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[ICYMI] 17-year-old hacker stuns EFCC chairman with impressive IT skills

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, narrated an incident where a 17-year-old successfully hacked into his personal computer and bank account while being interrogated at his office in Lagos. The anti-graft agency chairman made this known in a chat with some editors at the EFCC Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, last Tuesday. […]

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₦200bn Debt: Petrol Marketers Threaten Withdrawal Of Services Amid Fuel Scarcity

The threat comes amid a nationwide scarcity that has seen the prices of petrol surge. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to cripple the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, over non-payment of ₦200bn bridging claims. The threat comes following current nationwide scarcity which has seen prices

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Missing UniAbuja female student died in car crash – Family

A 400-level female student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing on Friday, has died in a car accident along the Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja. Zubairu, a student of the Department of Arts Education in the university’s Faculty of Education, left home for school on Friday, but her whereabouts remained unknown

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Removing fuel subsidy saved Nigeria from bankruptcy — President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu said, on Sunday, that Nigeria would have gone bankrupt if his administration had not discontinued fuel subsidy payments. He said though the policy came with economic pains, it was in the best interest of Nigerians. Tinubu spoke at the Special World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Upon assuming office last May,

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Adenuga @71: Jack of all trades, master of all

Mike Adenuga is one of the brightest stars in Africa—a remarkable man who has proven his excellence in different industries. Today, the 71-year-old Nigerian billionaire celebrates his birthday as a symbol of his continued impact and creativity. One of the few Nigerians on this year’s Forbes World Billionaires list is Mike Adenuga. He is currently

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Police launch probe as gunmen kill Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinator.

The Ondo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it had begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mr Alaba Abe, who is one of the ward campaign coordinators of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The late Abe was among Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinators during last Saturday’s All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Ondo State,

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Jnr Pope: Why people who drowned should be buried at river bank — Traditionalist.

A traditionalist, Ifagbenusola Popoola speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI on why people who drown should be buried at the riverbank. What’s the significance of the Yoruba culture of burying people who drowned at the river bank? Firstly, in Yoruba cosmology, everything is believed to be alive. There is nothing like nonliving things, rivers, trees, animals, air,

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SULEJA JAILBREAK: ‘106 escaped inmates still on the loose’

The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, said three more inmates who fled its custodial facility in Suleija, Niger State, Wednesday, have been recaptured while 106 others remain on the loose. A spokesman for the Service, Abubakar Umar, an Assistant Controller, told a Vanguard correspondent that those at large are now 106.He dismissed online reports, which quoted

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APC seeks cancellation of Oyo LG poll, alleges irregularities.

The All Progressives Congress has demanded the cancellation of the just conducted local government election in Oyo State. The party claimed that the election was a “sham”, warning that if allowed to proceed, it may damage the state’s reputation. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan by the party’s Publicity Secretary,

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