House of Reps Hit Pause on CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsHouse of Reps Hit Pause on CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 10, 2024

The House of Representatives threw a wrench into the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, plans this week, directing the bank to suspend the implementation of a proposed 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The move came after a motion by Honourable Kingsley Chinda, who raised concerns about the levy’s ambiguity. According to Chinda, the CBN’s circular outlining the levy was open to misinterpretation. He argued that the wording could lead to the levy being placed...

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Gunmen Storm Kogi University, Abduct Students 

EducationNewsNigeriaGunmen Storm Kogi University, Abduct Students 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 10, 2024

Unease gripped the campus of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, in Osara, Kogi State, on Thursday night, as gunmen stormed the institution and abducted a yet-to-be-determined number of students. According to an eyewitness account, the assailants believed to be bandits, arrived around 9:00 p.m. while students were engrossed in late-night studies for their upcoming semester examinations. The witness reported, “They came through the bush, entered three lecture halls, and started shooting into...

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Adamawa State Records 818 Cases Of Measles In Four Months

HealthNewsNigeriaAdamawa State Records 818 Cases Of Measles In Four Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2024

The Adamawa State government has confirmed 143 cases of measles out of 818 it recorded from January 2024 to date across the 21 local government areas of the state. Kadabiyu G. Jones, State Epidemiology, State Ministry of Health, Yola disclosed this during a media engagement in Yola and explained that most of the affected persons are unvaccinated children between the ages of 0-14 years. He stated that the immunization embarked upon in the affected areas...

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Insecurity:  Kaduna State Government To Merge 359 Schools

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaInsecurity:  Kaduna State Government To Merge 359 Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2024

Due to incessant attacks on schools by bandits leading to abduction and kidnapping of pupils, students and their teaching and nonteaching staff, the Kaduna State has announced plans to relocate 359 schools from high-risk areas to safer communities within the state. Governor, Senator Uba Sani represented by his Chief of Staff, Sani Kila, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ forum and training session for the newly established Schools’ Protection Squad. He attributed the decline primarily to...

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Troops Intercepts Suspected Gun Runners, Seize arms Adamawa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTroops Intercepts Suspected Gun Runners, Seize arms Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2024

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in North East Nigeria, in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force, have intercepted a group of terrorists in transit to unleash an attack in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. This is contained in a statement posted on the Nigerian Army X handle. It said the troops on fighting patrol near Wuro Jabbe encountered the terrorists who were on a mission to attack...

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Nasarawa State Chief Judge Releases167 Inmates

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNasarawa State Chief Judge Releases167 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2024

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s order to decongest custodial centers in the country, the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, has freed 167 inmates across the five custodial centers in the state. The Chief Judge pardoned the inmates during an official visit to the custodial centres in Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa and Keffi local government areas of the state. Justice Bashir-Aliyu rounding off a tour of Correctional facilities in Lafia on Thursday said...

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Prof. Biereenu-Nnabugwu Delivers the 102nd Unizik Inaugural Lecture

EducationNewsNigeriaProf. Biereenu-Nnabugwu Delivers the 102nd Unizik Inaugural Lecture

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 10, 2024

Prof. Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu, has delivered the Nnamdi Azikiwe University 102nd inaugural lecture. Nnabugwu, a professor of Political Theory and Methodology of Political Inquiry, is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Political Science, under the Social Science Faculty of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. He is now the very first inaugural lecturer of the university, from the Department of Political Science. The inaugural lecture which was held on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University auditorium, under the chairmanship...

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Ministry of Defence Boosts Morale of Military with New Fighting Vehicles 

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMinistry of Defence Boosts Morale of Military with New Fighting Vehicles 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2024

The Nigerian military received a boost in its fight against insecurity with the recent delivery of 20 improved Armoured Personnel Carriers, APCs, on Wednesday. General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, received the new vehicles in a ceremony held in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Kana, representing the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, handed over the keys of the APCs to General Musa on Wednesday. These APCs are not...

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Nigerian Woman is First Black to Earn PhD in Robotics at University of Michigan

EducationNewsNigeriaNigerian Woman is First Black to Earn PhD in Robotics at University of Michigan

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2024

Nigerian-born Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi has etched her name in history, becoming the first Black woman to receive a PhD in Robotics from the prestigious University of Michigan in the United States. Dosunmu-Ogunbi’s accomplishment was celebrated during the university’s College of Engineering convocation. The ceremony provided a platform for Dosunmu-Ogunbi to acknowledge the importance of the support system that propelled her to this achievement. She emphasised, “I do not stand here on my own two feet alone....

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Enugu Lawmakers Pass Environmental and Climate Protection Bill

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Lawmakers Pass Environmental and Climate Protection Bill

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2024

The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed the Enugu State Environmental and Climate Protection Bill. The bill for a law to provide for Environmental and Climate Protection and Management for Enugu state and connected purposes (HB 12), 2024 which aims at checkmating environmental pollution in the state was passed after a robust consideration and adoption of changes made on the bill. Leading the debate on the bill, the Majority Leader, Iloabuchi Aniagu, lamented the adverse...

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