Russian regulators have fined chat service WhatsApp and Snapchat for failing to store Russian users’ data on local servers, part of government efforts to control online activity. A Moscow court on Thursday imposed an 18 million ruble ($300,000) fine on…
*Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter, commits suicide (Punch)*Lagos police arraign three suspects for lynching commercial sex worker (Guardian)
Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter, commits suicide (Punch) A man, identified only as Kayode, has committed suicide after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house in the Oja-Amukoko area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro…
Another Cybercrime Act as FG releases guidelines to regulate social media
The Federal Government of Nigeria has released a Draft Code of Practice to guide the operations of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google, TikTok, and other social media platforms in the country. Part of the code, which seeks to regulate social…
Must you table your matter on social media? – Gbubemi Atimomo
Thoughts on the rampant dependence on social media as an adjudicator of justice It usually starts with a buzz, most often on Twitter. Someone shares a message alleging that a person or organisation has wronged, hurt, or taken advantage of…
How you can remain young at heart and cool with tech – Gbubemi Atimomo
Thoughts on how people relate with and adapt to technology devices My mum’s first Android phone was a birthday present from my brother many years ago. This was at a time when many people had started using WhatsApp as BlackBerry…
Lagos releases 24-hour distress lines
The Lagos State government has released distress lines through which residents can reach out for help whenever they have challenges. The lines are 767,112 or 08176582476, and residents can either call or send messages or voice notes via WhatsApp if…
He was a “super boss” so I made him pay for sleeping with my wife!
I married my wife 7 years ago; and for 7 years, my wife and I lived happily even though we had no children. My work involved lots of travel. I install and fix inverters for companies, businesses, homes across Nigeria…
*Tinubu returns to Nigeria after 3-month UK medical trip (Punch)*Anxiety as ritual killings, Yahoo-plus, rape cases spread (DailyTrust)
Tinubu returns to Nigeria after 3-month UK medical trip (Punch) The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Friday after about a three-month medical trip to the United Kingdom, where he underwent…
Mark Zuckerberg apologises for six-hour Facebook outage
Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the “disruption” caused after its social media services went down for almost six hours – impacting more than 3.5bn users worldwide. The billionaire said sorry after an internal technical issue took Facebook, Messenger,…
Soyinka denies social media post on Yoruba nation
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, denounced a fake WhatsApp post on the Yoruba state agitation, which was attributed to him. Soyinka, in a statement titled: ‘They are back’, urged the public to ignore the post and utterances of…