The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 51 year-old-man, Friday Ndimma for his alleged involvement in the sales of Indian hemp also known as marijuana. Ndimma hails from the Orsu Ihitte-Ukwa community in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state.According to the Imo state Commissioner of Police Abutu Yaro, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect is a major supplier of marijuana to all IPOB and ESN camps across Orsu local government areas and its environs.He added that the suspect who has confessed to the crime was arrested in his home in the Orsu Ihitte-Ukwa community following intelligence information.Yaro explained…
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Google and Microsoft have released a patch to two critical vulnerabilities in their operating systems; that were exploited by a spyware that has reportedly been sold to governments by Israeli developer Candiru. In its report that was released earlier this week, Citizen Labs has said that Candiru’s spyware (called DevilsTongue by Microsoft) can infect and monitor iPhones; Android smartphones, Macs, PCs and even cloud accounts. Microsoft is calling Candiru Sourgum. Microsoft in a blog post said that the spyware was being used in precision attacks targeting more than 100 victims including politicians; human rights activists, journalists, academics, embassy workers and…
As competition with rivals like Apple, TikTok and others gets fiercer to attract the public’s eyeballs by creating great products; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is opening his purse strings and is looking to hire some really standout resources. So, if you fit the bill, here is your chance to make lots of money. The Facebook CEO has vowed to pay as much as $1 billion to creators who manage to deliver projects that are streets ahead of his rivals. That is a huge amount of money and not many can match that kind of spend. While Apple may have a…
Just a couple of days before Blue Origin conducts the first crewed flight of its New Shepard rocket; the company has released a short video (below) showing how far it’s come since its first test launch in 2015. Aboard the reusable New Shepard rocket for the ride to the edge of space on Tuesday, July 20, will be Blue Origin owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; who says the trip to 62 miles above Earth will fulfill of a life-long dream to travel to space. Our first human flight on Tuesday will be the 16th flight in #NewShepard’s history. Learn…
Since 2019, Amazon has sold nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could shock someone if they fell into a pool of water; 24,000 carbon monoxide detectors that didn’t actually detect carbon monoxide, and an unspecified number of “children’s sleepwear garments” that didn’t meet flammability requirements; according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Now, the US safety regulator wants to force Amazon to recall those products. This past week, it sued the company in a case that could be the latest to hold Amazon accountable for products offered by its third-party sellers. But here’s the thing: Amazon has already recalled…
Suspected herdsmen have killed two aide workers and a volunteer for 360HSCD, a non governmental organizations working on HIV/AID testing and counseling in Benue state. The aid workers had been on routine weekend supervision at Tomanyi village in Guma LGA of Benue state. This is according to local sources who called the telephone lines of the aide workers upon learning of their abduction by suspected herdsmen. The herdsmen who answered the call, according to the sources, confirmed the killings and insisted that such will continue until Governor Samuel Ortom responds to their demand to repeal the prohibition of open grazing…
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today July 19, 2021, secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters – Noah Omoregbe (a.k.a Frank Mark) and Destiny Efewengbe (a.k.a William Scot ) before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. This is according to a statement by EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren. The defendants were arraigned on one count charge each of personation and intent to defraud contrary to section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 48 Laws of defunct Bendel State of Nigeria (as applicable in Edo…
Cyber attacks – We have entered a new decade and it won’t be wrong to state the new decade has brought with itself several new ways of managing and operating a business. Most of the organisations are operating remotely to steer through the new normal and maintain business continuity. These new remote working models have created multiple endpoints in data chains, providing cyber attackers, not one, but multiple access points to an IT infrastructure’s nucleus – data. It is not surprising to note that, as per The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY), till August 2020; almost 7 lakh…
On Sunday, Google Meet and MS Teams fierce rival Zoom Video Communications Inc has agreed to buy cloud software provider Five9 Inc in an all-stock deal worth about $14.7 billion; to target business clients looking to boost customer engagement. Teleconferencing services provider Zoom has become a household name and investor favourite in the year since the coronavirus pandemic; as businesses and schools adopted its services to hold virtual classes , office meets and socialise. The San Jose , California-based company is now shifting focus to its two-year-old cloud-calling product Zoom Phone and conference-hosting product Zoom Rooms; as bigger players Facebook…
A solar storm is a stellar phenomenon that has immense destructive powers as far as humans and their technologies go. However, fortunately, the same are largely protected by the Earth’s atmosphere; but when a big enough solar storm is generated by the Sun and it arrives on Earth at a much faster than expected speed; it can lead to many problems even today. The question here to be answered is – can a solar storm make computers crash? Well, the short answer is yes, but indirectly so. A proviso must be added here; that the solar flare has to be…