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The House of Representatives has described the escape of one of the two Binance chiefs from custody as most disappointing, embarrassing, and disturbing, saying it portrays the porosity of the security architecture of Nigeria to the world. The lawmakers, however, resolved to investigate the circumstances leading to the escape of the Binance executive from the…
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The Federal Government said it has established plantations of both indigenous and exotic tree species in the 36 states of the federation. The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal, disclosed this at the opening of the 45th Annual Conference of the Forestry Association of Nigeria (FAN), in Katsina on Tuesday. Lawal, represented by Bosede Olukanmi,…
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The British government on Wednesday ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of a nationwide e-gate outage at a number of airports that caused long delays for passengers. The electronic gates which scan passports and use facial recognition went down shortly before 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Tuesday but were up and running again shortly…
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The Labour Party (LP) candidate for the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has criticized the Federal Government for introducing the Cybersecurity Levy, saying it will impoverish Nigerians more. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed banks to implement a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on certain electronic transactions. CBN gave this directive in a circular dated Monday,…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of 0.5 (0.005) per cent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic transfers. Joe Ajaero, NLC President stated the NLC position in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Ajaero was reacting to a recent circular issued by…