The "let's all go mad" cliches` that trend these days in response to the country's designation as Country of Particular Concern (CPC) is thought-provoking and at the same time fun.
May God bless Nigeria.
I find Nigerians’ disposition to find humor in tragedy quite intriguing. This tendency, I believe, is informed by our historical realities, which the emergence of a unique kind of human — Homo Nigerus. Homo Nigerus is intelligent, resilient, strong, and indeed adaptable.
Who will help speak to @keystonebankng bring back my money. How on earth debits someone, tells him the transaction is successful and refuses to credit the account he intended to send the money?
The Kano Foundation (Gidauniyar Kano) was launched on March 1st, 1986, and remarkably, over ₦40,548,000 was raised on that very day. This amount is equivalent to approximately ₦25.79 billion in today’s value. See some of the notable individuals and entities who made generous contributions.
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Quitting Nigeria Does Not Absolve Meta of Liability
WhatsApp's claim that it may be forced to exit Nigeria due to FCCPC's recent order appears to be a calculated move aimed at inducing negative public reaction and potentially pressuring the FCCPC to reconsider its decision.
The FCCPC investigated Meta Platforms and WhatsApp (jointly referred to as "Meta Parties") for allegedly violating the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA) and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).
The Commission found that Meta Parties engaged in multiple and repeated infringements of the FCCPA (2018) and the NDPR. These infringements included denying Nigerians the right to control their personal data, transferring and sharing Nigerian user data without authorisation, discriminating against Nigerian users compared to users in other jurisdictions and abusing their dominant market position by forcing unfair privacy policies.
Interestingly, Meta had been fined for similar breaches in Texas ($1.5b) and only recently was asked to pay $1.3 Billion for violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules. Elsewhere in India, South Korea, France and Australia, Meta had faced varying penalties for similar breaches. But Meta never resorted to the blackmail of threatening to exit those countries. They obeyed.
The recent affirmation of FCCPC's final order by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal requires Meta Parties to take steps to comply with Nigerian law, stop exploiting Nigerian consumers, change their practices to meet Nigerian standards and respect consumer rights, consistent with international best practices.
Threatening to leave Nigeria does not absolve Meta of liabilities for the outcome of a judicial process.
For the avoidance of doubt, the FCCPC remains committed in its pursuit of consumer protection and data privacy towards ensuring a fairer digital market in Nigeria.
Ondaje Ijagwu
Director, Corporate Affairs
@NigeriaGov@NGRSenate@HouseNGR@Meta@WhatsApp
It was an interesting 'Inspiring Leadership Reflection Interactive Series' session with Dr. Zuwaira Ahmad Abdullahi of Aminu Sale College of Edu., Azare at our Jama'are office. Her story really inspired the participants in many ways @YZYau@_Yusuf_Babagana@CitadRadio@IsahAzare2
Under the watchful eyes of our leaders, Boko Haram and bandits grew from tiny hatchlings to monsters. Our leaders allow hate and violent preaching to flourish without regulation, giving room for extremists put their belief into a pragmatic setting. The same leaders allow herdsmen to upgrade from bearing a cudgel to guns.
At infancy stage, these groups only had a few guns with robust fighting spirit to confront our unmotivated security forces.
I doubt if a terror group that overruns barracks to steal cache of arms and military vehicles, organises mass abduction to collect huge ransoms in local and foreign currencies, robs banks to steal money, raids markets to steal foodstuff, imposes levies on gold miners, farmers and fishermen, needs any “foreign sponsors” to operate.
If you want to stop aid to Africa, stop it and move on.
@BashirAhmaad This shows the level of their understanding of Islam is shallow. They see everything as started with the Sultan or the North. No religion is a religion. It has a way of doing things ehe 🤣 This is not a tribalism matter ehe 🤣
@AbrahamVictorO5 @BashirAhmaad This statement has a context. If you have a Muslim or a northerner around please ask him about the context of this statement especially from the 1980s to first and second decades of 2000s in Northern Nigeria. I know @BashirAhmaad statement has a context ehe
Excited to host another webinar focusing on Competition Law, Privacy and Data Protection.
Title: Competition Law, Privacy and Data Protection: Reassessing the FCCPC WhatsApp Investigation.
When: Nov 18, 2024, 04:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://t.co/fZZzWeAQOl
Description
What is the intersection between competition law, and privacy and data protection? In this session, we will host @AbebeFlorence, Head of the Anticompetitive Practices Department of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, @fccpcnigeria
In discussion with Florence is @Klaudia Majcher, a Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (Italy) and author of the book 'Coherence between Data Protection and Competition Law in Digital Markets' (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Klaudia will discuss the intersection between competition law and privacy/data protection. She will also share EU experiences.
Florence will delve into the recent Whatsapp investigation by the FCPCC. See the decision here
https://t.co/OmrBX69iKe
Looking forward to meeting all of you.