archiveSeptember 2020

Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested four Nigerian in Municipal City for alleged involvement in the hacking stealing of funds from banks. NBI Cybercrime Division chief Vic Lorenzo said the Nigerians were part of an international syndicate who hack banking systems, taking advantage of the flaws in their...

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has apologised for the state pardon he gave to some criminals during the COVID-19 lockdown. Among the freed inmates was a convicted serial rapist. Mohammed who regretted appending his signature to free some of inmates made this known when he received State Action Committee on...

 The National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday disclosed that it provided support to 300 enterprises in Kano State, under its COVID-19 palliative, to mitigate effects of the pandemic on businesses. The State Coordinator of the Agency, Mr Shaba Mohammed, made this known in an interview...

  Says border closure not good for regional trade The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has charged the Federal Government of Nigerian to speed up plans of reopening closed land borders. Addressing the issue through a statement titled “Matters of Urgency”, the group said “expedite actions” should be taken on...

  President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Trump’s nomination is coming weeks after he helped seal a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. He was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament,...

Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT). The appeal was to set aside a 2019 Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruling that female athletes with high natural testosterone levels must take medication to reduce it. But the South African has indicated...

The debt of the Federal Government of Nigerian came to N24.52 trillion at the end of March, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said in its ‘Economy Monthly Report’ for May issued on Tuesday. It further stated that the Nigerian government posted a revenue shortfall of N561.71 billion in the...

A group, Expression Now Human Rights Initiative, has dragged the federal government before the ECOWAS Court over the provisions and enforcement of hate speech in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code (NBC) 6th Edition and its amendments. The non-governmental organisation filed the suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/ through Lagos lawyer, Mr. Solomon Okedara. Okedara...

  Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday. The goal scored by Ronaldo meant he joined Iran’s Ali Daei as the only male player to score 100 goals or more in international soccer. Having been denied on a number...

  The inflow of foreign exchange into Nigeria shrank by 43.2 per cent to $5.52 billion in May as Africa’s biggest economy took a battering from a record crash in the prices of oil, which provides over 90 per cent of its foreign exchange earnings, in April, the Central Bank...