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A hacker , Michael Williams, 28 , has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defrauding a car dealer , Abiogun Adewale , of N28 m . He was said to have paid the sum for a Porsche car through a fake electronic transfer. The suspect , who was arrested in the Lekki area of Lagos , was paraded at the command headquarters , Ikeja , on Monday by the state Commissioner of Police , Edgal Imohimi. Imohimi said the police received a petition against the suspect , who he described as a “ professional hacker . ” He said , “ My office received a complaint that there is a syndicate that buys exotic cars and configures a computer programme that sends a fake payment alert to the seller . “ The seller , upon receiving this alert, verifies the alert either through ATM or through Internet banking and then releases the car to the syndicate . “ In this case , when the car dealer went to his bank for his statement of account , it was discovered that the alert and transfer of

Lagos gets N34bn monthly IGR –Commissioner Moshood Adebayo Lagos State Government has said it has so far achieved an average monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N34 billion in 2018, compared to monthly averages of the last three years. Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, who disclosed this, yesterday, at the ongoing annual ministerial press briefing, to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, held at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, in Alausa, attributed the gradual improvement to the impact of the ongoing reforms and growth in the state’s economy. He said: “Based on our first quarter results, Lagos state has, so far, achieved an average monthly IGR of N34 billion in 2018, compared to monthly averages of N22 billion, N24 billion and N30 billion, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.” The commissioner expressed optimism that the IGR will continue to rise as the state continues to implement the various reforms, driven by wider tech

The trial of the former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, almost came to a tragic end yesterday when he collapsed as he was walking into the dock for his trial before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited, are facing trial on allegations that he fraudulently received N400 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014. Metuh, who arrived the court in an ambulance, was seated in the courtroom close to the dock. When his case was called yesterday, he fell down while walking to the dock. Before the near-tragic incident, Justice Okon Abang had noticed Metuh’s wobbling steps and asked that he remained in his seat. Abang abruptly stood down the matter to enable medical officials to attend to the defendant. The court’s medical officials, whose attention were called after the incident, rushed into courtroom and attended to him briefly. After recalling the matter,

BREAKING: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle declared husband and wife Published May 19, 2018 Share Tweet  Share Prince Harry and US TV star Meghan Markle were married in Windsor Castle on Saturday in a star-studded and emotional ceremony watched live by cheering crowds and beamed into homes around the world . READ ALSO: VIDEO: That moment when regal Meghan Markle arrived St George’ s Chapel ! Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby , the spiritual leader of the world’ s Anglicans, declared the couple husband and wife after they exchanged vows and rings .

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris … as police launch probe , threaten bloggers ’ arrest Oyetunji Abioye, Adelani Adepegba, Gbenro Adeoye and Afeez Hanafi A Liberty Television journalist , Aminu Nurudeen, suspected to have posted the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police , Ibrahim Idris , struggling to read a speech at a public event in Kano, has gone into hiding , Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Impeccable sources told Saturday PUNCH that the Kano State Police Command invited the reporter to its office immediately the video went viral. The video, shows the IG struggling to read his speech at the inauguration of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano , Kano State on Monday . It was learnt that Nurudeen’ s whereabouts had been unknown since the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer , SP Musa Magaji Majiya, invited him on Thursday . Sources said the police authorities were upset with the journalist because he had allegedly disobeyed a directive by

The oil price has climbed above 80 dollars per barrel for the first time in three-and-a-half years amid simmering global tensions over Iran. Brent crude has been rising in recent months as supplies tighten and the decision by Donald Trump to pull out of an international nuclear deal with Tehran has added to the upward pressure. The rising price of oil will add to the pressure on motorists’ fuel bills. But is a welcome trend for oil companies including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, two companies which are staples of UK pension funds. Markets have been reacting to the prospect of a sharp drop in Iranian oil exports after the US decision on the deal. French energy giant, Total, said on Wednesday that it might abandon a multi-billion dollar gas project in the country if it could not secure a waiver from US sanctions, adding to doubts on European-led efforts to salvage the international nuclear agreement. Meanwhile, global inventories of oil have dropped sharply in recent months on robu

