Former Big Brother Naija (BBN) housemate Tacha Akide has taken to her social media account to accuse Nigerians of selective outrage regarding bullying. The reality TV star was reacting to the viral video of a female student of the Lead British International School in Abuja who was subjected to bullying by a group of her peers. In a post shared on her X account, Tacha attacked social media users and emphasized that many of the same people demanding justice in the well-publicized bullying episode were also quick to criticize and might have been bullies in their own high school years. READ ALSO ..read more

In light of a legal inquiry by the European Union, TikTok, a Chinese-owned video-sharing company, has announced that it is willingly ending the rewards program for its brand-new TikTok Lite app. The program in question is a part of TikTok Lite, a version of the main app that uses less data and has a feature that pays users money for using the app’s features and engaging with TikTok content. Following the European Commission’s announcement on Monday that it may impose fines and a forced suspension due to worries that the feature may encourage users to connect with the platform more, TikTok sai ..read more

Social media platform Threads, owned by Meta, will now automatically filter out potentially offensive words, phrases, or emoji posted by users on the app by default. The safety feature known as the Hidden Words tool will be enabled by default in threads, and it will filter out potentially offensive information as well as irrelevant or boring stuff. Users can also add additional terms, such “weight loss,” “assault,” or a pejorative term, that they would like to have filtered out. Go to “manage custom words and phrases” and enter any words or phrases you’re tired of seeing on Threads to add you ..read more

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has frowned at the non-inclusion of organised labour in the committee set up by the Federal Government for the review and implementation of the Steve Oronsaye report. The TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo made known the position of the union while briefing journalists after the National Executive Council (NEC) of the labour movement, threatening that labour will not allow government “to cut its hair in its absence”. “We hereby call on government to inculcate members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria into the committee that is currently reviewing or implem ..read more

A former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has written to the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Amb. Umar Ililya Damagum, alleging that he is working and taking instructions from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The Elderstatesman also asked Damagum, to as a matter of urgency, sit up, or do the needful by resigning from the position in order to save the party from collapsing on him. Clark, who described last week’s National Executive Committee (NEC) as a charade and a proof of the Minister of the Fed ..read more

The non-conclusion of negotiations for a new national minimum wage has drawn the ire of the Trade Union Congress Nigeria (TUC), urging the Federal Government to fastrack action on it. The TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, said this while briefing journalists after the National Executive Council, NEC, of the labour movement, ruling out the possibility of having a new minimum wage in place before the end of May. The union also lamented that some states in the Niger Delta region that collect huge sums of money from the Federation Account, have not paid neither the wage awards nor palliatives ..read more

Many Nigerians have taken to social media to mock a man of God who boldly predicted that the world would come to an end with a rapture on Thursday, April 25th. The self-acclaimed end-time prophet identified as Prophet Metuh who runs a ministry called ‘No Gree for Satan Ministry,’ had last month, posted a video on X where he said that God told him that the world would come to an end on April 25th. “By the 25th of April, the world is going to end. If you like take this serious, if you don’t like don’t take it seriously,” Prophet Metu had said. “But this is real, rapture is coming, on the 25th o ..read more

At a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague on Thursday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reaffirmed his commitment to making difficult decisions for the benefit of the Nigerian people, despite potential short-term challenges. Tinubu emphasized that Nigeria has weathered the worst of storms and that his administration’s actions are guided by a long-term vision for the country’s prosperity. The president highlighted the vast trade opportunities between Nigeria and the Netherlands, spanning multiple sectors. He also underscored his government’s efforts to enhance the investment cl ..read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has requested the American International School, Abuja, to refund the sum of $845,000 allegedly paid by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello for his son who is a student of the prestigious school. Chairman of the anti-corruption agency, Ola Olukoyede, at a press briefing on Tuesday, had revealed how the embattled former governor had withdrawn $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fees. Bello is alleged to have signed a contract with the school to prepay $845,000 till 2034 for his eldest son identified as Ali Bello ..read more

The naira continued its slump against the American dollar for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday April 24, 2024 at the official window as the domestic currency traded at N1,309.88/$1. This is according to data sourced from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window. At the end of trading on Thursday, the naira lost N1.36 against the dollar when compared to the previous exchange rate of N1,308.52/$1 on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The intra-day high and low recorded during the day were N1,435/$1 and N1,100 /$1 respectively, representing a lean spread of N335\$1. READ ALSO:Na ..read more