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BusinessNewsRussia-Ukraine War: FG Warns Businesses, Organizations of Possible Cyber Attacks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 18, 2022

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has sent warning notes to businesses and organizations of the possible spillover of cyber-attacks as a result of ongoing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Head of the Corporate Affairs and External Relations of the NITDA, Hadiza Umar, gave the warning in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Umar said the invasion had increased cyber-attacks on businesses and government organizations and called for more precautionary measures. She said organizations...

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InvestingElon Musk Explains What Is Halting the Progress of His $44bn Twitter Deal

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 18, 2022

The billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., Elon Musk, has said that his $44 billion Twitter deal “cannot move forward” until the social media company shows proof of its spam account figures. The billionaire entrepreneur said this in a tweet on Tuesday. In a filing earlier this month, Twitter estimated that fewer than 5 per cent of its monetizable daily active users in Q1 were bots or spam accounts. But Musk claimed that around 20 per...

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MoneyNewsDollar Hits N600 At Parallel Market as Forex Supply Shrinks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 18, 2022

The dollar exchanged at N600 on Monday at the parallel market, heightening fears of a further devaluation of the nation’s currency. The rate at the Importers and Exporters Window was, however, N415.75 on Monday, widening the exchange rate spread to N184.25. At Zone 4 in Abuja, which is the hub of the parallel market in the Federal Capital Territory, two Bureau de Change Operators, Mohammed Isa, and Abu Abdullahi, told newsmen that the rate was N599/$ at...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNegotiation To Release Kaduna Train Abductees Enter Deadlock As FG Seeks Foreign Aid

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

The negotiations between the Federal Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers may have deadlocked following the insistence of the gunmen on the release of their commanders in exchange for the abductees. It was learnt that the gang insisted on a swap of their men in custody with the passengers kidnapped during an attack on the train at Katari, Kaduna, on March 28. According to The Punch, the Federal Government...

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Crime & SecurityBlasphemy: I Was Charged N120,000 To Transport the Remain of my Daughter – Deborah’s Father

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

Emmanuel Garba, the father of Deborah Samuel, a second-year student of the Shehu Shagar College of Education, Sokoto, who was lynched to death last week for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad, said he paid N120,000 to transport the remains of his daughter from Sokoto State to Niger State. Garba disclosed that the government had not contacted him despite the gruesome killing but he maintained that he will not seek any legal redress. The father of the...

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Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsBlasphemy: 34 Lawyers Defence Lawyers In Court As Police Arraign Suspects In Sokoto

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, Deborah Samuel, on May 12. The student was lynched to death last week over alleged blasphemy. The suspects, co-students of the deceased, were arraigned at a Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court for their alleged participation in the crime. They pleaded not guilty to the crime. Prosecuting Inspector Khalil...

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PoliticsWomen Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, Withdraws From Senatorial Race

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has disclosed her decision to withdraw from the Plateau North Senatorial race ahead of the general elections in 2023. The Minister made the announcement on Monday, which is the final day to decide given by President Muhammadu Buhari whether to resign as Minister to pursue her political ambition or reconsider her decision. Tallen, who initially announced to contest for the Plateau South senatorial seat in the National Assembly,...

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Crime & PunishmentNewsReligionAlleged Blasphemy: Buhari, Sultanate Council Condemn Killing of Deborah Samuel

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2022

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has, on Friday, condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was killed on Thursday by a fellow student following an allegation of blaspheming Prophet Mohammed (SAW). The President’s reaction is coming after the condemnation of the incident by the Sultanate Council in Sokoto. The incident has generated reactions from different people and groups. According to the police, the student was...

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NewsPoliticsAlleged Blasphemy: Atiku Deletes Tweet Condemning Killing of Sokoto Student

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2022

A frontline presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has deleted and distance himself from a tweet condemning the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was killed for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. The former Vice President has earlier taken to Twitter to condemn the mob action, saying, “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. Deborah Yakubu was murdered and all...

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National SecurityNewsNigeria ElectionsINEC Expresses Concern Over Insecurity Ahead of 2023 General Elections

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concerns over the insecurity challenges confronting the country ahead of the general elections in 2023. As the country approaches the poll in nine months’ time, the commission allayed fears that the election might not hold due to security threats. The Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the remarks on Friday in Abuja at the second quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...

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