Who does the cap fit? This must have been the question on the lips of many since international businessman and Agba Oye of Ibadan, Chief Harry Ayoade Akande died late last year. The late billionaire, until his death, was the holder of that ancient city’s highest honorary chieftaincy title. The …
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Firm launches online portal to connect African SMEs to global audience
A global online portal established to promote and support growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa has been launched. The portal, known as CiAfrica Connect, will help African SMEs showcase their products and services to customers in all parts of the world and within African countries. CiAfricaConnect.com …
Read More »Osun judicial panel of inquiry: Family demands N5bn compensation from police
The parents of the late Idris Ajibola, who was allegedly chased to death by yet-to-be-identified police officers, said they were seeking justice to serve as a deterrent to erring security officers in the country. The parents of the deceased said this as the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police …
Read More »4 killed as gunmen invade Rivers community
From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Four persons have been shot dead by gunmen who invaded Zor-Sogho community, in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Saturday Sun gathered that the killers had stormed the community with heavy gun fire and gunned down four persons. It was further gathered that the …
Read More »Why Oscar Onyema stunned many with private nuptial
It was the late British lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, who said: “Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.” For a very long time, it appeared Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, the GCEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, believed in the former and couldn’t stand the many inconveniences of marriage thus …
Read More »Industrial Networks See Sharp Uptick in Hackable Security Holes
Claroty reports that adversaries, CISOs and researchers have all turned their attention to finding critical security bugs in ICS networks.Read More
Read More »Unpatched WordPress Plugin Code-Injection Bug Afflicts 50K Sites
An CRSF-to-stored-XSS security bug plagues 50,000 ‘Contact Form 7’ Style users.Read More
Read More »Friday Squid Blogging: Live Giant Squid Found in Japan
A giant squid was found alive in the port of Izumo, Japan. Not a lot of news, just this Twitter thread (with a couple of videos). If confirmed, I believe this will be the THIRD time EVER a giant squid was filmed alive! As usual, you can also use this …
Read More »Closing Cryptocurrency Accounts Can’t Stop Sunday Igboho’s Funding — Lawyer
Sunday Igboho Legal practitioner, Tommy Ojoge-Daniel, has said the recent warning issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria to financial institutions and others against doing businesses in crypto and other digital assets, cannot stop the fundraiser set up for Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho). Ojoge-Daniel, disclosed this in an interview …
Read More »Libya: ‘Historic moment’ as UN-led forum selects new interim leadership
The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council, marking what the UN Special Representative called another “historic moment” on the road to unification of the war-torn country and national elections in December.Read More
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