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A recent report by Paradigm Initiative reveals that several unauthorised websites are selling sensitive personal and financial data of Nigerians for as little as N100. Paradigm Initiative, in a statement on Thursday, said this alarming development presents a major breach of fundamental rights to privacy, a breach of data privacy rights, and poses significant risks to individuals and the national economy. It stated  …

Ahead of the forthcoming Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has cautioned state officials in both states against denying the opposition, access to public facilities for electioneering. INEC which noted that following the publication of the final list of candidates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, public campaigns had commenced …

The Kano State Government has directed the state’s Commissioner of Police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, from the Nasarawa mini palace. The state government claimed that Thursday’s judgement by a Federal High Court was in its favour, affirming the state government’s decision to reinstate Emir Lamido Sanusi. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the court nullified the …

Human-induced climate change made recent extreme heat in the US south-west, Mexico and Central America around 35 times more likely, scientists say. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group studied excess heat between May and early June, when the US heatwave was concentrated in south-west states including California, Nevada and Arizona. A billboard shows the temperature on 5 June in Phoenix, …

A Federal High Court in Kano, on Thursday, nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said, “I hereby order that every step taken by the government is hereby nullified and becomes null and invalid and that …

The average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, has skyrocketed by 223.21% to approximately ₦770 per litre in May 2024, compared to ₦238.11 per litre recorded in May 2023. This increase was highlighted in the latest Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the NBS report, …

•Both cities rank 1st, 2nd cheapest to live in Africa Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre and Abuja, the nation’s capital, have been listed as the cheapest cities in the world for international workers to live in. According to the 2024 Mercer cost of living survey released recently, naira depreciation has been identified as reason for the lower costs of living …

The price of cassava flakes, popularly known as garri and rice have recorded more than a 50 per cent increase in Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The NAN Correspondent, who conducted a market survey on Thursday in Enugu, observed that prices of foodstuffs such as garri and rice have increased by 50 per cent in the …

By Eben Enasco Very Reverend Father Charles Omogiate, the Parish Priest of the St. Paul Catholic Church, Airport Road Benin City, Edo State has admonished lawmakers of the 8th Edo State House of Assembly to continue to embrace peace in the delivery of people’s friendly policies. The presiding priest also warned against turning their backs on members of their various …

Federal Government mining officers in the State involved in issuing illegal authorization for the operations of borrow pits in the Obagie N’ Evbosa axis, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the State are to be severely sanctioned. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, gave the threat on Wednesday during an inspection tour of the borrow pit site at Obagie ‘N …