Tag: Social Media
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Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi chastises Jaye Kuti over outburst on begging older colleagues
Nigerian actor, Yomi Fabiyi has reacted to a viral video by her colleague in the industry, Jaye Kuti asking older colleagues in the industry to stop seeking financial help on social media. Jaiye Kuti in a viral video chastised her colleagues for seeking financial help on social media on Sunday.
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Video: Davido ignores social media rants, performs at 2023 Afro Nation Festival in Portugal
Popular Nigerian Afrobeat artiste, David Adeleke, professionally known on stage as Davido, today performed at the 2023 Afro Nation Festival in Portugal amid Anita Brown’s pregnancy allegations. The Nigerian serenaded the audience with some of his hit songs at the grand finale of the festival, which started on June 28 and ended on Friday 30…
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Data Protection Commission: CBN’s directive on customers’ social media handles against the law
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it engaging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its new directives to commercial banks to collect their customers’ social media handles. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, said this in a statement issued by Mr. Itunu Dosekun, H
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I don’t post material things on social media – Ruth Kadiri
Nollywood Actress Ruth Kadiri has said she does not post material things on social media pages. She disclosed this after dismissing a viral picture of a new house circulate shared on Facebook claiming to be hers.
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China bans prominent journalist who raised concerns about economy
A prominent Chinese financial journalist who has compared the country’s economic problems to the Great Depression has been banned from social media. The Weibo account of Wu Xiaobo, an influential business journalist and author with more than 4.7 million followers, “is currently in a banned state due to violation of relevant laws and regulations”, according…
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Identification process: CBN directs banks to obtain customers social media handles
To further deepen the identification process in the banking system, the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Financial Institutions to obtain the social media handle, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, residential addresses of customers. The apex bank revealed this in its newly released ‘Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations, 2023’ document. According to CBN,…
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PDP warned against using social media to terrorize Supreme Court
A justice of the Supreme Court, Inyang Okoro has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used social media to bully and terrorize the apex court justices. He stated this while delivering judgment in PDP’s appeal
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Keyamo makes case for regulation of social media
The minister of state for Labour and Employment, Barrister Festus Keyamo, SAN, has noted that social media regulations must be applied to curb the spread of fake news.
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We are not responsible for monitoring social media contents – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about.
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Davido speaks on the credibility of just concluded general elections in Nigeria
Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has said that the 2023 general elections in the country were not credible. Davido made his position known while granting interview on Beat 99.9FM, Lagos. Davido, who went on a 6-month social media break following the death of his son, Ifeanyi, said he would have been very…