The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha , is missing at the ongoing first Imo All Progressives Congress stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri , the state capital . The meeting, which has in attendance the APC national organising secretary , Senator Osita Izunaso, senators Benjamin Uwajumogu , Ifeanyi Araraume , and Okorocha’ s deputy governor Eze Madumere , is being presided over by the state chairman , Hillary Eke. Others at the meeting which is going on at Concorde Hotel, Owerri , are the chairman of TETFUND, Emeka Nwajiuba; chairman of Nigeria Insurance Trustfund , Jasper Azuatalam; former secretary to the state government, Jude Ejiogu ; Okorocha ’s son -in-law, Uche Nwosu , and others. A source said the governor boycotted the all-important stakeholders’ meeting because the APC chairman in the state refused to have the meeting hosted at Imo Government House as suggested by Okorocha . A source at the meeting told our correspondent that the poor way the governor is funding the party

Men of the Nigerian Army stormed a police station along Ada-George Road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State over the killing of their colleague by a policeman yesterday. Daily Sun gathered that the soldiers stormed the police station in search of the policeman who allegedly killed their colleague at Wimpy by Ada-George junction. The aggrieved soldiers were alleged to have broken the cell in search of the suspect, which caused those in detention to escape. A witness, Alex Igbani, who confirmed the incident to Daily Sun, said the police personnel shot dead the soldier, who was seen with a pistol at a junction controlling traffic. Igbani said the slain soldier, along with his colleague, had alighted from a convoy to make way for their superior, who was trapped in traffic, when the policeman shot him and attempted to shoot the second person before he brought out his identity card. According to the source, the police carried the deceased soldier into their van and dro

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has charged members of the party to do all within their powers to save this democracy and rescue Nigeria from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Prince Secondus who spoke at the inauguration of the party’s contact committee at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on friday said that what is happening in the country now calls for all hands to be on the deck. He said that APC administration is so desperate and has chosen to deploy all anti democratic forces to intimidate, harass and cow opposition to submission. According to a statement from his media office signed by, Ike Abonyi, Secondus drew the attention of the international community to the brazing human rights abuses going on in the country under the watch of the APC administration. The PDP boss charged members of the Contact committee to reach out to all men and women of goodwill desirous to save our hard earned democracy for a more

Okorocha gives N2m, land to BBN winner, Miracle Winner of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) Reality Show, 2018 edition, Mr. Miracle Igbokwe, has become N2 million richer, courtesy of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. Governor Okorocha, who handed him the cash yesterday, “for being a good ambassador of the state,” also, promised to give him a plot of land in any location of his choice to enable him build his own house. Also, Miss Nina Chinonso, who was part of the BBN reality show as well as an indigene of the state, was not left out in the wind fall as she was, also given N2 million. The governor made the donations when Igbokwe and Nina visited him at the Government House, Owerri, yesterday. He said Miracle has made the state proud by emerging the winner of the show. “We are gathered, here, to welcome our son, who has made us proud. Miracle is our son, who went to South Africa for the Big Brother Naija show. He was a good ambassador of his state. For this, we thought, it is proper t

The United States President , Donald Trump, on Monday described the killing of Christians in Nigeria as a serious problem , saying the US would not accept it. Trump also condemned the burning of churches and urged the Federal Government to ensure security in the affected communities. He said the government of the US and that of Nigeria would work hard to resolve the problem . READ ALSO: Nigerians react as Buhari signs White House register Trump said this shortly before he entered into a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Oval Office in the White House, Washington DC. “ We have met before , we have a great relationship . I look forward to our discussion today again , especially as it relates to terrorism . Terrorism all over the world is a hotbed and we are going to be stopping it. “ We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria ; We are going to be working on that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow that