By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has flagged a high-impact threat to Windows operating system, the Blackbyte Ransomware, which has the capacity to bypass protections by disabling more than 1,000 drivers used by various security solutions. This is contained in...
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Motorists plying the Abuja-Lokoja Highway may now heave a sigh of relief as the two articulated trucks that combined with flood to render the road impassable at Koton-Karfe in Kogi, have been removed. The two trucks were towed off the road on Saturday. The trucks, one with NNPC inscription...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Pope Francis has appointed Nigerian-born Cardinal, His Eminence, Peter Ebere Okpaleke as a member of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja, Fr. Mike Umoh disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sent a message of condolence to his Abia state counterpart, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu over the death of the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor. Governor Ortom in the condolence message on Saturday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented a cheque of N100m as the state government’s continuos support the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) which is owned by the Federal Government. Zulum also laid the foundation for the construction of 24 units of 3-bedroom...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has charged Muslims to use the Eid- el-Maulud occasion to pray for peace, security and prosperity of Nigeria. Buni made the call on Saturday in a message by his Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu. The News Agency of...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services (NIHSA) has blamed sub-nationals including state and local governments for disregarding “adequate and timely warnings” and weather advisories issued by the various Federal Government agencies such as NIHSA and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to avert flood disaster in 2022. “If our predictions were heeded...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has called on citizens of the state to offer special prayers in the face of the current security challenges in Nigeria. Mohammed made the call in his goodwill message on the occasion of the 2022 Eid-el-Maulud (the birth of prophet Muhammad PBH) celebration...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, says it generated N38.5 million in the third quarter of 2022. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday. Makinde said that the revenue was from import duties and auction sales of petroleum products...
Dr Mainasara Kogo, an International Constitutional Lawyer and Analyst on Democracy, said that the first republic nationalists put national unity above personal and sectional interest. Kogo said this while speaking on “Contemporary Democracy in the Context of National Unity under the 1999 Constitution” at the OurNigeria News Awards organised...
The 2023 election is being viewed around the world as not just a time to put people into offices but an opportunity for Nigeria to witness a turnaround and become a giver of opportunities instead of receiver. This is as some Asian countries may have quietly banned further issuance...
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has expressed hope for Nigeria and Africa to tap into the exploration of deep-sea minerals to boost it’s blue economy. The General Secretary of ISA, Mr Michael Lodge, stated this at the end of the three days African Deep Sea Resources (ADSR) Conference in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, over the loss of his elder brother, Bappa Mohammed. Recall that Mohammed, who was also the Yeriman Duguri, died last Sunday at the age of 69 at a...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum over the reported cases of flood across the country. The president, who presided over the meeting in the State House, Abuja, encouraged the governors to meet with the Minister of Water Resources to fashion out...
Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina State, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday....
The Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday got blocked for motorists as two articulated vehicles broke down adjacent to each other. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed motorists to avoid the road for alternative routes not to get into the built up gridlock around Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area....
The Kogi Government has again debunked claims by the Dangote Group that Obajana Cement Factory is owned, 100 per cent, by the Conglomerate, insisting that there was no valid acquisition. The state government, in a statement issued by the information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Friday, claimed that...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has picketed Alibert Production (Furniture) Limited, Abuja, over the reported sack of 200 workers. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this when he led the workers to picket the firm’s factory in Idu on Friday in Abuja. The picketing was in commemoration of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, following the demise of his older brother, Alhaji Bappa Mohammed. In a condolence message by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari expressed sadness over the death, saying...
The Federal Government said it spent about 100 million US dollars in feeding 10 million Nigerian children under the National School Feeding Programme. This was part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of child labour in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when...