By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A malware that steals Facebook account credentials, known as “Schoolyard Bully”, has infected over 300,000 android devices, prompting the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) to issue an advisory reminding user to only download applications from official sites and application stores....
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The Kwara Government says the ongoing N2.4 billion Tanke flyover bridge will be completed by January 2023, to ensure free flow of traffic and stimulate economic activities. The state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr Rotimi Iliyasu, disclosed this on Wednesday while inspecting the ongoing project at Tanke area...
Parents who broke record when they welcomed nine babies at once (nonuplets) have finally returned home after 19 months in an intensive care clinic. Mother Halima Cissé, 27, and her husband Abdelkader Arby, 36, from Mali, spent almost two years at the specialist Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, following the...
A man identified as Haliru Riskuwa, also known as Lopetee, was arrested and paraded on Tuesday for kidnapping his neighbour’s child. Eight suspects were paraded by the Sokoto State Police Command on Tuesday, over alleged kidnapping and banditry in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammed...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, inaugurated a campaign office and 33 vehicles in Minna, Niger, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu performed the inauguration shortly after addressing a crowd of supporters during the...
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked Nwakpu Market in Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi and shot a motorcyclist on the head. The gunmen also set a vehicle ablaze and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there have been fear and tension...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Coalition of Imo Young Leaders, a political pressure group, has decried the recent spate of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. The Group’s Secretary, Mr Ajachukwu Eze, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday...
Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship candidate, has pledged to restore the lost glory of the Ijaw people in the state, if given the mandate in 2023 poll. Omo-Agege said this on Wednesday in Burutu, headquaters of Burutu Local Government Area(LGA) during a campaign rally. He...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has reiterated the stance of Nigerian armed forces to remain apolitical and professional during the 2023 general elections. Irabor stated this when the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, led members of the association on a courtesy visit to...
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday restrained the Commissioner of Police from meddling in the affairs of the suspended chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti- Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. Delivering judgment, Justice Oyejoju Oyewumi, also ordered the state government to pay Rimin-Gado his entitlements of N326,508.07....
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) supporters in Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Campaign Council said this when he spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. Alhaji Abdulkadir said that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has expressed the readiness of the Fund to replicate innovation hubs projects in public universities and other higher education institutions in the country. Echono, made this known at the opening of TETFund...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Finance Bill 2022 designed to support the implementation of the 2023 budget. Hajia Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the suspect due to lack of jurisdiction ordered that he...
The children of late Mrs Kudirat Abiola have dragged the Buhari administration to the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over the unlawful killing of their mother. Khafila Abiola, Moriam Abiola, and Hadi Abiola are suing for themselves and on behalf of the other children of Kudirat. In the...
After a delayed plenary on Wednesday, the Senate asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to considerably adjust its recently announced cash withdrawal limits in response to the public outcry against the new policy. The upper chamber, in its resolution, also asked its Committee on Banking and Finance to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 745 Senior Police Officers as well as proper placement for five Commissioners of Police and one Deputy Commissioner. The Commission also treated 14 appeals and petitions and nine Pending Disciplinary Matters from dismissed and...
As Christmas draws closer, tailors in parts of Abuja have intensified efforts to beat the agreed deadlines with their customers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) went round the Mpape area and revealed that tailors in various areas were seen sewing clothes through the day and night in order...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Zonal Command of National Agency for Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday empowered trafficked persons and survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) with sewing machines, hair drying machine and a trolley to enable them start up something towards self reliance. Highlighting...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – On December 10, 2022, the School of Media and Communication (SMC), Pan-Atlantic University celebrated the pioneer fellows of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) who have completed six months of intensive training in media innovation. The programme, established in partnership with MTN Nigeria, developed...