Luck ran out on a generator thief this afternoon when he was caught after an unsuccessful operation.

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Gender based violence and related issues came to the fore yesterday at the town hall meeting facilitated by Women’s Rights And Health Project (WRAHP), a non-governmental organisation in Gowon Estate, Ipaja, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Alimosho Local Government is the largest in Lagos State and is said to top the list of GBV cases in recent time. …

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The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Barrister Olusegun Awolowo has assured Nigerian non-oil exporters and operators of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that the Export Expansion Grant made available by the Federal Government would protect jobs and provide new ones towards moving the economy from pandemic to prosperity. In his welcome …

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday will travel for his medical check-up in the United Kingdom, a statement from his media aid, Femi Adesina has revealed. The statement reads, “The President meets with Security Chiefs first in the morning after which he embarks on the journey. “He is due back in the country during the second week of April 2021.” …

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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has debunked reports that Professor Peter Ogban, who was jailed for election fraud, worked for him. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State twisted the context of the judgment and maliciously claimed that the election was rigged in his favour, the Minister said in a release signed by …

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Public officials rising from a workshop on Open Contracting in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to invest in getting citizens engaged in public procurement processes in order to sanitize the sector as well as achieve genuine transparency and value-for-money in contract award and execution. This was one of the recommendations made by public officials who participated in a …

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In 2020, 25% of Kaspersky private users in South Africa, 40% in Kenya and 38% in Nigeria were attacked by such threats There is a common misconception that the most dangerous threats to encounter on modern users’ digital journeys are likely to appear during Internet surfing. The reality however, based on the most recent analysis of cyberattacks in South Africa, …

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Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as at 31st December 2020 have accumulated a total of $4,773,631,955.06, the Debt Management Office has published. According to the chat, Lagos State accumulated the highest debt which stood at $1.3bn while Taraba State recorded the least which stood at $20.7m. Meanwhile the Federal Government as at same date owed a whopping …

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The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a profit off the process. Kaspersky (https://africa.Kaspersky.com) researchers examined 15 different marketplaces on the Darknet and found advertisements for three major COVID vaccines: Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna. There …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Inspector-General of Police to order the arrest and prosecution of the policemen, led by Mr. Shola Jejeloye, who assaulted, tortured and dehumanized The Guardian newspaper reporter, Mr. Eniola Daniel, on Sunday while he was covering the demolition of the shops along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos. The organization stressed that no democratic …

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