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Facebook on Wednesday said it took steps to dismantle malicious activities perpetrated by two state-sponsored hacking groups operating out of Palestine that abused its platform to distribute malware. The social media giant attributed the attacks to a network connected to the Preventive Security Service (PSS), the security apparatus of the State of Palestine, and another threat actor known as Arid …

Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie, one of the persons that late Ada Jesus had an issue with before her demise Wednesday, finally made a post on her social media page hours after Ada Jesus was announced dead by an activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who led a group of Nigerians that took her to the hospital. The entertainer, whose real name is Mmesoma …

The Presidency may have ruled out the possibility of sacking the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his past comments in support of terrorist groups like Taliban and Al-Qaeda. In a statement on Thursday, the Presidency said Pantami’s ordeal in the hands of those calling for his sack was not about his past utterances but about his …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) did not discuss the allegations against Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, during its weekly meeting on Wednesday. The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, while briefing journalists at the State House after the meeting, stated that the FEC did not discuss any issue concerning his communications counterpart. Mr Pantami was one …

Today there are plenty of cybersecurity tools on the market. It is now more important than ever that the tools you decide to use work well together. If they don’t, you will not get the complete picture, and you won’t be able to analyze the entire system from a holistic perspective. This means that you won’t be able to do …

Epileptic power supply costs businesses in Nigeria about $29 billion yearly, the World Bank has said. The bank’s conclusion was drawn from its Power Sector Recovery Programme factsheet presented during the World Bank’s virtual meeting with journalists Wednesday. The bank’s practice manager, West and Central Africa Energy, Ashish Khanna, in his presentation said, “Businesses in Nigeria lose about $29bn annually …

The Lagos State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has broken ranks with its national body to announce a partial suspension of the ongoing nationwide strike of judiciary workers. The nationwide strike embarked upon by JUSUN on April 6, in protest against the denial of the judiciary its financial freedom from the executive, has shut down courts …

At Mulanje Prison in southern Malawi, convict Felix Chimombo wakes up early every morning to prepare food for his fellow inmates. With a handful other prisoners, Chimombo’s responsibility is to make sure that by 7:00 AM, they have prepared food for 200 or so inmates at the prison. The prison previously used an average of two cubic meters of wood …

A move to cut the skyrocketing costs of cement began yesterday at the National Assembly. The Senate urged the Federal Government to introduce liberal policies to stimulate more investment in the manufacturing of the product. The upper chamber said such policies should include provision of industrial and larger tax incentives to encourage local investments in cement production in Nigeria. The …

Here’s what you are going to get in a major address from Biden: a torrent of phrases, some of them carefully clipped like a neighbor’s hedge, most of them rolling and gushing like a river, all of them aimed not at the gut in the manner of his immediate predecessor, but directly towards the heart, whether to soothe or to …