The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has passed a legislation to regulate scrap trading, house rents and estate agent fees in a bid to curb vandalism, environmental degradation and exploitative practices in the housing sector. The bill, titled “The Ebonyi State Sale of Scraps, House Rent and Agent Fees Regulation Law, 2026”, was passed at…
The United Nations Children’s Fund is demanding adequate safety measures and strict regulation, citing children’s increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence technologies. UNICEF made the call in a statement on Tuesday ahead of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 6 and 7 July 2026. Noting that AI is shaping childhood…
Nollywood actress, media personality, and radio presenter Omotunde Adebowale David, aka Lolo 1, is calling for stricter regulation of TikTok to curb vulgar content. Lolo 1, who made the call during a recent table talk on News Central TV, said that there should be stricter regulation of the platform in Nigeria to curb s3xually suggestive content. She noted…
The National Space Research and Development Agency is set to implement its space regulation and licensing mandate with a N20bn take-off fund approved by President Bola Tinubu. The Director-General of NASRDA, Dr Matthew Adepoju, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Adepoju said the regulatory function of…
US performance rights organization BMI has launched a campaign urging its affiliates (songwriters, composers, and publishers) to make their voices heard in the US Copyright Office’s inquiry into PROs. The USCO launched an investigation on Monday (February 10) in an effort to answer “questions related to the increase in the number of PROs and the…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has officially approved the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Kogi to the Kogi State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This development followed the compliance of the state government with the stipulations outlined in the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended)….
The interview was initially delayed by technical difficulties, but once it started it became a wide-ranging discussion that covered last month’s assassination attempt against Trump, immigration, foreign policy, and the economy. At points during the interview Trump gave meandering answers, many of which were riddled with falsehoods. When discussing the economy, Musk regularly spoke of…
