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Following WikiLeaks’ publication earlier this week of classified documents stolen from the CIA, major technology companies, including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Cisco, have been scrambling to assess the risks posed to their customers by the revelations. The so-called “Vault 7” leak includes information about methods and tools the CIA crafted to hack into products produced by those companies. Apple’s initial analysis reportedly showed that many of the issues identifed in iOS already were patched in the latest version of the software. Source: Techy

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A group of commercial tricyclists in Kano have begun offering free rides to commuters, to celebrate the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from medical vacation in London. One of the tricyclists Malam Badamasi Aminu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Saturday that the decision was made after a friend shared the idea with yhe association. He said consequently members refilled their vehicles’ petrol tank on Friday and offered free ride to all the passengers that patronised them. According to him, “We prayed devotedly for the health of the President while he was in London, and it seems…

Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), on Saturday re-echoed his support for a two-party system, and declared that it was the best option toward deepening democracy. Babangida spoke in Minna, when the Strategy and Inter-Party Affairs Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented its report on how to move the party forward, to him. “Gradually, my earlier suggestion about the practice of a two-party system is gradually coming to the fore in the country. “In 1999, when I was advocating for a two-party system, some of my colleagues had their doubts, but I told them that it provides…

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said his administration will uphold the legacies of the late former Military Governor of the defunct Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo. He stated this on Saturday in Ikeja, Lagos, when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased. Fayose in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said the late Adebayo was a man of many parts who wielded power with humility. “One can imagine the enormous power he wielded as the governor of the old Western State comprising Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ekiti…

The Police on Saturday said it had begun 24-hour air surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna highway following an increase of traffic on the road. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, Alhaji Salisu Fagge, said in Minna that the measure was part of efforts at ensuring the safety of travellers on the road. Traffic on the Abuja-Kaduna road is expected to be high from now until the next six weeks due to the shift of air transport services from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Kaduna Airport. The Abuja airport was closed on Wednesday for the upgrade of some critical facilities,…

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command says it has arrested a medical doctor, Emmanuel Ogah, for allegedly stabbing his 62- year- old biological mother, Mrs Janet Ogah, to death. The deceased was said to be a food vendor. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested on Thursday March 9, following a complaint from one Cletus Ogah who reported the incident at Itele- Ota Divisional headquarters of the command that his younger brother had stabbed their mother to death. Upon the complaint, Oyeyemi said the Divisional Police Officer, Lukman Raheem led detectives to…

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped a Director in Ekiti State Civil Service, Olaniyi Ibidunmoye, in Ibillo, Edo State, while returning from a pastoral meeting of his church in Abuja. Ibidunmoye is a Director in the Office of Ekiti State Surveyor General and also a pastor in Agape Christian Ministries. The gunmen initially took him away in his Lexus jeep, which they later abandoned before taking him away in another vehicle. His whereabouts is presently unknown but his captors have contacted the family demanding a ransom of N20m. The non-release of the senior civil servant four days after…

John Charles, Makurdi No fewer than seven persons are feared dead in a Fulani attack on Tiv community, Mkgovur village in Buruku local government area of Benue State. Our correspondent gathered that Fulani herdsmen around 8 am yesterday invaded the community armed with guns and machete and unleashed terror on the villagers. Several persons were said to have been injured in the attack. Reasons for the attack is sketchy as at the time of filing this report, while one of the villagers described it as unprovoked attack, the leader of Benue State chapter of Myetiala Cattle Rearers Association of Nigerian…

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