Fines

FG increases fine for hate speech to N5million

The Federal Government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million,…

60 convicted over face mask violation in Ekiti

The offenders were taken to a Special Court where they were convicted for contravening Coronavirus…

Court sentences 12 Nigerians for illegal migration

The 12 were among 42 Nigerians repatriated back to the country for illegal entry into the…

COVID-19: NBC fines 3 radio stations over false claims

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined three stations over broadcast of invariable content on…

Minister donates May salary to secure release of 5 inmates

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has forfeited her May, 2020 salary to…

Facebook to pay record $5bn fine over privacy violations

Facebook Inc will pay record-breaking 5 billion dollars fine to resolve a government probe into…

MTN has paid 275bn SIM infraction fine — NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)  on Tuesday said that MTN has paid N275 billion SIM…

EU fines 5 banks $1.2bn for foreign exchange rigging

Barclays, Citigroup, JP Morgan, MUFG and Royal Bank of Scotland were fined a combined 1.07…

Seven banks pay N144.99m fine to regulators in 2018

Seven banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) paid N144.99 million as fines to…

Britain fines Facebook $645,000 over data protection breaches

Britain’s data protection watchdog says it has fined Facebook 500,000 pounds (645,000 dollars) for “serious…