FG orders Google, Apple to deactivate ‘illegal’ online banks, loan apps
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has ordered Google LLC (Play Store) and Apple Inc. (Apple Store) to deactivate unathorised online banks and loan applications. The Federal Government agency asked Google and Apple to delete the applications where evidence has established inappropriate conduct or use of the application in violation of the rights of consumers. The agency also banned the acceptance and presentation of new online banking and loan applications without regulatory assessment and approval. He said the order is in furtherance of the action taken by the Inter-Agency Joint Regulatory and Enforcement Task Force last Friday, which led to the shutdown of some online banks. “The Order of the Commission also prohibits acceptance and presentation of new applications for the same purpose without regulatory assessment and approval.
Source:Punch
March 15, 2022 10:32 UTC
Nigeria’s epileptic grid collapses, plunges country into darkness again | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Nigeria’s national grid, operated from Osogbo in Osun State, collapsed this morning plunging the country into total darkness. The grid reportedly collapsed at about 10:40am Monday sending the eleven distribution companies which supply the 36 and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) out of supply. As at 2:40 pm on Monday multiple sources across the distribution companies told The Guardian that although there were reports that the grid was being restored some of of them were yet to pick energy load. This is not the first time the grid will be collapsing. Since 2013 when the sector was privatised, the grid has failed electricity consumers more than 130 times.
Source:The Guardian
March 14, 2022 14:09 UTC
Analyst describes 2nd Niger Bridge as unifying project | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Mr Timothy Nwachukwu, a good governance advocate, has described the second Niger bridge in Anambra as a legacy and unifying project that will open up the South East region. Nwanchukwu, a Communication Aide to Alhaji Gambo Manzo, Special Assistant to President Muhammad Buhari in the office of the Vice President, said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. He said the project which had gulped more than N400 billion and scheduled for inauguration by President Buhari in October, had provided job opportunities for over 5,500 Nigerians. He lauded President Buhari for making the second Niger bridge project a reality which he said was officially started in 2014 by the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration. He expressed optimism that the 1.6km long bridge handled by Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd. to connect Anambra and Delta would reduce the gridlock and strain on the first Niger Bridge.
Source:The Guardian
March 14, 2022 14:01 UTC
Russian troops abduct second Ukraine mayor
A Ukraine mayor was abducted by invading Russian forces on Sunday, the second such kidnapping in days, bringing strong condemnation from the European Union. “The army of the Russian Federation captured the mayor of the city of Dniprorudne,” in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast region of southeast Ukraine, the regional administration head Oleksandr Starukh said on Facebook. On Friday the mayor of southern Ukraine’s Melitopol was kidnapped by Russian soldiers occupying the city, because “he refused to cooperate with the enemy”, according to the Ukraine parliament. “The EU strongly condemns the kidnapping of the mayors of Melitopol and Dniprorudne by Russian armed forces,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a post on Twitter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday on the leaders of France and Germany to help secure the release of the mayor of Melitopol.
Source:Punch
March 14, 2022 02:51 UTC
Hat-trick: Ronaldo is a genius -Roy Keane
Roy Keane hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as fantastic and a genius as his hat-trick secured a 3-2 win for Manchester United over Tottenham. Cristiano Ronaldo was labelled a “genius” by Roy Keane after his spectacular hat-trick inspired Manchester United to a vital 3-2 victory over top-four rivals Tottenham. “Ronaldo looked angry today, he played with a lot of aggression,” Keane told Sky Sports. “Manchester United are not very good, I have to say. The fans are buzzing because they’ve seen Ronaldo, they feel like they’ve seen something special.”
Source:Punch
March 14, 2022 00:33 UTC
Russia-Ukraine war: 12 latest developments you should know
Here are the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine:– Russia encircling Kyiv –Russian forces advance ever closer to the capital from the north, west and northeast. – Mayor abducted –Ukrainian lawmakers say Russian soldiers have abducted the mayor of the southern city of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. – Space station ‘could crash’ – The head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warns that Western sanctions could cause the International Space Station to crash. – Abramovich disqualified –The Premier League board disqualifies Roman Abramovich as a director of Chelsea Football Club after the Russian billionaire was placed under Western sanctions. – 2.5 million flee –More than two and a half million people have fled the “senseless war” in Ukraine, the UN says — more than half to Poland.
Source:Punch
March 13, 2022 05:20 UTC
Twelve die in Kwara multiple road accidents | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
An early morning accident involving three vehicles: a trailer, a hummer bus and a Volvo car, yesterday, claimed 12 lives including six males along Ilorin/Ogbomoso Expressway, Ilorin. One of the vehicles, an 18-seater commercial hummer bus had some passengers trapped inside and were burnt beyond recognition. A survivor said the Hummer bus allegedly took off from Lagos heading to Sokoto State when the trailer fully loaded with bags of cement collided with it. The badly burnt remains of the victims were deposited at the morgue of the tertiary health institution. Owoade appealed to motorists plying major roads in the state to shun over speeding and reckless driving to reduce road crashes.
