Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit with outage on Monday as users across the globe went offline. The social media giant scrambled for hours to restore the services after being hit by one of its longest outages. The outage began around noon Eastern time (1600 GMT) and service had yet to be restored more than four hours later, according to Reuters. Facebook...
Google celebrates Nigeria’s Independence with a doodle
The largest search engine in the world, Google on Oct. 1, celebrated Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day anniversary with a doodle. Google celebrated Nigeria on its website with a special doodle depicting a red coloured Eagle atop an image of the national colours of Green and White. A click on the doodle opens up another page where very important facts and videos...
Borno woman to spend 34 years in prison for N66m fraud
A woman, Dije Sale, has been convicted and sentenced to 34 years imprisonment before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for forgery, use of false document and obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N66 million. The convict forged a "Purchase Order" and used same to defraud the nominal complainant of N66 million under the...
Troops foil terrorists attack on surrendered Boko Haram members
An attempted attack by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a facility housing some surrendered Boko Haram members in Damboa, Borno State has been successfully foiled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. He said that the ISWAP terrorists had resorted...
Customs intercepts N1.7bn worth of pangolin scales in Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a Duty Paid Value of over N1.7 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) disclosed this in a media conference in Lagos, on Monday. Ali who was represented by the National Public Relations Officer, NSC, DC Joseph Attah added that two...
Abducted AVM Smith regains freedom
AVM Sikiru Smith (rtd), who was kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, has regained his freedom, the police said in Lagos on Saturday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He did not mention where Smith was released; where he is currently or whether ransom was paid or not. “I...
Resident Doctors suspend 64-day strike for 6 weeks
Sixty-four days after it embarked on nationwide industrial action, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, suspended the strike for six weeks. The suspension was to give the Federal Government time to implement its demands. Some of the demands are: (A.) Continuous processing and payment of the ongoing 2021 MRTF while ensuring that provision for 2022 is adequately captured...
Nigeria needs $100bn annually to address infrastructure deficit – Emefiele
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has stated that the Federal Government needed about $100 billion annually to address the nation’s infrastructure deficit. Emefiele made the disclosure at the 30th Anniversary Conference and Awards of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) on Saturday in Lagos. The two-day conference has “Financing Infrastructure and SMEs for Inclusive...
Ikeja, Oregun, Magodo, Omole, Ogba to experience blackout for 8 weeks
Electricity consumers in Lagos areas of Oregun, Police Training College, Oba Akran, Oke Ira, Ogba, Magodo, Anifowoshe and Omole Phase One will experience outage for a period of eight weeks. Maximum Demand (MD) customers such as Ikeja City Mall, Police College, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and the Ikeja High Court will be affected by the outage. Ikeja Electric Plc made...
Buhari gives five conditions to lift ban on Twitter
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved conditional lifting of ban on microblogging giant Twitter. Buhari gave five conditions that must be addressed before the return of Twitter. These are: National Security and Cohesion; Registration, Physical presence and Representation; Fair Taxation; Dispute Resolution; and Local Content. The president made this position known during a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary on Friday in...
