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Nigeria ranked 65th globally for malicious Internet activities

  Nigeria has been ranked 65th in malicious Internet activities in 2010 out of the 233 countries monitored globally by the Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network. Symantec Corporation, a major Internet security solution provider in the world, on Monday, said its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16, found Nigeria to have moved up by five steps […]

EFCC freezes N6.4bn account linked to ex-minister

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen an account of N6.4bn operated by a company linked to former Minister of Works, Dr. Hassan Lawal, over an alleged fraud. The account operated in a new generation bank by Digital Tolls Limited was frozen on Monday April 18, on the instruction of the EFCC Chairman, […]

Varsity lecturers call off strike in Rivers

  Lecturers in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology on Monday called off its four-day old industrial action. The lecturers had on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike due to the state government’s non-implementation of the agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ASUU Chairman, RSUST branch, Dr. […]

Post-election violence rocks Sokoto, Kano, eight others

  Post-election violence swept through some Northern states on Sunday night and Monday as results of the presidential poll released by the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly showed Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as the winner. States where violence flared were Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa, Katsina, Plateau, Yobe, Bauchi, Borno, Katsina and Sokoto. In states like Kano, Bauchi […]

How Jonathan won, by INEC – A Look a the Graphic Split

  President Goodluck Jonathan was on Monday formally declared winner of Saturday’s presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Out of the 38,209,978 total valid votes, Jonathan polled 22,495,187 votes (58.9 per cent) while his closest rival, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change came second with 12,214,853 votes or 31. 98 […]

Post-election protest uncalled for – Atiku

ABUJA — FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar said yesterday that the post election protests in some parts of the country were uncalled for, just as he stressed that any form of political violence that involves attacks on public institutions, including places of worship, was dangerous to the stability, unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria. In […]

Buhari rejects presidential election results

ABUJA – CONGRESS for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called for the cancellation of results of the election saying that computers used in compiling the votes were programmed to rig the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, back to power. Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Shekarau Buhari’s assertion was backed […]

AYC: Nigeria defeat defending World Champion Ghana 2-1

Holders Ghana got off to a bad start at the African Youth Championship (AYC) when they were defeated 2-1 by arch rivals Nigeria on Monday. Innocent Uche Nwafor scored both goals for the Flying Eagles in Group B to secure their first ever win over the Black Satellites. The Enugu Rangers attacker put Nigeria in […]

Presidential poll fair, transparent, says ECOWAS Observation Mission

ECOWAS Observation Mission,  Sunday, in Abuja, said the Presidential election met the criteria of fairness and transparency and commended INEC for its leadership and professionalism. Head of the Mission, Prof. Amos Sawyer, in a preliminary declaration on the polls, also commended the Federal Government and stakeholders for ensuring a peaceful and orderly election. He called […]

Suspected assassins storm Sapele hospital

WARRI – A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart in Delta State, Dr John Akwara, escaped death by the whiskers, at Sapele in Delta State, when some suspected assassins, wearing camouflage army,  stormed his hospital at Macpherson Road at about 8.00 p.m to kill him. The suspected assassins, numbering five, besieged the hospital shortly after Dr. […]

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