By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned about the potential harm of taking part in the Invisible Challenge on short-form video hosting service, TokTok, revealing that it exposes devices to Information-Stealing Malware. An NCC-CSIRT advisory said threat actors have...
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Did Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers intend to shame his colleagues from the Niger Delta states when he recently asked their constituents to demand accountability from their respective governors on how they spent the refunded arrears of 13 percent derivation? I doubt. But I praise his guts. However, if...
Six youths were killed in cold blood by rival cult groups over the past one week in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South LGA of Delta. The latest development followed the cold-blooded murder of Mr. Ekene Ekwenuya by suspected members of a cult group in the community, which sources said, triggered the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a businessman, Bernard Nzenwa, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged issuance of false document. EFCC arraigned Nzenwa alongside his company, Omega Maritine and Energy Ltd. on a count charge of issuance of false document. The defendant, who also...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has reserved judgment in a suit filed by an aspirant, Madam Patience Key against Mr Kola Abiola, the presidential candidate, People’s Redemption Party (PRP). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a short ruling after counsel for the parties adopted their processes for and against the suit,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate has nothing to offer Nigerians going by his just released policy document. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this in a statement on...
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, has estimated that the Federal Government may lose $23bn in 2023 if crude oil theft continues. He made the comment on Tuesday during the inauguration of a special investigation panel set up to check crude oil theft in the country. General...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has refused the bail application of the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Ankpa II Constituency, Ismaila Atumeyi, and two others. The trio was arraigned before the court on Monday by the Economic &...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to go ahead with its judgment in a suit filed by Mr Akanimo Udofia against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that Sen. Ita Enang was an affected party in the suit, hence,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has lauded the recent judgment of the Supreme Court confirming him as the duly elected candidate in the June 18, governorship election in the state. The Supreme Court had on Monday dismissed the case instituted by one of the...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General,Voice of Nigeria (VON), says state governors cannot excuse themselves from being major contributor to deepening poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Okechukwu said this in an exclusive interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while reacting to the position of Nigeria Governors Forum...
Minister for Police Affairs, Dr Muhammad Maigari-Dingyadi, says the Federal Government has fully implemented the demands presented by the EndSars protesters in October 2020. Maigari-Dingyadi said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Public Dissemination of the Post EndSARS/Research and Training of Police Oversight Agencies on Oversight Mechanisms. The...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday, fixed April 4 for the trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21 arraigned the former attorney-general...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), would be a pivotal legacy his administration will bequeath to the next administration in 2023. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja during the commissioning of the President Muhammadu Buhari Technology and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As Nigeria and Vietnam continue to deepen cooperation across different sectors, when properly nurtured, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says Nigeria’s friendship with the Southeast Asian country can yield much more beneficial fruits for citizens of both nations. Prof. Osinbajo was speaking on Monday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has refuted a newspaper report suggesting that the Agency had reclaim diplomatic plots in Abuja belonging to Ghana, Malaysia and Thailand. The report, published in the December 5, 2022 edition of one of the national dailies, had attributed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the N100billion Federal Government Sukuk put on offer has recorded about 165 per cent oversubscription. The DMO said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, that the sovereign sukuk closed on a high note with 165 per cent...
Somali forces and allied militias have pushed al Shabaab fighters out of a strategic town in central Somalia that the Islamist group has controlled for six years, officials and the African Union (AU) said on Tuesday. The government, backed by AU troops and clan militias, says it has killed...
The Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna record low turnout of passengers on Tuesday as the Abuja-Kaduna train service resumed operations nine months after its suspension. The resumption of service on the route came 251 days after the Federal Government announced its suspension following terrorists attack on a passenger train...
Police operatives from Ebonyi State Command have killed a suspected gunman when the hoodlums attacked them on Monday on their duty post in Abakaliki, the state capital. Police Public Relations Officers, SP Chris Anyanwu, incident to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday. He said...