Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, have been restored after experiencing hours of service glitches that disrupted access for thousands of users on Tuesday, March 5. Meta’s suite of social media platforms, including Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, experienced a global outage, leaving many unable to access these services. The incident began around 3:45 pm Nigerian time. Meta spokesperson, Andy Stone, acknowledged the issues in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.” Reports of outages surged, with over 200 reports recorded on Downdetector for WhatsApp,…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, granted an application by the Federal Government (FG) to protect the identity of witnesses expected to testify against a suspected terrorist collaborator, Tukur Mamu. Mamu is facing trial in connection with the terror attack on an Abuja-bound train in March 2022. The train had departed Kaduna state before the attack. The attack led to the death of at least eight persons with scores abducted for ransom. The Kaduna-based cleric and publisher who was arraigned in March 2023, is facing 10 counts bordering on terrorism financing, among others as he…
The Nigerian Senate has defended the decision of the National Assembly to earmark N70 billion for its members out of the N819 billion federal supplementary budget recently passed. This decision by the legislature has been met with outrage, as the lawmakers stated that the N70 billion was earmarked to support the working conditions of National Assembly members. Many have described the budgetary allocation as insensitive as majority of Nigerians are grappling with economic hardship heightened by the removal of fuel subsidy. An advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted over 64,000 kilogrammes of consignments of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas at the Apapa seaport in Lagos and in Imo State. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) directed all commands and formations of the agency to begin an immediate clampdown on the illegal sale and use of the gaseous substance following its abuse by people who use it for recreational purposes. Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives at the Apapa seaport on Wednesday, July 12,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, Oyo state, has re-arrested an ex-cybercrime convict, Adeniran Tijesunimi, and 54 others for internet fraud and related criminal activities. Tijesunimi was convicted and sentenced by Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, on February 15, 2022, to seven months imprisonment without an option of fine for his involvement in cybercrime. He was again rearrested alongside others at Oyo town on Thursday, July 13, 2023, following verified intelligence regarding their internet fraud activities. The suspects were Ademola Adeniyi; Olayinwola Rokeeb; Moses Biola; Adewale Adeyemi; Olowuoyin Atanda; Mojeeb Olamilekan;…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended all Boeing 737 aircrafts in the fleet of indigenous airline operator, Max Air, with immediate effect. The suspension was conveyed in a letter with reference number, NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/363, dated (Wednesday) July 12, 2023 titled, ‘Suspension of Parts A3 and D43 of the Operations Specifications Issued to Max Air with Immediate Effect,’ signed by the Agency’s director of Operations, Training and Licensing, Capt. Ibrahim Bello Dambazau, on behalf of director general of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu. NCAA has constituted a team of inspectors to conduct an audit on all Boeing 737 in the airline’s…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Victor Umeh to pay N135.7 million along with accrued interest to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, due to his unpaid bank loan. Delivering judgement at the court, Justice Inyang Ekwo issued the order in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/AMC/12/2022 filed by AMCON. Justice Ekwo, who declared that Umeh was actually indebted to AMCON, issued an order directing the forfeiture of Umeh’s 5,000,000 units of Skye Bank shares in the records of the Central Securities & Clearing System to AMCON. The judge also awarded…
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has ordered the immediate suspension of the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state, Omoun Perez. In the same vein, the governor ordered the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bennett Agamah; Assistant Director of agricultural Engineering, Oki Yintareke; and the Chief Accountant, Gabriel Idiatacheko, to proceed on compulsory leave until further notice in line with civil service extant rules. The decision by the governor was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr. Kingsley Emu, on Wednesday, January 31. The statement explained that the measures became imperative, following the…
The Senate, through its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, has summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it on Tuesday, February 6, to answer questions on the state of the economy and the free fall of naira in the foreign exchange market. The Committee, chaired by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, met on Wednesday, January 31, after the naira slipped to N1,520 to a US dollar and resolved to summon the CBN governor on the way out. Naira at the official window on Tuesday, January 30, fell at an all-time low of…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed Amina Arong, a party member from Cross River State as the party’s new national woman leader. PDP had in October 2023, announced the death of its National Woman Leader, Prof Stella Effah-Attoe. Effah-Attoe, a member of the PDP National Working Committee, NWC, died after a brief illness, her family said. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday, January 31, the party announced that Arong, who holds a Diploma in Banking and Finance and a B.Sc. in Accounting is to serve out the term of Effah-Attoe, who died on Sunday, October…