Source:The Guardian
March 13, 2022 04:24 UTC
Abandoned Ketu garage in deplorable state | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
More than four years after the Lagos State government started the reconstruction of the Ketu Garage, the project is still far from completion. Presently, the whole garage is in a deplorable state, even as commuters and bus drivers have resigned themselves to fate. When The Guardian visited the garage yesterday, its entire length and breadth was covered with cellophane paper and pet bottles. Traders in the facility are also using the interlocking stones as support structures to display their wares. When approached for comments, the transporters declined, claiming that state government would chase them away from the abandoned garage if they dare to criticise it over the abandonment.
Source:The Guardian
March 13, 2022 03:32 UTC
12 burnt to death in accident on Ilorin-Ogbomoso road
12 people were burnt to death in a fatal accident that occurred on Saturday at Otte on the Ilorin-Ogbomoso express road. Six of the passengers were however rescued alive but with burn injuries, while the remaining 12 were burnt beyond recognition. Information obtained from the FRSC said that the accident involved a white commercial ‘Hummer’ bus and a white Volvo bus loaded with Cement. It said that the accident was a result of speed limit violation and route violation and loss of control. The FRSC Sector Commander, Commander Jonathan Owoade, who confirmed the incident, said that 18 passengers were on board in the vehicle adding that while 6 were rescued from the scene of the accident and sustained burn injuries, 12 were burnt beyond recognition.
Source:Punch
March 13, 2022 01:01 UTC
Kemi Afolabi: 10 facts you should know about lupus
For some, Kemi Afolabi’s announcement might be the first time they would hear of the disease called Lupus. Here are 10 facts you should know about lupus:Autoimmune diseaseNo one is sure what causes lupus, but doctors do know that the symptoms emerge when your immune system is not working as it should. These patients tend to have higher mortality rates than white patients, while Hispanic and Asian patients have a lower risk of lupus, according to a study of 42,000 lupus cases. Women are at a higher riskMost studies find that about 90 per cent of lupus patients are women, according to a review in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. Some babies are born with the diseaseSometimes, a mother with lupus or antibodies related to it can pass those antibodies to her newborn, causing a form of lupus called neonatal lupus.
Source:Punch
March 12, 2022 18:57 UTC
Son kills 75-year-old father, says he smoked ‘Indian hemp’
A 31-year-old man identified as Nicodemus Ignatius has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State for allegedly beating his 75-year-old father to death. Nicodemus, who hails from Unguwan Bistel in Song town, Song Local Government Area, carried out the act on March 3, 2022, shortly after returning from a drinking joint. PUNCH Metro gathered that Nicodemus had sometimes in November last year threatened to kill the father, resulting in his arrest by the police. But the father, out of sympathy, sued for the release of his son from police custody. “But the 75-year-old Ignatius, sensing danger and afraid of the possibility of his son setting the house on fire, jumped out through the window to escape.
Source:Punch
March 12, 2022 08:41 UTC
Laser Treatments for Removing Moles
Wellness Laser Treatments for Removing Moles By Tariemi Oreoritse A century ago, you would have felt lucky to have a dark brown mass growing out of your face. Unfortunately, times have changed and in this era, healthy skin is beautiful skin. The options available for mole removal include Laser treatment, Radiofrequency, Punch excision, and Electrocautery. Laser treatment involves the application of a local anesthetic such as Lidocaine to the patch of skin housing the mole. Laser removal is non-surgical and requires no incision.
Source:The Guardian
March 12, 2022 03:16 UTC
West’s weapons are seeing action in Ukraine – but it is unlikely to be enough
And as the footage indicates, at least some Ukrainian forces have no shortage of shoulder-mounted arms for now. It has no real match for Russian artillery, which has been remorselessly targeting Kharkiv and Mariupol in the east, with grim consequences for civilians. Ukraine seems to have no way to combat Russian artillery once it has bedded in and encircled – or nearly encircled – a city. “Offensively going after Russian artillery requires combat power that Ukrainian forces struggle to generate. Nevertheless Ukrainian counterattacks appear possible, at least for now, where Russian forces have overextended themselves.
Source:The Guardian
March 12, 2022 03:08 UTC
Nigeria seizes smuggled opioid capsules in Lagos port | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Nigeria’s narcotics agency has seized three million capsules of opioids at the main seaport in the commercial city of Lagos, a spokesman said Friday. The seizure came a day after 8.6 kilogrammes of cannabis were impounded in another operation in the city. The illicit drugs were intercepted at the port during an inspection on March 7, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement. “The seizure of 3,000,000 capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol… followed a similar operation in which anti-narcotic officers of the agency also intercepted 8,613 kilogrammes of cannabis smuggled in from Ghana,” he said. A senior Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari, is currently facing charges for drug trafficking and his alleged links with an international drug cartel.
Source:The Guardian
March 11, 2022 13:37 UTC
Alleged N700m Fraud: How Ogun lawmakers forged fuel stations’ signatures – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating the lawmakers over a N700 million alleged fraud. On request, the Assembly had submitted receipts to the EFCC as proof that the spending followed due process. Despite several letters to the lawmakers, Mr Bawa said they refused to honour the invitation. Fuel purchaseThe EFCC said the Assembly submitted receipts of fuel purchases from NNPC mega station and Ashkash filling station, both in Abeokuta. The lawmakers attributed their failure to honour the EFCC invitation to the pending suit.
Source:The Guardian
March 10, 2022 22:58 UTC