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NCC warns on plans by hackers to steal cars with wireless
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted car owners on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with the car. The NCC said this in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, on Sunday. “The fact that car remotes are categorized short range devices that…
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CAN to stage nationwide protest May 22 over Deborah Yakubu’s murder
A nationwide peaceful protest is to take place next Saturday by Christians to demand for justice over the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu by irate mob at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The protest is being called by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, on Saturday, CAN President, Rev…
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2023: Dont vote those who sold PDP to APC in 2015- Wike tells Lagos delegates
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has advised delegates of the party not to vote for those that conspired in 2015 to sell out PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the party’s presidential primary. Wike said the conspiracy changed the position of the PDP from…
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Why I left APC by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin
In the past nine years, I devoted my material, intellectual and political resources to propel the cause of the All Progressives Congress. As Chairman of the House Committee on Finance in the last quarter of 2013, when the alliances that would become the APC materialized, I took a huge risk to join other compatriots in leading 60 members of the…
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Deborah Samuel’s murder: 300 women groups protest, call for prosecution of culprits
About 300 women groups have called for the prosecution of all those involved in the murder of Deborah Samuel within the premises of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State. The groups, in a statement on their behalf by Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, Executive Director Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) also said all the officials of the school,…
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Malami has not resigned as minister, says aide
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has not resigned his appointment. This was made known on Saturday by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu. Gwandu, in a statement said the minister only withdrew his ambition to contest for…
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I will give my best in service to Nigeria, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says Nigerians must put sentiments aside and elect the best leader in 2023. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Office of the Vice President, ‘Laolu Akande, Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his interactions with stakeholders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday in Akwa Ibom…
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Kaduna, Niger swell rank of states endorsing Tinubu
It was another day of endorsement for leading All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the party’s delegates from Niger State to the national convention/presidential primaries joined their counterparts from Kaduna State at the weekend to endorse him for the presidency. During a relaxed, almost familial meeting in Kaduna, Governor Nasir el-Rufai and the state’s delegates to the…
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Abiodun warns against illicit activities at the border
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the youths and the people of the state not to see the reopening of the nation’s borders as an avenue to engage in illicit activities capable of damaging the country’s economy. Abiodun gave the charge in his address at the 10th year coronation anniversary of the Olu…
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Tension in Kaduna as El-Rufai bans religious protests
Kaduna State government has banned religious protests throughout the State with immediate effect. Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan in a statement on Saturday said the ban was put in place in consultation with security agencies under the umbrella of the Kaduna State Security Council. Protests have rocked Sokoto State by Muslim youths following the arrest of some…
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