On March 16, Latitude Holdings, a digital payments and lending company based in Melbourne, Australia, experienced a large-scale information theft that resulted in the theft of almost 8 million driver’s license numbers from Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, roughly 53,000 passport numbers and less than 100 monthly financial statements belonging to customers were stolen. The…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is constructing a road network in Giri District, Abuja, to open the area for development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, after inspecting the ongoing construction of the three-kilometre road network in the district. Other projects inspected included the…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has charged strategic commanders across the security forces to think out of the box and act collaboratively in the ongoing counter-terrorism efforts. Musa gave the charge at the opening of the Strategic Commanders Course organised by the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and UK High Commission…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has advised President Bola Tinubu to reverse the state of emergency declared in Rivers. The Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, who made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers as unconstitutional. Mohammed stated that it was…
Mohamed Omar remembers the day he was rounded up by Taliban soldiers at Pul-e-Sukhta bridge in western Kabul, a notorious gathering place for drug addicts long before the Taliban regained power in August 2021. In recent months, the Taliban have been forcibly collecting hundreds of men from various locations around the city, including parks and…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, remanded 60-year-old man, Rufus Adebisi, standing trial over alleged N8.9 million visa fraud, at the Federal Custodial Centre in Ile Ife. Adebisi is facing trial on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, converting money to personal use and obtaining by false pretences. The Magistrate, Abosede Sarumi, who did…
Brighter Futures programme, an initiative supported by the UK government, has launched the Thrive Online campaign, as part of efforts to curb the rising tide of cyber-related crimes in Nigeria. The initiative also launched the Cancel Cultist campaign aimed at reducing cultism and other forms of serious organized crime in Nigeria. The Thrive…
Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, has urged Nigerians to live in peace with one another to foster peace and national unity. Etsu Nupe made the call while addressing his people, shortly after the two Raka’at prayers at the Bida Eid praying ground on Sunday. The Royal…
Reports from Reuters reveal that Tunisia has expelled hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along its border with Libya, following days of violent confrontations between migrants and residents in the port city of Sfax. The unrest unfolded after a Tunisian man lost his life in clashes with migrants. Local residents voiced grievances…
In a bid to address challenges that may arise as a result of the sudden relocation of international airlines from the old international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to the recently commissioned terminal at the same airport, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo has set up a five-man…
