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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook and Instagram, have agreed to settle their ongoing legal dispute over a $32.8 million fine and a series of compliance orders issued against the tech giant for alleged data privacy violations involving Nigerian users. The development…

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Border Patrol Unit have intercepted and recovered more than 100 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, allegedly being smuggled out of the country through Nigeria’s northern borders. The interception was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday by the Force…

American music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison by a U.S. federal court after being convicted on prostitution-related charges, marking a dramatic fall for one of hip-hop’s most influential figures. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian delivered the ruling in Manhattan on Friday, also imposing…

Convicted rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has appealed for leniency ahead of his sentencing on Friday, blaming years of drug addiction for his violent past and insisting he has turned his life around while in jail. In a four-page letter submitted to the court on Thursday, Combs, 54, expressed remorse…

Photo: Unrelated photo of a tanker explosion A midnight tanker fire on Friday left destruction in its wake along the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway, burning vehicles, power installations, and properties, with an unconfirmed number of people feared dead. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the incident in a…

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disclosed that Boko Haram insurgents once nominated then–opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari to represent them in negotiations with the federal government during his administration’s search for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Jonathan made the revelation on Friday at the public presentation of SCARS: Nigeria’s…

The Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police to suspend the enforcement of tinted glass permit regulations nationwide. The interim order, delivered on Friday in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025 filed by legal practitioner John Aikpokpo-Martins, directed the police to…

By Deborah Nnamdi Two students have been confirmed dead following a violent clash between rival cult groups in Esa-Oke, Osun State. One of the victims, identified simply as Taoreed, was a fresh graduate of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. He was reportedly hit by a stray bullet on…

By Deborah Nnamdi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed two Chinese-owned supermarkets in Jabi District and eight cosmetics shops in Wuse Market, Abuja, for selling unregistered and improperly labeled products. The enforcement exercise, carried out under the directive of NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists, one of them a serving police corporal, and recovered firearms and other weapons. The suspects, identified as Corporal Onwukwe Godswill and Ifeanyi Israel, a 200-level Biomedical Technology student at the University of Port Harcourt, were apprehended during…