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Sep

2023

You have Responsibility Curbing Yahoo Amongst Our Youths-AIG Shinaba, (Rtd) Charges Parents …Says govt now provides security for schools.

NATIONAL NEWS#Cybercrime, #NAOSNP, #security, #Yahoo

You have Responsibility Curbing Yahoo Amongst Our Youths-AIG Shinaba, (Rtd) Charges Parents …Says govt now provides security for schools Mr. Aderenle Shinaba, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, has brought attention to a pressing issue within Nigerian society, the involvement of youths in cyber fraud, otherwise known as "Yahoo." Speaking during a security conference, organised by National Association of Online Security News you, (NAOSNP), in Lagos State, Thursday, Mr. Shinaba emphasized the vital role parents play in curbing this menace, highlighting that the roots of such fraudulent behavior start within the home and can likewise be mitigated there. National…

Sep

2023

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PROLIFERATION OF LETHAL WEAPONS: Egbetokun, Adeniyi, Adepoju, Audi To Address Challenge At Naosnp Conference 2023

NATIONAL NEWS#NAOSNP, #NationalAssociationofOnlineSecurityNewsPublishers, #security

PROLIFERATION OF LETHAL WEAPONS: Egbetokun, Adeniyi, Adepoju, Audi To Address Challenge At Naosnp Conference 2023 The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) is proud to present a distinguished lineup of top guns who are at the forefront of Nigeria’s security architecture. The acting Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun; Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi; acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Wuraola Adepoju and Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Abubakar Ahmed Audi. These individuals will share their technical knowhow, professional experience, and programmes aimed at nipping banditry, kidnapping, cultism,…

Sep

2023

By Famous Reporters

OIL PRODUCING STATE: Deputy Speaker, Kalu Decries poor Developmental interventions in Abiaunder NDDC

NATIONAL NEWS#Oil, #OilWell

Deputy Speaker, Kalu has described as poor, the developmental interventions in Abia as an oil producing state under the leadership of Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has rated below average the developmental interventions in Abia as an oil producing State under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This is contained in a statement signed by Levinus Nwabughiogu, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria and issued to the Media on September 20. Kalu expressed the view when a delegation of…

Sep

2023

By Famous Reporters

Breaking: Ikorodu youths obey police order, Exhume Mohbad’s body for autopsy (Watch videos)

NATIONAL NEWS#Exhume, #Mohbad, #NigeriaPolice

Breaking: Ikorodu youths obey police order, Exhume Mohbad's body from grave Some aggrieved youths of Ikorodu, in Lagos State have dutifully disinterred the body of the late popular Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad. This is following the order from the the Lagos State Police Command l, through the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, to exhume the body oflate singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, in order to facilitate plans to conduct an autopsy, in their bid to figure out the actual cause of the sudden death of the legend. This is even as the Police ilhad…

Sep

2023

By Famous Reporters

Breaking: EEDC Announces Nationwide Blackout, As Nigeria’s Power Grid Breakdown

NATIONAL NEWS#Blackout, #EEDC, #ElectricitySupply

Breaking: EEDC Announces Nationwide Blackout, As Nigeria's Power Grid Breakdown The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, (EEDC) Plc has informed Nigerians, particularly those resident in the Eastern region of an inevitable widespread blackout across the country following the complete collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid early. According to reports, the grid collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday, on September 14, 2023, at about 12:40 a.m. on resulting to the massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide. The worrisome situation has been confirmed by multiple sources in the power sector, as well as electricity distribution companies, at dawn. EEDC has, therefore,…

Sep

2023

By Famous Reporters

Police Affairs Ministry Visits Jika’s Family, Consoles Mother

NATIONAL NEWS#NAOSNP, #PoliceAffairs, #SulaimanJika

Police Affairs Ministry Visits Jika's Family, Consoles Mother The Minister of State, Police Affairs, Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has led a delegation, on behalf of the Minister, Senator Gaidam Ibrahim, to condole with Hajia Sakinatu Jika, mother of late Cadet, Sulaiman Jika, who died while a student of the Police Academy, at their Maitama, Abuja home. A statement signed by the minister's Deputy Director, Press, Bolaji Kazeem, and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), noted that the Minister prayed that Almighty Allah protect him from the torment of the grave, and make him weigh heavily…

Sep

2023

By Famous Reporters

Take Advantage of Nigeria’s Huge Energy Market— Onuigbo Charges Foreign Investors

NATIONAL NEWS#Investors, #SamOnuigbo

Take Advantage of Nigeria’s Huge Energy Market— Onuigbo Charges Foreign Investors Representative of the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and former House of Representatives Member, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has called on foreign and local investors to take advantage of the huge energy market in Nigeria and invest massively in renewable energy. Rep. Onuigbo made the call while speaking on “Upscaling Regional and Local Renewable Energy Deployment in Nigeria” at the Africa Climate Summit’s Parliamentarians Dialogue 2023, which held at the Kenyan Parliament in Nairobi, Kenya on September 5-6, 2023. Hon. Samuel Ifeanyichukwu…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

RE: Alleged Crushing Of Lastma Officers Reportedly Crush Pregnant Woman To Death At Computer Village, Lagos

NATIONAL NEWS#LASTMA

RE: Lastma Officers Reportedly Crush Pregnant Woman To Death At Computer Village, Lagos The attention of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA has been drawn to the above captioned story published/circulating by an online media (@SamzyVG & @ToyosiGodwin) today Tuesday, 29th of August, 2023. In a statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq disclosed that the story as presented by online media was not the true position of what transpired today at MRS Filling Station on Kodesoh road, Ikeja. Preliminary investigation revealed that a mini commercial bus (korope) driver upon sighting…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Onuigbo Lauds Otti, Tinubu on Federal Secretariat *Reassures host community of govt’s readiness to follow principles

NATIONAL NEWS#FederalSeecretariat, #SamOnuigbo

Onuigbo Lauds Otti, Tinubu on Federal Secretariat… Reassures host community of govt's readiness to follow principles Former Member of the House of Representatives and Board Member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has praised the Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, for placing the development of the State above party politics. Onuigbo made this known in Umuahia on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, following the award of the contract for the construction of Federal Secretariat, Umuahia. The former Federal Lawmaker who attracted the project since October 2019, said the takeoff…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Army Commences Investigation Into Alleged stabbing Innocent Driver by faceless Soldier

NATIONAL NEWS#NAOSNP, #nigerianarmy

Army Commences Investigation Into Alleged stabbing od Innocent Driver by faceless Soldier Following the stabbing to death of a civilian driver allegedly carried out by some faceless soldiers under the 81 Division, Nigerian Army’s (NA) jurisdiction, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Maj Gen MT Usman, has instituted an investigative panel to unravel the faces of the soldiers and possible prosecution. It was learnt that the driver identified as Mr Lawal was killed by some persons in military uniform on the night of 17th August, 2023, around Iyana Ipaja axis and went away with his Tokunbo car after he was stopped…