Supreme Court affirms Freedom of Information Act is applicable to states, all tiers of govt

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Nigeria’s Freedom of Information (FoI) Act applies to all tiers of government, including state institutions. Contrary to the arguments many state governments have canvassed over the years to dodge compliance with the FoI Act, a federal legislation, the court held that the National Assembly is competent to enact…

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Google accused of harming kids by secretly grabbing data from school-provided tech products

Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and “steal” their personal data for profit, a lawsuit filed by California parents and others claims. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in San…

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You don’t have N50k to get on a bus from Lagos to Accra but you have the audacity to insult me? – Nigerian author slams “worthless broke b@stards”

A Nigerian author, Praise George has slammed people he called ‘worthless broke bastards’ for insulting him even though they can’t afford N50k to get on a bus from Lagos to Ghana.    “You are so useless, so broke, so worthless that you don’t have N50k to get on a bus from Lagos to Accra but…

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Montenegro and the Challenges of Serbian and Croatian Nationalism

Photograph Source: Marko M. – Attribution The fundamental issue Serbian societies (in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republika Srpska) face with Croatian nationalism lies in the fact that, despite the existence of comprehensive and high-quality studies on its pre-modern origins and modern evolution—its political, cultural, and legal dimensions—authored by scholars such as Radivoje…

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