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Experts attribute cybercrimes in Nigeria to social engineering

Information technology experts have attributed 56 per cent of cyber crimes in the country to social engineering and, therefore, urged Nigerians to be cybersmart by not divulging confidential information. Social engineering is psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or…

FG inaugurates new NOTN D-G, Amb. Agah

Agah was appointed as the D-G/ Chief Trade Negotiator, NOTN in March 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, while inaugurating the new Director-General in Abuja, urged him to make a positive impact…

Niger donates 3 buses to committee on drug abuse

The Niger Government has donated three buses to the Committee Against Substance Abuse and Other Related Crimes recently inaugurated by Gov Abubakar Bello, according to Mr Haruna Kwetishe, NDLEA commander in the north-central state. Kwetishe told newsmen on Friday in…

Banditry: Gov. Matawalle suspends District Head

Gov. Bello Matawalle has suspended the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate Council, Alhaji Surajo Namakkah. The district head was suspended indefinitely by the governor for conferring traditional title of Durumbu on a military officer who was arrested for…

Boko Haram is not in control of Damasak — Army insists

The Nigerian Army says reports that Boko Haram terrorists have overrun and are in control of Damasak is “blatant misinformation.” This refutal comes on the heels of several reports suggesting that the insurgents have captured Damasak in Borno State, following…