Author: Salako Temitope

Samue, as he was identified was a serving corps member of National Youth Service Corp, Adamawa State on Wednesday, slumped and died while watching Nigeria’s Super Eagles clash with South Africa in a penalty shootout. Samuel reportedly passed away during celebrations following Nigeria’s shootout victory in the semifinal game, per a witness’ Facebook post. “We lost one Nigerian a few minutes ago during our victory celebration over South Africa today at our Sport Viewing Center (SVC) here in Numan. “The corp member who is serving in numan from Kaduna has fainted before the kick-off of the winning goal. “He died…

“It’s all muscle memory,” Lt. Cmdr. Ben Kozlowski who is a combat officer aboard the USS MASON in the Red Sea said. They spend hours at a time, crowded inside a windowless control room, looking at radar screens for any indication of an approaching threat. On occasion, the officials on board this Navy battleship have less than fifteen seconds to locate and neutralize an approaching missile or drone. In the face of attacks by rebels backed by Iran, the Navy destroyer is one of the warships assigned to guard military and commercial ships navigating the Red Sea. Following the October…

Early Thursday 8th February, 2024, a bomb threat email was sent to some schools in Chennai which had the Indian Police in speedy reaction to act on the intel. The five private schools are located across Anna Nagar, JJ Nagar, Parrys Corner, Gopalapuram, and Mylapore which prompted school authorities to swiftly activated precautionary measures, urging authorities to conduct comprehensive inspections of the premises. While the police performed anti-sabotage checks, the parents of the students at these schools were sent home. The Greater Chennai Police sent out specialized Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) personnel. Authorities are requesting the public to…

Nadezhdin said via Telegram on Thursday that he was disqualified from the race because insufficient numbers of the signatures he had collected were deemed to be authentic by the authorities. This is to confirm Russian authorities have disqualified the lone opponent of Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential election, averting a challenge from a man who tapped into an army of simmering anger and unexpectedly amassed significant support. As the Kremlin plans Putin’s fifth term in office ahead of the March 15–17 presidential election, Boris Nadezhdin emerged as an unanticipated phenomenon in Russian politics. Hundreds of people gathered in Russian…

The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) released a statement “At 5:30 this morning an intense seismic activity started north-east of Mt. Sylingarfell. Around 30 minutes later, a volcanic eruption started at the site.” It happened close to the fishing community of Grindavik, in the same region as two earlier eruptions, the first on December 18 and the second on January 14. It was also based on an initial assessment from a flyover by the Coast Guard, the fissure was about three kilometers (two miles) long, the IMO added. Grindavik was evacuated on November 11th, following hundreds of earthquakes that caused structural…

 The Supreme Court would today, Thursday hear the case that concerns whether former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election should disqualify him from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot. With a conservative 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court will consider a number of new and significant legal matters pertaining to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which was passed after the Civil War. Just after 10 a.m., the nine justices begin their oral arguments, which may go on for several hours. If Trump loses, this case might have far-reaching consequences as other states might decide to take…

Being the study of ransomware payments of 2023 conducted by Chainalysis, it was reported that victims of ransomware attacks paid their attackers an accumulative of $1bn in 2023 which is a timely record high. Cybercriminals are making a lot of money by extorting individuals and organizations with almost no consequences . Especially with the advent of cryptocurrency which transactions can only be tracked but users identity could remain anonymous. Malicious hackers exploit computer networks belonging to companies, medical facilities, or educational institutions to release ransomware assaults. In order to obtain the keys needed to open their victims’ computers, they encrypt…

A bank robber, identified as Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, was holding a knife to the throat of a female hostage in a Bank of America branch in a shopping area off the US-41 south of Fort Myers when a SWAT team sniper opened fire, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Florida. Soon after 11 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a report, entered the facility, and started negotiating while patrons and employees fled outside. Accoring to Sherrif Carmine Marceno, “Quickly we were face to face with a male suspect who was armed with a knife and…

Amidst worsening insecurity crises by terrorists, kidnappers and uncouth herders across the country, the Nigerian Senate called upon those involved in national security management today, 7th January, 2024. The meeting was meant to involve the presence of other stakeholders, including the Service Chiefs in order to find a long-term solution to the problem. They were anticipated to brief the chamber on the entry of terrorists and kidnappers into the FCT which is under obvious siege. Present for the briefing today included Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air…

According to McKinsey report of August 2023 which forecasts the global cloud value to be up to $3 trillion in 2025, with $797 billion of this value sitting in Africa and Europe. The increasing demand for cloud services that adhere to data protection rules is attracting large digital companies to increase their expenditures on cloud infrastructure, thanks to Africa’s cloud-native businesses. According to data from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) within August 2023, the continent’s e-conomy is expected to reach $180 billion during that time, or 5.2% of its GDP. Niral Patel, director of Google Cloud, highlighted the growing prospects…