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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON & OKHIDE EM’YA DAVID Senior personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC), Alex Ugiagbe has been killed in a gun battle with suspected kidnappers who attempted to abduct the bursar of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) at his private residence in Benin City. The incident occurred at Ogheghe community, off Sapele road in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Northern Governors Forum of his commitment to end all forms of insecurity in the country. The president gave the assurance when he met with governors from the region at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting was attended by the Chair of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, governors …

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 …