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By Folarin Ademosu Being a 21st century parent is definitely overwhelming and fraught with challenges. One of these is parents’ social media practices. Knowing what or not to share online about their children is the dilemma for many. For a few ‘like’ and ‘share’ from friends, some parents sharent their children’s personal information. They do so unmindful of its possible consequences on the children in future. Sharenting is a growing phenomenon that infringes on privacy of children. More often than not, parents offload this information without their children’s consent. Such parents often forget they lack control over who sees the…

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) last week botched the transfer of N25 million from a local bank account and a $220,000 from an international account with the arrest of a seven-man fraud syndicate based in Lagos. The arrest by the Decoy Team of RRS few days ago, was based on the intelligence it received on the activities of a fraud syndicate based in Lagos and led by one Osita Nwafor, alias Ossy. Nwafor, 45 years old, was picked up in the gang’s hideout by the Decoy Team after a technical analysis of the details of the gang and its…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the apparently illegal Broadcasting Code and Memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses president, governors, lawmakers, and other elders and leaders in authority.” SERAP also asked President Buhari to “instruct Mr Mohammed and the NBC to immediately rescind the fine of N5m imposed on Nigeria Info 99.3 FM radio station, following reported comments by a former Deputy Governor of…

Some members of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) have threatened to leave the party over the choice of a running mate for the party. The members said they expected the party leadership to pick its running mate from Akoko area in Ondo North Senatorial District but were shocked to hear that a former Commissioner for Works, Mr. Gboye Adegbenro, has been penciled down as Agboola’s running mate. Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, whose name was submitted as the party’s governorship candidate, hails from Ondo South Senatorial District while his running mate hails from Ondo Central. On Friday, over 700…

Seventeen of the 27 local government areas in Borno State are still under attacks by the deadly Boko Haram sect, investigation has revealed. The affected local government areas include Konduga, Bama, Kala/Balge, Ngala, Monguno, Mafa, Dikwa, Gwoza, Damboa, Magumeri and Kukawa. The rest are Mobbar, Abadam and Marte, Guzamala, Kaga and Nganzai. Most parts of the 17 LGAs come under the deadly sect’s constant attacks, except their headquarters where many have relocated to. Farming, the main occupation of the residents, has become extremely difficult to practice beyond one kilometre of the local government headquarters. But the remaining seven local government…

The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), Kano State, has commended the Shari’a court for sentencing 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. Sharif-Aminu, a resident of Sharifai quarters in Kano municipal, was sued for “insulting religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code Law 2000.” The singer was said to have committed blasphemy against the Prophet in a song he circulated that went viral via WhatsApp in March 2020. The Shari’a court, presided over by Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, found him guilty and ordered that he be hanged until…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail line from the middle of September with 16 trips daily. The Managing Director of NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan during an inspection tour of the project by the Ministers of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Okhiria said that since the track laying had been completed between Ebute-Metta Junction (EBJ) in Lagos and Ibadan with stations under construction, operation would start between Yaba in Lagos and Ibadan. “We will start by the middle…

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, also known as Omosexy, on Saturday said she tested positive for COVID-19 in Lagos state, the epicenter in Nigeria. The 42-year-old actress broke the news on her Instagram handle where she told her fans that though she is getting better, she is still in isolation. She said: “Hello all, I know most of you have been wondering where I have been. “Well, I contracted COVID. I have been ill, in isolation and now getting better.” Omotola also revealed that while in isolation, she has been reading. Nigeria announces 329 new coronavirus cases Commenting on one…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is effectively utilizing the funds it borrowed from China and elsewhere for infrastructural development to create jobs and provide the basis for economic development. The Minister stated this at the construction site of the Ibadan Train Station on Saturday, after a joint inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Project with his Transportation Counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. “There is no better way to answer Nigerians as to what we have done with the money we have borrowed than this trip,” he told journalists who accompanied them on the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 325 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Saturday. The 325 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 48,770. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 292 patients from isolation centers across the country with one new death reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 87 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 16456. Nigeria announces 329 new coronavirus cases Federal Capital Territory reported 49 new cases, Gombe recorded…