode–Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Akinbiyi said the accident occurred at about 8:30…
No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran on Sunday in Kano. Bature said…
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has issued a stern two-week ultimatum to Governor Dauda Lawal Dare, warning of potential impeachment over worsening insecurity and alleged financial mismanagement. Lawmakers raised the alarm during plenary on what they described as the administration’s failure to safeguard lives and property across the state. They cited the rising incidents…
The President of Nsukka Youth General Assembly (NYGA) Comrade Clinton Ogbonna has condemned the recent attack of road users and passersby by masquerades in Nsukka popularly known as Oriokpa. Ogbonna made the condemnation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Nsukka. He was reacting to last week’s remand of…
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, in the trial of former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku told an Abuja High Court that he was instructed to collect all allowances due to the defendant. Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, are charged with 15 counts…
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority in a desert testing zone inaugurated the first test flight of an electric air taxi. This was reported by Emirates News Agency (WAM), a partner of TV BRICS. The air taxi represents the first air taxi flight of its kind in the region and it is expected to offer rapid…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 struck near the north-western Turkish city of Bursa on Wednesday, sending tremors across Istanbul, though there were no immediate reports of damage. According to the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory, the quake’s epicentre was near the town of Gemlik, roughly 80 kilometers south of Istanbul. The tremor was felt strongly…
At least four people were killed and another 22 injured after a barge overturned in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt’s Health Ministry said Wednesday. The injured have been rushed to local hospitals while rescue is still going on, the ministry said in a statement. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources confirmed on Tuesday…
