Seizes 22 UK, France, Portugal passports at MMIA Three trans-border drug traffickers were apprehended by NDLEA operatives while attempting to smuggle 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol through Mubi, Adamawa State, to the Cameroon Republic, while over 1,500 kilograms of imported Loud and other illicit substances were intercepted in raids across […]
Month: January 2022
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has warned freshly trained personnel of the anti-narcotics body about the risks of jeopardizing the country’s renewed war on drug abuse and trafficking. Marwa issued the warning on Saturday, January 29th, 2022, during the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), again, has been informed of a new high-risk, critical and Short Messaging Service-based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. TangleBot employs more or less similar tactics as the recently-announced notorious FlutBot SMS Android malware that targets mobile devices. TangleBot equally gains control of the device […]
As part of its efforts to promote digital inclusion, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has pledged to continue providing equitable chances to the vulnerable, particularly people living with various forms of impairments in the country. This guarantee was given by the NITDA’s Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, at the […]
In commemoration of this year’s International Day of Education, Nigeria’s telecom provider and youth-friendly brand, 9mobile, has announced its Future-CEO initiative, aimed at stimulating the interest of young students of secondary school age in business and leadership. According to 9mobile, the initiative aligns with the brand’s CSR commitment to education […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Cyber Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has independently identified two cyber vulnerabilities and advised Nigerian telecom consumers on the measures to be taken to get protected from the cyber-attacks. The CSIRT, in its first-ever security advisories less than three months after its creation, has solely identified […]
The promotion of the indigenous content agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has remained one of the focal points of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) which has called for a more robust collaboration between the agency and local start-ups in the country, the Agency has said. The promotion of indigenous content which is one of the strategic pillars of the Agency’s […]
The Nigeria Police Helicopter, Bell 429 5NMDA, flying from Abuja to Bauchi on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, was involved in a controlled safe landing at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi. The aircraft did not crash as being reported in some sections of the media and none of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently warns Nigerians against seeking credit facilities from unlicensed banks for financial purposes, advising them to patronise licenced financial organisations. The governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, who stated this, also said that the apex bank has begun a manhunt for loan sharks in […]
What is infertility? If a couple tries but fails to conceive within a year, healthcare providers deem them infertile. When a woman reaches the age of 35, the time spent attempting to conceive drops to six months, and she is diagnosed with infertility. Women above the age of 40 should […]