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Oct

30

2022

Abuja: After Warnings Of Terrorist Attack, See How Car Burst Into Flames

NewsAbuja, Boko Haram, Metro, Nigeria, Security

A Hilux car caught fire on Friday, 28th of October 2022 in Abuja beside the Ministry of Justice, frightening employees, passersby, and motorists TheGistNow reports. The event happened at about 12: 30 pm close to the building. The automobile burnt for several minutes with no sign of any firemen. Despite the efforts of several motorists who pulled out fire extinguishers to aid in putting out the fire, the unfortunate automobile was burned beyond recognition. The burning of the vehicle was seen by other ministry workers from their offices. The US Embassy had already issued a security advisory warning of an…

Oct

30

2022

By Freeman

Former Enugu SSG, Dan Shere, others regain freedom from kidnappers’ den

Metro, NewsCrime, Enugu State, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan Shere has been freed by his abductors. The medical doctor was kidnapped alongside several other commuters on Thursday. The same hoodlums had earlier abducted several students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, on Sunday. However, Shere was freed Saturday evening, together with other hostages, leading to jubilation in the entire Nsukka town. Residents trooped to his Opi residence where they celebrated his freedom. It is still unclear how much was paid to secure his freedom. But the Enugu State Government moved bulldozers into the location Saturday morning, clearing the thick…

Oct

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ukpai Iro poised to use technology to tackle Abia’s complex problems

Abia State, News, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Personality, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate for Abia State governorship election, Dr. Ukpai Iro Ukpai has promised to employ technology to provide solutions to the state’s complex problem. In an interview with VINCENT KALU, the oil and gas expert, stressed that he will grow the state that it would no more depend on statutory allocations to survive. Are you in the race because Abia North Zone is claiming that it is her turn to produce the governor based on Abia Charter of Equity? While I am a supporter of maintaining the peace and the rotation the Abia Charter of…

Oct

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

COSEYL alleges plots to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja

Abia State, News, OpinionAbia State, COSEYL, Freedom, Metro, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics, Security

The attention of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has raided an alarm alleging that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is no longer safe in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. The coalition raised the alarm following the recent terror alert by the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada that some terrorists were planning to launch a deadly attack in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Reacting, the President General of the coalition, Goodluck Ibem in a statement yesterday, alleged that the move by the Federal government to…

Oct

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

MoneyHash to drive digital payment in sub-Saharan Africa

Business, NewsAfrica, America, Business, Economy, Technology

US-based Egyptian fintech company Moneyhash recently expanded its operations into sub-Saharan Africa, in a bid to open up the continent for its payment system, Benjamindada Blog reports. In a conversation with Techcabal, MoneyHash CEO Abdel Razek said that the company wants to enter Sub-Saharan Africa due to the payment opportunities and challenges that exist in the region. In his words: “We stumbled upon it by chance while consulting a company on their payment strategy across the region. We just assumed that someone must have set up a library or something the companies could use as a layer of abstraction.” “The…