The Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), on Thursday said the banking industry lost the sum of N12.30 billion to various frauds between 2014 and 2017. Mr Adebisi Shonubi, Managing Director, NIBBS, disclosed this at the third Annual Banking Security Summit organised by MAXUT Consulting in partnership with OneSpan, a global data security company in Lagos. Shonubi said the figure was ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested two Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja. The suspects are: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo. A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects were arrested on May 5, after special operations on identified ...

France beat Peru 1-0 in the just ended match at the ongoing World Cup tournament in Russia. The next match between Argentina and Croatia comes up at 7pm.

The Federal Government has outlawed the training of private security guards by consultants. The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, explained that the government took the decision for national security reasons. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the training programme for Chief Executive Officers and directors of private security guard ...

Over 337 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos are all but set to slug it out in a four-day Code Week Competition, Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said on Thursday. Bank-Olemoh in a statement said that participating schools, including Government and private schools across the State, through the competition, being put together by the State ...

Passengers on a Silver Airways flight were shocked to find that the people seated behind them were joining the Mile High club — from their seats. “My mom and dad were just trying to have a peaceful trip to Mexico and then they sent me this…” Twitter user Kiley Tully posted on Sunday. Tully’s mom caught the couple in the throes of ...

…say officer neither owns property in Lagos nor worth N2bn The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday debunked allegation raised by a masked lady in a video on the social media accusing a police inspector, Marcel Nnabugwu, of living in opulence and above his means. The lady in the said video which had since gone viral on the internet, had ...

FULL TIME: Denmark 1-1 Australia  It is another point gained for the Danes who will see this as a positive result despite the fact they face France in the final game of the group, Independent reports. As for Australia, they can count themselves slightly fortunate perhaps to have been awarded the penalty but their general play warranted the first point ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has accused the leadership and members of the National Assembly of “apparently engaging in crimes against humanity against millions of Nigerians by unilaterally cutting funding for critical projects such as health, water, education, housing and security, and replacing such projects with their own personal projects totalling 6,403 projects and amounting to N578 billion.” The ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Controller of Prisons Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service Barr. Emmanuel Anekwe Nwakeze says that the school opportunities granted inmates have enabled one of the prisoners to run his masters degree programme while in custody. Nwakeze who described the prison as remand home, said inmates were not tortured but kept in safe and humane ...