Regardless of how comfortable humanity may feel on this earth, it is created by God for man/woman to live therein for a while and thereafter, must account for all he/she did therein. No man/woman will live forever in this world, because it wasn’t designed so by the Supreme Creator. Poverty can make a man desire Jesus’ second coming in a jiffy, but the comfort of riches is the radar that makes same wish/pray Jesus’ return should tarry even more. Yes, as Ambassadors of our King (Jesus) in this mundane world, we’re to make; if possible, round-the-clock- efforts with every possible…
Author: Govima
Malaysian government has announced readiness to take legal action against Facebook’s parent company, Meta for failing to remove “undesirable” posts from social media platform. The authority said Meta company failed to take sufficient action despite repeated requests. “The action is necessary in promoting accountability for cybersecurity and enhancing consumer protection against online harms, including fraudulent activities and scams,” the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement. The MCMC also said that the company has not fully cooperated with efforts to remove such content and that Meta’s response has been sluggish and unsatisfactory. We’re left with no option,…
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), has revealed that the blue line rail system will be open for passengers’ operations in August 2023. The managing director of the regulatory agency, Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed this at the LAMATA business/investor forum, and according to a statement on Thursday by Kolawole Ojelabi, the authority’s corporate communication consultant. On January 24, 2023, Nigeria’s immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the first phase of the blue line rail project in Lagos. Preceding the inauguration, Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, launched a test run of the project which is designed to run from Mile 2…
Trending reports has it that, the immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in honour of an invitation sent him. Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. It was gathered that the former governor was invited to be questioned concerning an ongoing investigation into alleged financial misappropriation during his tenure as governor of the state. “Former governor Ortom is currently at our Makurdi zonal office in Benue State. He arrived at about…
The trend of deploying autonomous police robot seems to be slowly catching up. Earlier this year, the New York Police Department (NYPD), announced that it will use police robots to patrol the city. Now, Singapore has revealed that it will use autonomous robots to patrol the Changi airport. A report by TST revealed that the robots are fitted with cameras, sensors, sirens and more. The report mentions that Singapore had been doing trial runs with these robots for the last five years. Based on the report, the robots have an extendable mast that goes up to 2.3 metres. Otherwise, their…
Following his announcement by President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima has decorated Kayode Egbetokun as the new acting Inspector General of Police. Shettima performed the short ceremony in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday Among his previous appointments, the new acting IGP had served as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. Shettima was assisted with the decoration by Egbetokun’s wife at the event that was witnessed by senior government officials, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.
President Bola Tinubu has left Nigeria for France to attend the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The new Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Egbetokun and Service Chiefs bid the president farewell at the point of his departure His trip to France was disclosed by his Media Aide, Dayo Olusegun via Twitter. https://twitter.com/i/status/1671111601900908545 He shared a video of Tinubu’s departure, Olusegun wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu heads to France ahead of the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. New Acting IGP Egbetokun and the newly appointed Service…
WhatApp has been strengthening its privacy controls for some time now. Earlier this year, several users in India witnessed an uptick in scam calls from international numbers. WhatsApp said that international scam calls are a new way that scammers have adopted and to prevent this, the company boosted its AI and machine learning systems. To further secure users’ privacy, WhatsApp has launched the ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ feature. Here’s how it works: International call scam: Need of call privacy feature WhatsApp is rolling out the feature globally but deploy some countries as test platform. The countries saw users getting scam calls…
Since assuming office of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it appears many Nigerians have being left in-between the rhythm “as e day sweet us, e day pain dem, or as e dey pain dem, e dey sweet us. Salutations has come greeting his quick-fire decisions, hailed by many as “bold,” “decisive,” and “correct,” are not without attendant effects that are grim and grueling for the average Nigerian. For instance, the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), has soared following the removal of fuel subsidy. Recently, there has been speculation of an impending Value Added Tax (VAT) on PMS.…
The National Commissioner and CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has said that commercial banks, telecommunications companies and other organisations may be fined up to two per cent of their annual revenue for data breaches. Olatunji stated this on Monday in Abuja during a news conference on the implementation of the recently signed Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. The NDPC CEO said the sanction could be more or less severe depending on the impact on the victim and other factors. While avowing that the act will ensure a sustainable digital economy, he disclosed that the…
Nigerians health and safety are priorities to me, this were the words of President Bola Tinubu has he hosts Dangote, Bill Gates at the State House, Abuja, today. The President spoke when he received the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates and the President of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While saluting the courage and commitment of Bill Gates to working for humanity, he commended the partnership with the Aliko Dangote Foundation. The President said his administration would do all that is required to make their…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on Monday night approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest. The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. In view of this development and until such a time new boards are constituted, the Chief Executive Officers of the Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies are directed to refer…