Category: Security / Safety

ISSAN Industry Roundtable: Stakeholders Make Case For “Nigerian Identity’’ System
October 26, 2023 No Responses

ISSAN Industry Roundtable: Stakeholders Make Case For “Nigerian Identity’’ System

As the world marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, stakeholders in Nigerian cyberspace have made a strong case for an Integrated Identity Management System to be called ‘’The Nigerian Identity’’ whereby international passport, phone number, BVN belonging to one individual are grafted onto...
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Businessman Excretes 93 Heroin Wraps At Abuja Airport
October 23, 2023 No Responses

Businessman Excretes 93 Heroin Wraps At Abuja Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 40-year-old ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after the anti-narcotics agen...
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Maritime Industry Remains ‘Easy Target’ For Cyber Attacks As Ransom Payment Demands Skyrocket
October 19, 2023 No Responses

Maritime Industry Remains ‘Easy Target’ For Cyber Attacks As Ransom Payment Demands Skyrocket

The maritime industry remains an “easy target” for cybercriminals, and the cost of attacks and demand for ransom payments across the sector have skyrocketed over the past 12 months, according to the research findings from law firm HFW and maritime...
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Chief Of Air Staff To GOCOP: Fish Out Fake News Peddlers 
October 9, 2023 No Responses

Chief Of Air Staff To GOCOP: Fish Out Fake News Peddlers 

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, has described online publishers as critical elements in the fight against all forms of criminality in Nigeria by virtue of their advantage of reach, penetration, speed and resilience....
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Customs Partners FRSC On Data Sharing, Vehicle Smuggling
October 4, 2023 No Responses

Customs Partners FRSC On Data Sharing, Vehicle Smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),on Tuesday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) for automated data sharing of vehicle registration. The Ag. Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi along with his count...
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Again, Ecobank Alerts Customers On Sim Card Fraud
October 2, 2023 No Responses

Again, Ecobank Alerts Customers On Sim Card Fraud

Ecobank has once again, raised alarm on the dangers of SIM swap fraud, stressing that fraudsters could use it to impersonate them.  In a message to customers via email, the bank explained that SIM swap fraud occurs when scammers use...
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Customs Intercepts Hard Drugs, IED Materials, Others Worth N1.6b
September 26, 2023 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Hard Drugs, IED Materials, Others Worth N1.6b

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’ has intercepted cannabis sativa, raw materials for production of explosive devices, as well as other contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) N1.6b. The Zone also arrested nine (9) suspects in.....
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NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine
September 18, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested six suspects in various raids across the country. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, expl...
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Tinubu Appoints Adedeji FIRS Chairman
September 15, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Adedeji FIRS Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Zaccheus Adedeji, as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. This announcement coincides with the impending commencement of terminal leave for the former chairman, Muhammed ...
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NDLEA Impounds Meth, Skunk Consignments At Lagos Airport
September 11, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds Meth, Skunk Consignments At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tomato paste tins and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes. The hard drugs were meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. A statement by the...
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Catholic Bishops Task Governments On Proliferation Of Arms
September 11, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Task Governments On Proliferation Of Arms

Catholic Bishops, on Sunday in Abuja urged governments at all levels to checkmate the proliferation of small arms as insecurity rages unabated in the country, They decried the terror regularly unleashed on communities by bandits, religion extremists and other ...
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Ekiti Donates Operational Vehicles, Gadgets To Police
September 10, 2023 No Responses

Ekiti Donates Operational Vehicles, Gadgets To Police

As part of measures to improve and strengthen security architecture of the state, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has donated two Armoured Personnel Carriers, ten operational Vehicles and other security equipment and gadgets to the State Command of th...
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FRSC Begins Safety Checks On Vehicles
September 9, 2023 No Responses

FRSC Begins Safety Checks On Vehicles

THE Benue State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday began a four-day free safety check on vehicles. Speaking with Journalists after the check at Kanda Cruise and Ihuto Motors parks in Makurdi, Mr Steve Ayodele, the...
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Customs Impounds N550 Drugs At Tin Can Port, Rejects $54,300 Bribe
August 29, 2023 No Responses

Customs Impounds N550 Drugs At Tin Can Port, Rejects $54,300 Bribe

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)Tin-Can Island Port command, Apapa, Lagos, has detained two suspects for allegedly importing N550million worth of banned drugs. Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Monday, Customs Area Controller, Adekunle Oloyede, explained&...
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