NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances  -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states  In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...

ITALY FINES TIKTOK €10M FOR FAILING TO PROTECT MINORS. (PHOTO).


 Italy fines TikTok €10m for failing to protect minors


Italy’s competition authority on Thursday fined TikTok €10m (nearly $11 million), saying the hugely popular video app had failed to sufficiently protect minors.


“The company has failed to implement appropriate mechanisms to monitor content published on the platform, particularly those that may threaten the safety of minors and vulnerable individuals,” the AGCM watchdog said in a statement.


“Moreover, this content is systematically re-proposed to users as a result of their algorithmic profiling, stimulating an ever-increasing use of the social network.”


The fine has been imposed on three units of China’s Bytedance group, namely Ireland’s TikTok Technology, TikTok Information Technologies UK, and TikTok Italy.


The watchdog said TikTok had not fully complied with the guidelines it had advertised to reassure consumers the app was a “safe” space.


“In fact, the guidelines are applied without adequately accounting for the specific vulnerability of adolescents, characterised by peculiar cognitive mechanisms from which derive, for instance, the difficulty in distinguishing reality from fiction and the tendency to emulate group behaviour,” it said.


It added that “potentially dangerous” content is promoted through TikTok’s recommendation system.


It highlighted the “French scar challenge”, where children pinch their cheeks violently to create bruising, a phenomenon explained by numerous tutorials on TikTok that have caused concern in the education and health sectors.


The short-video app has soared in popularity worldwide, but its ownership by Chinese tech giant ByteDance – and alleged subservience to Beijing’s ruling Communist Party – has fuelled concern in Western capitals.


On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that would force TikTok to divest from its parent company or face a nationwide ban.


When the competition watchdog launched an investigation into TikTok over dangerous content one year ago, the company insisted it took “extra care to protect teenagers.”


Meanwhile, the EU, in February 2024, announced a formal investigation into TikTok over alleged breaches of its obligations to protect minors online under a landmark new law on policing digital content.


In April 2023, Britain’s data regulator said that it had fined TikTok £12.7 million ($15.9 million) for allowing up to 1.4 million children under 13 to use its social media platform in violation of its own rules.


In September same year, the European Union regulator fined a Chinese-owned social media platform, TikTok, €345m over child data breaches.

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