WhatsApp urges 1.5 billion users update apps, after cyber attacks
WhatsApp on Monday asked all of its 1.5 billion users to update their apps as an added precaution against hackers who remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices.
According to reports, the hackers...
Police appoint Markus Basiran as new head of Complaint Unit
The Nigerian Police Force has announced the appointment of Markus Basiran as the new head for its Complaint Response Unit.
Mr Basiran, an assistant commissioner of police, is to replace Abayomi Shogunle who was re-deployed...
Babatunde Fowler: The Zero Sum Game In Political Appointments By Abubakar Ismail
Let’s first look at the role of the media in politics. The media is supposed to be a medium where news and events are transmitted in its pure form to people. In Nigeria, the...
JUMIA – A brand deeply enmeshed in corporate fraud…MTN fingered in allegation
When a couple of weeks ago, Jumia made headlines by listing in the New York Stock Exchange, not a few people saw it as a big deal and a welcome development.
But no sooner...
Royal Supremacy! Alake is a very junior monarch in Yoruba land, Awujale reveals
At the launch of an endowment fund for the Oba Sikiru Adetona Professorial chair in Governance, Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, the honoree, the Awujale of Ijebuland, made the thrust of his...
Facebook removes 23 pages with fake news
Facebook has closed 23 Italian pages, including many supporting the country’s populist government parties for spreading fake news and breaking other social network rules.
The action, coming amid renewed concerns that fake news could poison...
Lawyer accuses Emefiele of defrauding Nigerians, asks court to nullify his re-appointment
George Uboh, a lawyer, has challenged the federal government’s decision to re-appoint Godwin Emefiele as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The Federal government, on Friday, announced the re-appointment of Emfiele.
Mr Uboh, however,...
Lagos State deputy-governor elect loses father
The Lagos State Deputy Governor-elect, Dr Obafemi Hamzat has lost his father, Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat.
He was until his death on Sunday the traditional ruler of Afowowa Kingdom in Ewekoro Local Government Area of...
Alleged Money Laundering: Naira Marley, others will be arraigned soon – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced its decision to arraign musician, Afeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, anytime from now.
The singer was arrested last Friday by the anti-graft agency in connection with...
Yoruba Koya cries out as herdsmen allegedly take over South West
Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation, a pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, has raised the alarm over some people suspected to be herdsmen allegedly taking over of states in the South West region of the...