Facebook, Google, Others Confirm Nigeria’s Requests for User Information MTN not transparent on information provided Tobi Soniyi A new report has confirmed what many Nigerians have long suspected to be true: that the federal government is spying on its citizens through the social media and email accounts. The report titled, “The
Growing Trend of African Government’s Requests for User Information and Content Removal from Internet and Telecoms Companies,” was released last month by the Collaboration on
International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) established under the Catalysing Access to Information and Communications Technologies in Africa (CATIA) initiatives
funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). The organisation analysed transparency reports released by telecommunications and
social media companies. The reports by these companies including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Twitter and others showed that there has been a surge in African governments’ requests for
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user information. According to the report, African governments’ requests are for subscribers’ data, content preservation, and content removal. Facebook listed Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Sudan Continued on page 54
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Kaduna Govt Obtains Warrant for Arrest of Arewa Youth Group Members John Shiklam in Kaduna
AFRICA’S LARGEST ECONOMIES RUB MINDS... L-R: Chairman, Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce (NSACC), Mr. Folusho Philips; Statistician General of the Federation & CEO, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale; Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, Mr. Darkey Africa; and Executive Director, Corporate & Investment Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Andrew Machanda, at the monthly networking breakfast forum of NSACC, held in Lagos… yesterday
The Kaduna State Government has obtained a bench warrant for the arrest of members of the coalition of Northern youths that issued the quit notice to Igbos resident in the North to leave the region by October 1. The government, in a statement yesterday in Kaduna, urged members of the public to inform the police anytime those who issued the quit notice are seen or sighted. A group of Northern youths had in June ordered Continued on page 54
Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa Reject Restructuring, Devolution of Power Benue, Plateau say it’s the way to go Restructuring will not lead to Nigeria’s breakup, says Nwabueze Govs demand release of federal roads to states House: Passage of Devolution Bill not automatic Omololu Ogunmade, James Ememjo in Abuja, Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa and Jigawa States have expressed support for a strong and united
nation, even as they rejected the growing clamour for the restructuring of the country. Kano, Katsina and Nasarawa also rejected demands for the devolution of power. However,
Jigawa went against the grain of its neighbours in the Northwest zone by advocating for the removal of education and agriculture from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List in
the constitution. Benue and Plateau States, on the other hand, differed completely, saying restructuring was the way to go, as it would address
all the current agitation from all sides. Jigawa, Kano and Katsina made their positions known at the All Progressive Congress (APC) zonal forum on true
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federalism held in Kano yesterday, while Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa voiced their opinions at the same meeting held in Jos for the North-central zone. The APC Committee on Continued on page 54