February 2020

APC

Imo: PDP An Alarmist Party – APC

February 5, 2020 11:31 am

Imo APC has described the allegation by People’s Democratic Party that it was responsible for the fire that gutted the INEC Orlu office as hollow and irresponsible.

The party noted that the rascality of the false and tendentious accusation against the ruling party in the state is as hollow as they come from a defeated opposition party with a hollow basket full of woes.

In a statement by Chief Enyinna Onuegbu the APC spokesperson said: “It is inconceivable that in the absence of any report by relevant security agencies upon an investigation of the sad incident PDP would be running …

Court

Ex-militants Stipends: Court Dismisses Application

February 5, 2020 11:30 am

The Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Tuesday dismissed a motion for stay of proceedings brought before it by Messrs Aso Tambo and Stephen Ebisintei

The two ex-militants had sought to be joined in the suit sometime last year, but Justice Awogboro Abimbola dismissed their motion to be joined.

The applicants approached the court with another application for a stay of proceeding pending determination of their appeal.

Abimbola ruled on the application for stay of proceeding based on a pending appeal to her earlier ruling.

She dismissed their application to be joined, noting that what was before her was not …

Dapchi girls

Presidency To CAN: No Ransom Was Paid For Dapchi Girls

February 5, 2020 11:29 am

The Presidency has denied claims by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), that the current administration paid ransom for the release of Dapchi girls because the majority were Muslims.

Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement urged CAN to desist from disinformation which can further divide Nigerians. He added that the  letter and spirit of the Holy Bible does not support discord, which CAN’s allegations are liable to cause.

The statement read: “We are again constrained to react to unfounded allegations by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) about the payment or non-payment of …

UNN

Insecurity: UNN Bans Okada On Nsukka Campus

February 5, 2020 11:28 am

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has banned the use of motorcycles in Nsukka campus to check persistent cases of insecurity and need to secure the lives and properties.

The ban was contained in a memorandum to the university community dated January 17, 2020, which was signed by Mr Chris Igbokwe the registrar of the university. It was entitled, “Total ban on the use of motorcycles in Nsukka campus.”

The memo partly reads: “I have been directed to convey to the university community and the public, the total ban of the use of motorcycles in the premises of the University …

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

IPOB Dares Army, Says Kanu’s Parents’ Burial Unstoppable

February 5, 2020 10:03 am

Igbo separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has boasted that the Nigeria Army cannot be a hindrance to the burial ceremony of the parents of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, already slated for February, 14.

According to a press release issued by the publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, and made available to our correspondent in Owerri, the Igbo separatists accused the army of abandoning its main objectives of fighting in war fronts to harassing and intimidating indigenes of Kanu’s community.

Powerful stated: “We continue to draw the attention of the civilised world to the incessant harassment, humiliation, intimidation …

OMO

A Hard Shift From Easy Money: CBN And OMO Restriction

February 5, 2020 6:22 am

 

The ripple effect of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) decision to completely prohibit individuals and local firms from investing in both its primary and secondary Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions has continued to reverberate in the financial market.

The policy, coupled with the banking sector regulator’s decision to review downward, bank charges, which became effective at the beginning of the year, are all targeted at shifting both banks and fixed income investors away from easy money.

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Presently, treasury bills rates have dropped to single-digit, from about 13 per cent …

Google

Google Says Glitch Sent People’s Videos To Strangers

February 5, 2020 6:21 am

Google on Tuesday said that a software glitch resulted in some Photo app smartphone videos being given to the wrong people.

Google was notifying those who may have been affected.

“We are very sorry this happened,” Google said in reply to an AFP inquiry.

“We fixed the underlying issue and have conducted an in-depth analysis to help prevent this from ever happening again.”

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It was estimated that a small fraction of a percent of those who used a “Takeout” tool may have encountered the glitch, which affected people who used the

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NAPTIP

NAPTIP Apprehends Lebanese Human Trafficker

February 5, 2020 6:13 am

The Lagos Command of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Command, has apprehended a Lebanese for recruiting Nigerian women for labour and sexual exploitation in his home country.

NAPTIP Lagos Commander, Mr. Daniel Atokolo, said the survivor (names withheld) was trafficked by the 54-year-old Lebanese in October 2019, to his home country.

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He said the victim was rescued after the agency got a complaint from the trafficked woman’s husband.

According to Atokolo, “trouble started for the victim when her friend introduced her to the Lebanese who is …

Boko Haram

Kidnapped Corps Member Opts To Work For Boko Haram

February 5, 2020 6:12 am

A corps member abducted by the Boko Haram, Mr. Abraham Amuda has said he is ready to live under the Boko Haram caliphate and continue his humanitarian work.

Amuda, who was a Batch B National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) member undertaking his primary assignment with Borno Council for Arts and Culture, was abducted in 2019 along Maiduguri-Gwoza road while travelling to Chibok to deliver relief materials with a Living Faith Church Pastor, Moses Oyeleke, who was also abducted but subsequently released.

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They were believed to have been abducted by the Ibrahim Shekau’s …

Fraud

Confronting Growing Challenge Of Fraud

February 5, 2020 6:11 am

 

As the business world gets more complex, fraudsters are becoming even more sophisticated in their approach to crime. At present, growing desperation among fraudsters has made many corporations admit that the possibility of having fraud related problem is ever present.

Indeed, there are examples of companies in the most secure and developed countries that have been victims of impersonation related fraud.

In the 2018 edition of Price Waterhouse Coopers’ Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, 49 per cent of organisations surveyed admitted to being victims of fraud and economic crime at some point.

In August 20019, Toyota …

China

Why We’re Borrowing $17bn From China – FG

February 5, 2020 6:10 am

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it opted to approach the China-Exim Bank for a $17 billion loan request when other lending institutions like the World Bank and the African Development Bank were unwilling to assist.

Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, stated this when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt. She appeared to defend Federal Govern  $29.96 billion loan in order to fund critical infrastructure across the country.

She explained that the 8th National Assembly had approved about $6 billion for the Federal Government out of the $29.96 billion loan leaving a balance of $22.8 …

Geoffrey Onyeama

US May Lift Visa Ban In One Month – Geoffrey Onyeama

February 5, 2020 6:09 am

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, yesterday, expressed optimism that the United States might lift the visa ban on Nigeria in a month’s time.

Geoffrey Onyeama stated this on the sidelines of the fifth Nigeria-United States Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Washington D.C., United States. He said the U.S. was apprehensive over the variations of Nigerian data system and third party involvement in the management of the passport system, particularly information and data on lost and stolen passports.

According to him, after deliberations on the visa ban, the U.S. government had assured Nigeria that it was possible to lift the …

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