Habeeb Okikiola, the Nigerian singer known as Portable, trended on social media yesterday over his encounter with some police officers who stormed his ‘office’ to arrest him. The incident, captured live on Portable’s Instagram page, saw him challenging the authority of the policemen as they invaded his bar in Ogun state and attempted to take him away. The singer rebuffed the efforts of the police to arrest him, claiming that he works for the ruling...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has expressed concern over cyberspace threats and attacks, saying cyberattacks have increased by over 300 percent in Africa. Pantami, while declaring open a two-day workshop organized by his ministry in partnership with World Bank for cybersecurity stakeholders at the Digital Economy Complex, Mbora, Abuja, said the workshop is to fine-tune and update the skills of stakeholders to enable them to tackle cybersecurity challenges effectively, stated...

Following the recently conducted selection process, President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of six new federal permanent secretaries in the federal civil service. Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation made this known on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Yemi-Esan, the appointed permanent secretaries and their states of origin, are as follows: Mahmud   Adamu Kambari (Borno), Esuabana Nko Asanye A. (Cross River), Lamuwa Adamu Ibrahim (Gombe), Yakubu Adam Kofar-Mata (Kano), Oloruntola...