Month: June 2017

Retaliation: Russia to seize U.S. compounds, school

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Six months after two properties belonging to Russia were seized by the U.S. government, Russia has threatened to return the favour if the properties were not released. Russia vowed to seize U.S. diplomatic property in Moscow and complicate life for an Anglo-American school unless Washington hands back the two diplomatic compounds before July. The daily Kommersant newspaper citing unnamed diplomatic sources, said that Moscow wanted the compounds back before a possible meeting at the G20 in Germany in July between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump. If that did not happen,…

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Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Senate

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As the 8th National Assembly marks its second anniversary, the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the unity of Nigeria was not negotiatble. Saraki who spoke at a special valedictory session to mark the anniversary of the Senate warned those who are insinuating Nigeria’s breakup to desist. Saraki’s called followed remarks by other lawmakers urging the senate to take a position on the matter. While commending lawmakers for their cooperation in ensuring that challnges faced at the onset were overcome, he added that the Senate would…

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Rivers gets N34.9b, highest of Paris Club refund

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The Federal Government today released details of what each state got from the first tranche of Paris Club refunds, showing Rivers State as the biggest beneficiary. It got N34.9billion. Delta followed with N27.6b,  Akwa Ibom got  N25.98billion and Bayelsa N24.89b. Cross River and Edo states got about N12.1 billion each. The refund was based on over deductions from the accounts of the 36 states and the 774 local councils between 1995 and 2002. These payments which totalled N516.38bn were made to the 36 States plus FCT upon the approval of Present…

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Unemployment in the Niger Delta, a time bomb – Ndoma-Egba

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Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has decried the level of unemployment in the Niger Delta region, saying the armies of jobless youths found in the region is a time-bomb. This is as the NDDC has declared that it has contingent liability of N1.3 Trillion resulting from the number of projects the commission committed itself into without recourse to its funding. Ndoma-Egba spoke yesterday when a delegation from the United Nations, led by its resident/humanitarian coordinator, Ambassador Edward Kallon, visited the board…

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How DSS, Army, Others Collected From Dieziani’s $115m Bribe – EFCC

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday alleged that some individuals and public officials collected a bribe from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, to influence the 2015 general elections. A document tendered by the anti-graft agency before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, stated that the Resident Assistant Inspector-General of Police in Kwara State at the time received N1m cash. It said the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State at the time received N10m cash while the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge…

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UN reacts to Arewa group’s threat against Igbos

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The United Nations has called on different ethnic tribes and groups in Nigeria to be more tolerant to ensure unity and peace in the country. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, said this in a statement Thursday. Kallon noted with concern media reports of an ultimatum issued by northern youth groups calling for all Igbo people to leave Northern Nigeria by October 1. He noted the ultimatum followed a sit-down-strike observed in the five states in South East Nigeria on May 30, purportedly meant to commemorate the 50th…

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Microsoft agrees to buy US-Israeli cyber-security firm Hexadite

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Microsoft agreed to acquire Hexadite, a US-Israeli provider of technology Microsoft would pay $100 million for Hexadite Hexadite says its technology increases productivity and reduces costs Microsoft said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Hexadite, a US-Israeli provider of technology to automate responses to cyber-attacks. Financial terms were not disclosed. In May, Israeli financial news website Calcalist said Microsoft would pay $100 million (roughly Rs. 643 crores) for Hexadite, which is headquartered in Boston with its research and development centre in Israel. Hexadite says its technology increases productivity and reduces…

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3 things you should know about cloud computing right now

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It is no understatement to say that public cloud computing is revolutionizing how technology is used. Executives from the top three public cloud providers—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform—spoke at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit in Bellevue, Wash. this week. Here are three lessons you need to learn now: Managing partnerships is critical—and hard Microsoft (MSFT, -0.61%) and Amazon are courting major software companies to run their operations on their respective clouds, and many—Tableau (DATA, +2.05%), Salesforce (CRM, -0.15%), Workday (WDAY, +0.33%)—are doing so. “We want to…

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Niger Delta group targets 2018 for creation of independent country

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In reaction to the threat issued by Arewa Youths to Igbos to vacate the 19 Northern states of Nigeria by October 1 this year, another group from the Niger Delta region known as Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) has set 2018 as target for the creation of an independent state to be known as the Region of Niger Delta (Rondel). In a statement issued on Thursday, Efe Edet-Tamuno, Spokesman for the group stated that  “We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement…

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Arab crisis worsens as Qataris, allies enter Saudi terror list

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Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations which cut ties with Qatar this week over its alleged support of terrorism have designated dozens of people with alleged links to Qatar as terrorists, deepening a row that threatens the region’s stability. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain said in a statement published by the Saudi news agency that 59 people, including Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yousef al-Qaradawi, and 12 entities, among them Qatari-funded charities Qatar Charity and Eid Charity, were named. The announcement increases pressure on Qatar…

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