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UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns
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UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns

Minister hints at restriction on selling technology ‘to certain users’ amid worries over surreptitious filming of women Restrictions on smart glasses are being considered by the government, a minister has said, amid concerns that the technology is being used to surreptitiously film women. Speaking in the House of Commons, the safeguarding minister Satvir Kaur hinted at a ban on selling the technology “to certain users”.

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N50,000 relief fund: FG explains how beneficiaries will be selected

According to the programme’s guidelines, beneficiaries will receive the money through designated payment providers, including ALAT, MoMo, NairaGram, OPay and Moniepoint. The guidelines listed three ways beneficiaries can identify genuine programme messages: Messages must come from ALAT, MoMo, NairaGram, OPay or Moniepoint.

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JUSAG strike: AG to engage Finance Minister as talks intensify
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JUSAG strike: AG to engage Finance Minister as talks intensify

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has pledged to engage Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson over the outstanding concerns of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG). The JUSAG leadership commended Dr Ayine for his intervention and willingness to take up the matter with the Finance Minister.

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Government urged to codify traditional medicine practices
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Government urged to codify traditional medicine practices

The Registrar of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council, Dr Yakubu Tobor Yusuf, has urged the government to support the codification of traditional medicine to enhance healthcare delivery and protect the country’s cultural heritage. He was speaking at the Volta Traditional Medicine Heritage Conference in Ho, organised in collaboration with the Volta Regional Coordinating Council.

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Falana Tasks Lagos Legal Centre With Preserving Nigeria’s Legal History
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Falana Tasks Lagos Legal Centre With Preserving Nigeria’s Legal History

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the Lagos State Government to make its newly established Centre for Legal Study, Research and Training a repository of Nigeria’s legal history and a platform for promoting compliance with court judgments. The Lagos State Government opened the Centre for Legal Study, Research and Training, describing it as a strategic investment to strengthen the justice system, develop legal expertise and prepare the state’s justice institutions for emerging challenges.

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Ogun indigenes reaffirm support for Adebutu ahead of 2027
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Ogun indigenes reaffirm support for Adebutu ahead of 2027

…PDP candidate’s supporters pledge grassroots mobilisation for ‘Ogun for Ogun’ agenda By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Indigenes of Ogun State have reaffirmed their support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, and his running mate, Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, pledging grassroots mobilisation for their ambition ahead of the 2027 governorship election. At Alagada Ward in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, a market leader, Mrs Folasade Ogunye, said her support for the movement was informed by the belief that indigenous leadership would better understand the…

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Bagbin is pursuing parliamentary bullying – says Afenyo-Markin
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Bagbin is pursuing parliamentary bullying – says Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin of presiding over what he describes as parliamentary bullying, following the removal of Damongo MP and Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, from the parliamentary chamber on Tuesday. Reading a statement on behalf of the Minority Caucus on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Afenyo-Markin condemned the Speaker’s decision to maintain the directive for Abu Jinapor to leave the Chamber, despite the MP having withdrawn allegations he made concerning the alleged sale of Ghanaian…

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The Guardian view on EU ‘Made in Europe’ rules: a fatal blow to Brexiter delusions
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The Guardian view on EU ‘Made in Europe’ rules: a fatal blow to Brexiter delusions

It is getting ever harder for Eurosceptics to deny that it was an economic and strategic blunder for Britain to leave the single market The EU is a constantly evolving institution. But later this month, at a summit with the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, Andy Burnham is expected to complete a treaty covering closer cooperation in a wide range of areas, including elimination of customs barriers to agricultural goods, a youth-mobility programme and integration with the EU’s carbon emissions trading scheme.

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