The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has drawn Nigerian telecom consumers’ attention of a new high-risk and extremely-damaging Malware called Flubot. The spokesperson of the commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde in a statement on Thursday said “the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), disclosed that Flubot targets Androids with fake security updates and App installations. Malware is a generic word used to describe a virus or software, designed specially to “disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system.” “The ngCERT affirmed that Flubot impersonates Android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications and its goal transcends…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Friday in Abuja that a presidential panel has indicted Nnamdi Kanu for instigating subversive campaigns against the Nigerian state. The federal government is currently prosecuting Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) at the Federal High Court Abuja for alleged treason and terrorism offenses. Malami, while briefing newsmen said, that the eventual re-arrest of Kanu in June and some members of his group led to the inauguration of a Presidential Ad-hoc Committee, comprising 24 members from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ),…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in seven months this year, spent a total of N1.165 trillion on fuel subsidy, oil exploration and remittance to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). According to the corporation’s monthly FAAC report for September, the three expenditure items by NNPC gulped 57 per cent of the total revenue distribution of N2.043 trillion in the first eight months of 2021. The balance of N878 billion was distributed for other expenditures, including crude oil lifting inspection expenses. On subsidy which NNPC describes as under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) value shortfall, the corporation spent N714.791 billion…
Nigeria government has identified the sponsors of self-acclaimed activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho. Attorney General of the Federation And Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Friday. According to Malami, a committee set up by the federal government unravelled how Igboho got monies from 43 bank accounts, across nine banks. “The federal government has received the report on financiers of Adeniyi Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho. The report revealed that Sunday Igboho is a Director and signatory to Adesun International Concept Limited registered on 23rd April, 2010.” “Adesun International…
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Friday admitted the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, to bail. The court in addition adjourned the matter until November 8 for hearing. The court adopted the administrative bail conditions already granted the defendant by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC). The conditions stated that the defendant provided two assistant directors in a government establishments as sureties. The judge, Justice Maryam Hassan in addition in the ruling directed that the travel documents of the defendant be submitted at the court’s registry. On Thursday, the court…
A gyneacologist, Dr Prosper Igboeli, has advised women to shun the abuse of antibiotic drugs for their own health benefit. Giving the advice in an interview in Abuja on Thursday, Igboeli, Managing Director of Mand Hospital, Fertility and IVF Centre, said that such practices contribute to major causes of offensive vaginal odour. The medical expert said that women, who stopped the use of oral contraceptive, also experience increased vaginal discharge. According to him, increased vaginal discharge has been recorded against women who stopped the use of the oral contraceptive. “They have undergone some course of antibiotics and contracted venereal diseases…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says banks in the country have remained stable, robust and resilient in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director, Banking Supervision of CBN, Haruna Mustafa, said this at the 2021 Financial Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) workshop in Ibadan on Friday. Mustapha, represented by Mr Adekunle Adeniji, the Assistant Director, Banking Supervision, CBN, said the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) rose to 15.21 per cent as at August, Liquidity Ratio (LR) rose to 42.23 per cent. He said non-performing loan ratio improved from 6.58 per cent to 5.9 per cent as at August 2021, while…
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6 Anambra governorship poll, has described the supreme court judgment affirming his candidature, as victory for the people. Ozigbo said this while fielding questions from journalists on Thursday in Abuja. “It is important that people emerge through free and fair process, so that when anybody becomes a candidate, it will be the choice of the people, not that of some interlopers. So, I thank God for it,” he said. Ozigbo extended his hands of fellowship to other aspirants who lost out in the race for the…
The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo says 216 students bagged First Class Honours in the 2020/2021 academic session. Adebayo said this on Friday in Ota during the institution’s 16th Convocation Ceremony, the Conferment of Doctorate Degrees and Presentation of Prizes. According to him, 1,681 students graduated for the 2020/2021 academic session. This comprised 216 students who made first class honours; 719 second class upper honours; 435 second class lower; third class 30 and 281 post graduate students. The vice-chancellor added that the institution has been working to get accreditation for all its programme. Adebayo said that…
By Justina Auta The Gender Unit of the FCT Education Secretariat and an NGO, Hope for Second Chance Foundation (HOSEC) have stressed the need to amplify voices towards eliminating drug abuse, sexual and domestic violence across the nation. They made the call on Thursday while commemorating the 2021 International Day of the girl-child and stage adaptation of a novel, “The Cost of Silence,” written by Ibukunoluwa Otesile, Founder, HOSEC Foundation in Abuja. Otesile, said the adaptation of the novel into a drama by students of Government Science Technical College, Garki was to amplify the need to eliminate all forms of…