Monday, May 6, 2019

(LOCAL) Kidnap Of Buhari’s In-law Not Given Special Treatment – Garba Shehu

 
  The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that no preferential treatment was given in the abduction of the District Head of Daura, Musa Uba, who is also the husband to President Buhari’s niece, Hajiya Bilki.

(LOCAL) Female Student’s Corpse Found In UNIJOS Hostel

 

  The Plateau state police command have recovered the corpse of a student of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Mercy Naan, who was declared missing on May 3rd.

(LOCAL) Governor Wike Threatens To Dethrone Monarchs Over Kidnapping And Cultism In Rivers State

 

   Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has warned that the state government would dethrone traditional rulers of communities where cultism and kidnapping were encouraged.

    The governor also cautioned that communities with a prevalence of cultism, kidnapping and other forms of crime would no longer enjoy the patronage of the state government. Wike issued this warning while addressing a special security meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday. 

(ENTERTAINMENT) Reality Star Nina Celebrates 1.3 Million Instagram Followers With Beautiful Photos

 

  Big Brother Naija former housemate, Nina looks beautiful in these new photos she posted on Sunday May 5th.

(LOCAL) Fraudsters Now Target Mobile Apps Users- CBN



  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said e-fraudsters have fleeced customers of self-initiated banking solutions, such as Mobile Apps and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) of about N2.08 billion in the last one year.

  CBN Director, Payment System Management, Sam Okojere, who broke the news at the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) general meeting in Lagos, said that customers of banks, Other Financial Institutions (OFIs), digital wallets and remittance players are prime targets for cyber criminals seeking quick monetisation of stolen credentials.

  The apex bank’s data showed that Nigeria recorded over 38,000 fraud count with over N9 billion attempted fraud value within 12 months. An estimated N2.08 billion was lost in 2018, with mobile channel recording the highest volume and value, of 11, 492 in volume and N598.8 million in actual loss value. The loss value is 25.7 per cent higher than the 2017 figure.