Microsoft 2024 Digital Defense Report has revealed an alarming rise in cyber attacks, with incidents targeting customers globally, doubling to 600 million per day. The Commercial Solution Area Director, Microsoft, South Africa Mr Colin Baumgart made this known on Wednesday during his presentation at the virtual Microsoft Africa AI Journalist Academy. The News Agency of…
Oyo State Government on Monday in Ibadan said the coronation of Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo would hold on April 5. The state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Ademola Ojo, disclosed this while inaugurating a 25-man coronation committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde…
The Police command in Lagos State have detained for prosecution six suspected members of a robbery syndicate in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. He said that the suspects -four males and two females – were apprehended on Friday…
Discover how a groundbreaking technology developed by the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and the National Center for Agro Meteorology (NCAM) improves the accuracy of measuring methane emissions from rice paddy fields, contributing to effective climate change policies. In a collaborative effort, Dr. Namgoo Kang from KRISS and Dr. Minseok…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has commended the Kano State Government for its progressive approach to administering criminal justice in the state. Falana stated this during a capacity-building workshop for prosecutors on the effective administration of criminal justice on Wednesday in Kano. He called on the mass media to engage in public enlightenment,by educating…
The Rivers State government has demanded for a refund of the sum of N300 million from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for the relocation of it’s 2025 annual general conference earlier slated to hold in Port Harcourt to Enugu. The state government, in a statement issued yesterday by the senior special assistant on Media to…
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon, Syria’s local media reported. “I was at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where a quarter of a million people have crossed since Sep. 23, when Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon escalated,” Grandi said on the social media…
Cameroon’s government is taking measures to prevent France’s LGBT+ rights ambassador from visiting the country, citing the violation of its anti-gay laws. Jean-Marc Berthon, the representative of the French government on global LGBT+ rights, is scheduled to attend an event organized by the French Institute in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, from 27th June to 1st July….
A Kano State High Court, on Tuesday, reserved ruling in the case of alleged bribery and misappropriation filed against the former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others. The Kano State Government instituted an eight-count charge bordering on bribery, misappropriation and diversion of public funds running into billions of Naira against Ganduje…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded the former manager of P-Square, Jude Okoye, for allegedly stealing one million dollars and 34, 537 pounds. Jude, who is also the elder brother of Peter Okoye (Alias Mr P) and Paul Okoye ( Alias Rudeboy), was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd on a four-count…
