Amazon has been hit with an $886.6m (£636m) fine for allegedly breaking European Union data protection laws. The fine was issued by Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection, which claimed the tech giant’s processing of personal data did not comply with EU law. Amazon said it believed the fine to be “without merit”, […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the delta variant of the coronavirus is as contagious as chickenpox and that infections in vaccinated people may be as transmissible as in the unvaccinated. Internal CDC documents, first obtained by The Washington Post, urged staff to “acknowledge the war has changed” in light of […]
The Justice Department told the Treasury Department that it “must” turn over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, which first requested them more than two years ago. The direction came in an opinion released Friday by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to […]
Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc said it had installed prepaid meters for about 400,000 customers out of 1.1 million since 2013. Mr Ugo Obi-Chukwu, Chief Marketing Officer, IE, made the disclosure during a visit of the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation to the company on Thursday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it will do everything possible to protect the rights and obligations of refugees in Nigeria. Mr John McKissick, the Deputy Country Representative, UNHCR, made this known in Lagos at a symposium organised to commemorate 70 years of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention. The News […]
Amazon has predicted slower sales growth in the third quarter as a boost from the Covid pandemic subsides. Customers turned to Amazon and other online platforms during the Covid crisis, leading to record profits for the US giant. But Amazon’s breakneck growth is beginning to level as customers start to return to bricks […]
The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has ordered an internal review of the bribery allegation brought against Mr Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Kyari was accused of being paid bribe by […]
Thursday marks the second and final day of the Global Education Summit in London, hosted by Kenya and the United Kingdom. International governments and corporations pledged to donate $4 billion for the Global Partnership for Education, which provides fair access to public education in 90 countries and territories that account for 80% of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says no Nigerian parent jokes with education, as they know that if their children or wards missed the opportunity of being educated, they have missed a lot. The Nigerian leader said this at a panel session at the Global Education Summit in London, on Thursday. According to him, the size […]
The National President, Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA), Mrs Salamatu Yahaya, says the association has empowered more than 280 widows and 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country during the 2021 Nigerian Army Day. Mrs Yahaya said this when she led the executive members of NAOWA on courtesy visit to the […]