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- 25 Oct 2015
WINET Builds PWDs’ Capacity to Access Justice via Courts
Women Information Network (WINET), a media focused, independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization in collaboration with Justice for All (J4A) Nigeria programme/ DFID, has continued its…
- 6 Aug 2024
Court Grants N50m Bail to Hackers Who Allegedly Stole N1.9Bn from MTN Network
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted bail in the sum of N50 million to Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, two alleged hackers, who were accused by the…
- 16 Mar 2020
TJI Says Nigeria Squanders $2.6Bn on Corporate Tax Incentives
Tax Justice Network (TJN), a nongovernmental organization has said that Nigeria squandered some $2.6 billion on corporate tax incentives in one year, making the country to suffer a downgrade to 34th…
- 8 Mar 2021
NARICT Boss, NGO in War of Words over Corruption Allegations
Prof. Jeffrey Barminas, director-general of the National Research Institute For Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, has described the allegations of corruption and abuse of office leveled against…
- 19 Jul 2024
Court Orders 9mobile Network Owners to Pay N55bn Debt To Keystone Bank
Justice Yellin Bogoro of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the owners of 9Mobile Network, to pay the sum of Fifty-five Billion Naira, Seven Hundred and Seventy-six Million, Five Hundred and…
- 26 Jan 2026
Court Fines Airtel N210m for Unauthorised Use of ‘Nigeria Go Survive’ Song
Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday awarded a total of N210 million in damages against Airtel Networks Limited for copyright infringement arising from the…
- 3 Jan 2014
Illicit Financial Flows from Africa - Track It, Stop It, Get It
Illicit money outflows are draining Africa's domestic resources, depriving it of crucial investment funds The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in…
- 16 Sept 2021
CAC Seeks Support on NIMC Database for Transparency
Management of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has sought the support of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on the database system to curb the false disclosure of beneficial…
- 8 Feb 2017
‘Airtel Touching Lives’ Premiere: A Splendid Night in Honour of Charity
The third series of Airtel Touching Lives premiered last weekend in an elegant event in Lagos. The Lantana Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites was decked in the brand’s rich red to welcome high profile…
- 6 Feb 2017
Airtel Touching Lives: Success Stories, Our Encouragement- Ogunsanya
The third season of ‘Airtel Touching Lives’ the popular philanthropy programme sponsored by leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, premiered in Lagos at the weekend. The event,…
- 29 May 2013
Court Orders APCON to Vet Airtel Adverts
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) to perform its statutory obligation of vetting advertising materials submitted to it by…
- 19 Oct 2020
Our Youth and the Protests, Looking Beyond End SARS
By Austin Okere The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their…
- 28 Feb 2024
Uncertainty over SIM-NIN Linkage as Deadline Nears
The fate of many telecommunication subscribers hangs in the balance following a court ruling restraining telecom providers from implementing a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 27 Feb 2024
NIN: Court Stops Telcos from Deactivating Phone Lines
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has restrained telecom operators in the country from deactivating or barring any line or sim whose user did not link to the National Identification Number,…
- 7 Jun 2021
Breaking….FG Orders all Broadcast Stations to Go Off Twitter
Federal Government has directed all broadcast stations in the country to go off Twitter with immediate effect. Armstong Idachaba, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), gave the…
- 26 May 2016
NICN Adjourns N2.1bBN suit against MTN Till June 29
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Lagos, Wednesday adjourned till June 29, a $13.14 million (about N2.1 billion) suit by Paul Odunewu, an ex-Network Group Operations Manager in…
- 29 Mar 2010
Ekuwem Tasks Nigerians on Productivity Boost
Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, GMD/CEO of the Teledom Group and president of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has tasked Nigerians on the need to boost productivity. He said…
- 25 Aug 2008
Experts Blame Cyber Crime on Domain Hoisting
Information and Communications Technology experts have blamed the rising online fraud in the country on hoisting of websites by government and private organizations in domains outside the…
- 1 Jul 2021
Reps Reject Lifting of Suspension on Twitter in Nigeria
House of Representatives yesterday, rejected the lifting of the suspension placed on Twitter, social networking service, in Nigeria. The representatives however asked the federal government to…
- 1 Mar 2024
No Extension of Deadline for SIM-NIN Linkage- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said there would not be an extension of the February 28 deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards to National Identification…
- 1 Oct 2017
MTN Appeals Award of N4.8Bn to Ex-Nigerian Staff
MTN, telecommunication giant, says it has approached a higher court to set aside a judgment by National Industrial Court against it. On Wednesday, Oyepoju Oyewumi, justice of the Ondo division…
- 20 Jan 2026
Netflix Switches Warner Bros. Bid to $27.75 Cash Offer as MultiChoice Secures HBO Future
Netflix has amended its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) into an all-cash proposal worth $27.75 per share, removing the stock component in an effort to counter a hostile bid from…
- 13 Dec 2022
How Bankman-Fried, Former FTX CEO was Arrested in Bahamas after U.S. Files Charges
FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, December 12, the day before he was to testify before Congress about the sudden failure last…
- 6 Mar 2020
NIMC Director Accused of Defiling Two-Year-Old Girl In Imo
A family court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has arraigned Mr. Ikenna Unegbu, state director of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), for allegedly defiling a two years old…
- 22 Jan 2024
NGE Demands Investigation into Police Invasion of TV Station
Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the recent action of a Police Force squad who broke into ABN TV and arrested a guest during a live programme in Umuahia, Abia State. The Guild also…
- 24 Jun 2024
Alleged Debt: Court Freezes Accounts of Swift Networks
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted Union Bank Plc. an interim order of Injunction restraining Swift Networks Limited and its agents from accessing funds and assets in all banks pending…
- 25 Sept 2022
Orodata Science Begins Second Cohort of ADH Community Journalism Fellowship
Orodata Science is thrilled to announce recipients and the start of the second cohort of the ADH Community Journalism Fellowship programme. The 3-month program’s objective is to improve media…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 2 Dec 2024
IGP Confirms Prosecution of 113 Foreign Nationals for Alleged Cyber Crimes
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector general of Police (IGP), has confirmed that 113 foreign nationals are being prosecuted following their arrest by the Police National Cybercrime Center (NCCC) for their…
- 27 May 2026
Swift Network Faces Winding-up Battle over Alleged N115m Debt
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the advertisement of a winding-up petition filed against telecommunications service provider, Swift Network Plc, over its alleged inability to settle…