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- 16 Dec 2024
UBA Supports Lagos State Security with N500m Donation
United Bank for Africa(UBA) through UBA Foundation, its corporate social responsibility arm, has donated the sum of N500 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), as part of its…
- 7 May 2026
NDPC Makes Bold Move to Secure Government, State Data
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has signed separate Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to strengthen data…
- 13 Aug 2014
MTN Donates Security Vehicles to Abia State
The efforts of the Abia State Government in combating crime, has received a major boost when the management of a leading telecommunication firm, MTN Nigeria donated five Hilux vans to the state.…
- 4 Mar 2016
ABL Secures Partnership with Lagos State
Preparations are in top gear for the debut of the first ever Pan African Basketball League in the history of Africa, Africa Basketball League as the league has sealed a major partnership deal with…
- 30 Sept 2014
MTN Foundation Donations Hit N10Bn, Rivers State Benefits
MTN Foundation has invested over 10 billion naira in social projects in the key areas of education, health and economic empowerment in 341 locations across the 36 states of Nigeria and the FCT. And…
- 1 Sept 2024
US SEC Orders Mmobuosi Ex Tingo Boss to Pay over $250m in Securities Fraud Case
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has secured a default judgment against Odogwu Dozy Mmobuosi, former CEO of Tingo Group, and three companies affiliated with him, resulting in…
- 24 Jun 2025
US Bans Use of WhatsApp on Official Devices over Security Concerns
United States (US) House of Representatives has banned WhatsApp from all official devices as a result of data privacy and security concerns. Harry Coker, acting national cyber security (ONCD)…
- 7 Jun 2024
Senate confirms Appointment of Emomotimi Agama as DG of SEC
Senate has confirmed Emomotimi John Agama from Bayelsa State as the Director General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). Three other persons were equally confirmed by the Senate as full…
- 21 Feb 2023
SEC DG says Capital Market Developing Products to Attract Younger Generation
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has stated that the capital market regulating body is working to develop products targeted at making the market…
- 8 Mar 2026
EFCC Seals Anti-Corruption Alliance with Anambra Security Chiefs, Traditional Rulers
In a strategic drive to bolster inter-agency and institutional synergy against economic and financial crimes, the Anambra Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has…
- 13 Mar 2014
Experts to Tackle Terrorism, Cyber Crime, Others At Securex 2014
Security experts are set to tackle the endemic issues on terrorism; cyber security; border, port and airport; counter intelligence, among others at this year’s security exhibition and conference…
- 29 Mar 2010
UBA Pledges Support for Edo State Government Economic Programmes
Philips Oduaza, Group Managing Director designate of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has declared the bank’s preparedness to provide funds to the Edo State government to enable it…
- 3 Aug 2025
NOA Warns of Fake N1000 Notes in Circulation, How to Identify Them
National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Kwara has cautioned the public on fake N1000 notes circulating in the state. Alhaji Abdulganiyu Dare, state director of NOA, disclosed this in a statement issued…
- 12 Jul 2020
Group Commends Release of Mathew Onwuasoanya, Applauds ANPC, NUJ, Security Agencies
The Awba-Ofemili League of Professionals (ALeP) has received the good news of the release of one of their own, a lawyer and journalist, Barr. Mathew Onwuasoanya from incarceration since May 30 this…
- 9 Feb 2015
iPolice Mobile App Goes Live for Elections Monitoring, Others
iPolice Mobile, an urgent security information sharing application, has gone live with just few days to the 2015 general elections. Complustech Nigeria told NigeriaCommunicationsWee k that the…
- 15 Dec 2021
Digital Media, Veritable Platform to Enhance National Security - DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that digital media provides a veritable platform to enhance National Security, and can be…
- 6 Feb 2020
Ogun Governor Lauds Airtel’s Support on Security
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Thursday lauded the Airtel Nigeria, for partnering with the State Security Trust Fund (OSTF) to ensure the safety of lives and property across the state. Abiodun gave the…
- 4 Feb 2017
SSS Operatives Seal CoreTV
Security peratives believed to be from the State Security Service on Friday broke into the Abuja office of CoreTV, a cable and satelite broadcaster, carting away broadcasting and other related…
- 30 Nov 2023
Minister Seeks Establishment of Agric Data Centre
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Security, has advocated the creation of National Agriculture Data Centre to attract investors to enhance Food and Nutrition Security in…
- 5 Sept 2016
NIMASA Boss Suggests Careful Planning for Good Maritime Security
Dr Dakuku Peterside, director-general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said that good security in the maritime industry requires careful planning and strict…
- 13 Apr 2024
NGX Sanctions Julius Berger over ‘Insider Dealing’
Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has sanctioned Julius Berger Nigeria (JBN) Plc for engaging in inappropriate insider dealing in shares. Insider dealing is the illegal practice of trading on the stock…
- 10 Jul 2025
SEC DG Decries Digital Assets Fraud as Inimical to Market Integrity
Emomotimi Agama, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern over the growing threat of digital assets fraud, warning that it poses a significant challenge to…
- 23 Apr 2019
Panel Accuses Gwarzo of Awarding N33m Contracts to Personal Companies
Mounir Gwarzo, suspended Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly awarded contracts to a company in which he is a director to the tune of N33m while in office. …
- 24 Nov 2023
Blockchain Policy Adoption will Enhance Secured, Transparent Government Processes – DG NITDA
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has stated that with the increased distrust in governance in Nigerian with the manipulation government…
- 19 Jun 2013
Airtel Partners Police in Lagos, Promises Better QoS
Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with the Lagos State Police Command to beef up the security of lives and property across the State, in line with its corporate vision of becoming the most loved brand in…
- 29 Nov 2014
Bomb Scare in Abuja as Security Agencies Simulate Emergency
Rumours of purported bomb blasts at the Garki 2 area of Abuja, the federal capital , yesterday turned to be false as combined team of the security agencies gathered at the Garki Mall to sensitise…
- 10 Sept 2012
ICT Stakeholders Decry Attacks, Want ‘Special protection’
Stakeholders in the information and communications technologies (ICTs) sector have called for ‘special protection’ of its equipment and personnel in view of rising wave of wanton vandalism of…
- 14 Feb 2023
SEC, NAIC to Partner on Commodities Trading Ecosystem
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated its readiness to partner with the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) in a bid to further deepen the commodities trading…
- 1 Sept 2013
ISPS: US Coast Guard Backs NIMASA on Ports Security
The United States Coast Guard has declared that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is on the right path to the successful implementation of the International Ships and…
- 2 Aug 2016
Passion: The Force Behind DS-IHUB- Uwaje
Chris Uwaje, director-general, Delta State Innovation Hub (DS-IHub) has said that the world class eGovernment Academy was borne born out of passion to positively disrupt Delta State development…