Gunmen have reportedly killed 18 people in an attack on villagers in Mbacher Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses told our correspondent in Makurdi, the state capital, that the incident happened on Friday night after gunmen believed to be local outlaws laid siege to the villagers and killed 18 people, leaving some wounded and many others kidnapped. The outlaws operating in rural environments of Sankera acenstral bloc which consists of three local government areas – Ukum, Logo and Kastina-Ala – had made the axis unsafe for residents for the past many years. Earlier in June,…
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Microsoft Corporation, an American multinational technology company, has disclosed that the recent global cyber outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices. On July 19, airlines’ operations, media, and financial services across the world were disrupted following a major cyber outage. Over 4,000 flights — nearly 4 percent of all scheduled flights globally — were cancelled due to the disruption. Microsoft in a statement on Saturday regarding the incident, said the outage was caused by a software update carried out by CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company. The statement read, “although the incident was not from Microsoft”, the update impacted information technology (IT)…
FLEADERS Nigeria, a female leadership project of Emerge Women Development Initiative, has demanded an unreserved apology from Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio over his sexist comments towards the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Senator Akpabio had come under fire for telling Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan -a female lawmaker – that the Senate chamber was not a night club, therefore, she must be recognised before speaking during plenary. Responding to the matter, FLEADERS Nigeria described the remark as not only condescending and disrespectful but also perpetuated harmful gender stereotypes. The organisation lamented that the female legislator was subjected to unjustified bullying…
The Police said they have arrested three suspects over house breaking, robbery of gold and other valuables in Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing in Abuja. He added that the suspects were arrested following an investigation by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Adejobi said further investigation revealed that the prime suspect in the case was a fish trader at the Kado fish market in Abuja. He said the suspects had raided three houses in the Lugbe area of Abuja before getting to the fourth house where they jumped the…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Prominent Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, including the reinstated Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu belonging to the legacy group of the party have, officially joined the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state. They were received into the APC by the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje and other big wigs of the party from the national and state levels during the inauguration of Edo state APC National Governorship Campaign Council in Benin City on Saturday. Prominent on the list of the new entrants to the APC are the reinstated Deputy Governor, Philip…
Peter Obi Media Reach has raised the alarm over what it described as “wild, wicked and baseless allegations” by one of the spokespersons in the Presidency, Bayo Onanuga, accusing the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi of being the mastermind of a planned protest in the country. Onanuga had in a statement said Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest. But POMR spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, in a statement said the group can report from good and reliable authority that the unsubstantiated allegations are being orchestrated to arrest Obi, limit…
Following the outbreak of Cholera in some states, an Educationist, Mrs Maureen Ola-Williams has warned parents and guardians to desist from buying road side food and observe safety measures provided by the government to protect their children from contracting the disease. Ola-Williams, who is the Head of Lyceum Schools, Abeokuta, Ogun State, equally charged parents and guardians to always encourage the children to always drink safe and clean water as well as wash their hands with soap and water before and after using the toilets. She stated this while addressing newsmen at the 12th Anniversary and Graduation Ceremony of Lyceum…
… says LP presidential flagbearer’ll be held responsible for untoward consequences Presidency on Saturday identified the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obias the masterminds of planned nationwide protests against the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The Presidency therefore called on security agencies to immediately move against the organisers of the planned protests by interrogating these “agents of destabilisation” behind the alleged “Tinubu Must Go” protests. A group under the #EndBadGoverning has been mobilizing Nigerians on social media for nationwide protests scheduled to hold from August 1st to 15th. The group claims…
The Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has expressed condolences on the passage of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Women Leader in Akure South local council area of Ondo State, Mrs Rosaline Olanireti Adegbeko, describing her exit as painful. Olanireti died during a brief illness, a few days after her appointment into the newly constituted Transition Committee for Akure South Local Government. In a statement by the State Information Director, Mr. Kayode Fasua, the Council described the deceased as a committed party member who inspired not only the womenfolk, but all persons in her Akure community,…
By Ilyasu Awada In March, the US Justice Department, in a suit joined by 16 state district attorneys general, announced a historic anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, alleging the tech company “relies on exclusionary anti-competitive conduct” to unlawfully maintain its smartphone market dominance. The move has not spooked the markets because at the heart of the markets is consumer protection, which can only be engendered by competitiveness. However, the case has been different in Nigeria until recently. Though there is the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA), 2018 whose core function is to regulate competition and protection of consumers in…