There was another attack in Southern Kaduna, Zango Kataf to be precise and many residents of the affected communities have relocated. Also, sources said about 6 or 7 people were killed and soldiers came to recover the corpses when they were to be buried on Wednesday morning. Also Read: Bandits attack Kaduna Community, kill one, abduct 23 other A few days ago, an alleged disagreement between Fulani youth and some security personnel, led to skirmishes, and corpses were later recovered in bushes of Zango Kataf Local Government Area. The situation prompted the Local authorities to impose a dusk to dawn.…
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has revealed that Americans lost $10.3 billion to numerous internet scams last year. This was disclosed according to an FBI report published this month, stating that losses were the highest in five years. According to ABC News on Tuesday, the Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) lodged more than 2,000 complaints per day. Phishing, defined as “the use of unsolicited email, text messages, and telephone calls purportedly from a legitimate company requesting personal, financial, and/or login credentials,” is frequently successful because phishing emails will often resemble those from people victims know personally, prompting…
The ministry of Youth and Sports development today hosted the Flying Eagles of Nigeria in the Nation’s capital,Abuja. The Flying Eagles won a bronze medal at the just concluded U-20 AFCON in Egypt after defeating Tunisia in the third place match. The minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare praised the young stars for their efforts and applauded them for winning bronze for the country. He expressed delight with the team while urging the technical team to put in place tactics that would enable the team to score more goals. Dare also promised to visit the team during their training…
Nigeria Envoy Honours Bronze-Medallists Flying Eagles in Egypt The Ambassador of Nigeria to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Ambassador Nura Abba Rimi has honoured the Flying Eagles who won the bronze medals in the just-concluded Africa U20 Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt. Ambassador Rimi received the entourage of the Nigeria U20 boys at the town hall of the Nigeria Embassy in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. The diplomat expressed satisfaction with the performance of the team during the tournament while congratulating players and officials for successfully qualifying for the forthcoming FIFA U20 World Cup finals in Indonesia. Also Read: Fans…
The Federal Government through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has revealed that a total of 12,988,978 attacks originating within and outside Nigeria were recorded during the presidential election. According to Pantami, no fewer than 1,550,000 threats to public websites and portals were recorded daily, adding that the figures skyrocketed to 6,997,277 on presidential election day. Also Read: IReV won’t Fail during Guber Polls https://meridianspy.com/2023/03/13/irev-wont-fail-during-guber-polls-inec-says/ A statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Uwa Sulaiman, noted that during this period, series of hacking attempts were recorded, including Distributed Denial of…
Femi Odubiyi, a former commissioner in Lagos state, has not been appointed as lead Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’a information and communications technology (ICT) division, according to INEC. The former commissioner is allegedly the new head of IT at INEC, according to Bode George, a former vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Also Read: INEC to Finalize BVAS reset today, promises Results Transmission George had called on Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, to remove Odubiyi because of his closeness to Bola Tinubu, the president-elect. He also alleged that Odubiyi is a mole “deliberately planted” in INEC to subvert the…
The Labour Party (LP) in Kwara has suspended Basambo Abubakar, the governorship candidate of the party in the state, for alleged anti-party activities. Basambo’s suspension comes in the wake of his endorsement of Shuaib Abdullahi, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Kehinde Rotimi, the Kwara LP chairman, said the LP has not joined forces with any party for the governorship and state assembly polls billed for Saturday. Rotimi said Abubakara has no authority to announce the alignment of the LP with another party. He called on supporters of the party to…
Some experts have expressed different opinions about the impact of the collapse of the American bank, Silicon Valley Bank, on the Nigerian economy. Regulators closed SVB Financial Group and its subsidiary, Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and seized its deposits in what is the largest US banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The beginning of the end for SVB started on Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25bn to shore up its balance sheet. According to a California regulatory filing, customers withdrew $42bn of deposits by the end of…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly deployed its operatives to the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos, Daily Post reports. The personnel said to be more than a dozen, arrived at the penitentiary located in the Apapa area late afternoon of Sunday, March 12. Their presence is linked to an alleged attempt on the life of one of the daughters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo, a former Commissioner of Justice in Lagos, and his wife Dolapo have two daughters Damilola and Kanyinsola and a son Fiyinfoluwa. Since arrival at Kirikiri, the DSS agents have been patrolling inside…
The residents of the FCT’s Kpaduma Community have filed a lawsuit against the FCT Administration (FCTA) over the destruction of their homes and are seeking N10 billion in damages. After court proceedings yesterday at the FCT High Court in Life Camp, Abuja, the natives’ attorney, Sylvester Ogbelu, told journalists that they were in court to challenge the demolition of their homes in defiance of court orders prohibiting the FCTA or any developer from taking any action against the community. He said, “We are also challenging the FCTA for the torture, harassment, victimisation, oppression and the kind of hardship the people…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has debunked speculation that he is lobbying to be appointed his Chief of Staff. Gbajabiamila, who has been representing the Surulere I Federal Constituency of Lagos since 2003, is a key loyalist of Tinubu’s. While other elected members of the 10th House of Representatives were at the International Conference Centre (ICC) to collect their certificates of return, the Speaker was noticeably absent last week. As a result of his absence, there were reports that Gbajabiamila was lobbying to be appointed as chief of staff to Tinubu. However, speaking with journalists in…
The federal government on Monday says set to relocate over 10,000 persons from Mosun Kingdom in Bassa LGA of Kogi state following the impact of the 2022 floods. Abubakar Yelwa, managing director of the Hydro-Electricity Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), spoke on Monday during a tour of affected communities. NAN reports that Yelwa said the relocation became necessary because the negative impact of the 2022 floods caused villagers to desert their homes for safety. Also Read: NiMet Forecasts More Flood inn 2023 He added that the government will soon commence the construction of buildings that would accommodate the affected…