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Android device users are being targeted by a sophisticated spyware app that disguises itself as a “system update” application, a mobile security firm Zimperium zLabs has said. The new malware disguises itself as a System Update application, and is stealing data, Inspecting notifications and monitoring messages, images and taking control of android phones. Once in control, hackers can record audio …

MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps on Friday. The channels were blocked as a result of MTN reducing the banks’ commission on USSD airtime to 2.5 per cent. However, following the intervention by the Minister of Communications and Digital …

The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied masterminding the Monday morning attacks on Owerri Correctional Center and the Imo State Police Command headquarters. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Monday, said that it was ” fallacious” linking IPOB and the operatives of Eastern Security Network to the attack. According to the statement, ESN operatives were in the bushes …

Owerri Correctional Center, has been attacked by suspected hoodlums and hundreds of inmates freed. Vanguard gathered in Owerri,  that the attack happened early hours of Easter  Monday. An eyewitness who spoke to Vanguard said that the operation started at about 1am and lasted till 3am. He said: “The operation started at about 1 am and till 3 am. These men …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Mr. Adolphus Aghughu, an indigene of Edo State, as new Auditor General of the Federation. The governor gave the commendation during a thanksgiving mass to mark the appointment of Aghughu as the Auditor General of the Federation, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Ewatto in Esan South East Local …

Nigeria’s National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh, at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in possession of two kg of heroin with a street value of N564 million. A statement by the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the heroin was found concealed in the …

Ekiti Police Command on Sunday confirmed the kidnapping of one Agbanigo Isaac, from his farm, bringing to 10, the number of persons so far kidnapped in similar circumstances in the state, in the last few months. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the serial kidnapping had always ended in the release of the victims, although two deaths were …

*VP says there will be grace and mercy As Christians all over the world celebrate the Easter season, Nigerians should have great hope that things are going to get better for the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. Prof. Osinbajo stated this during a brief chat with journalists after the Easter Sunday service at the Aso Villa Chapel earlier …

The judiciary workers say their decision to shut down courts nationwide from Tuesday is to press home their demand for financial autonomy. Judiciary workers, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), have declared an indefinite nationwide strike to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The national leadership of JUSUN in a …

With the disconnection of MTN customers by commercial banks, the Mobile Network Operator is exploring other electronic payment platforms for its customers to recharge their phones. The alternative channels include payment solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, Jumia Pay, OPay, Kuda, Carbon and BillsnPay. MTN in a statement on Saturday by its Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, also said customers …