The domain address of Nigeria’s banking giant, GTBank, remains inaccessible as suspected cybercriminals appeared to have compromised the financial institution’s domain address. Checks by Peoples Gazette showed Wednesday night and Friday morning that gtbank.com was no longer accessible. GTBank confirmed an attempt to compromise its website domain in a statement on Thursday. The incident came a day after the domain name was renewed for another five years, from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to multiple online platforms that analyse domain information. No collective of hackers has claimed responsibility for the vandalism, which appeared to have started on August 14. A spokesman for GTBank…
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The Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Energy, Engr. Johnson Alabi, has disclosed that the state government would not renege on the distribution of prepaid meters to the residents of the state. Alabi gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the Aiyedatiwa Online Media team to his office on Thursday. Contrary to viral speculation in some quarters that some residents who had showed perspicacious interest in purchasing the meters had been apparently swindled, Alabi strongly refuted the claims, describing it as mendacious and pseudo. He also noted that the speculation was being peddled by some anti-democratic elements…
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has reaffirmed the critical role of agriculture as the cornerstone of the state’s economy, emphasizing its centrality to the livelihoods of citizens and the broader economic development strategy. The Governor made this assertion during the groundbreaking ceremony of the 10.9-kilometer Idanre-Obajare Road in Idanre Local Government Area of the State, on Thursday. Governor Aiyedatiwa, who said the project aligns with his administration’s commitment to uplifting the standard of living for the state’s large farming community, stressed that agriculture is the backbone of the State’s economy. “It is our resolve that the government must…
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency on Thursday announced the conviction of a local government worker in the state over the illegal sale of land belonging to the State Housing Corporation. A statement on Thursday, signed by the Executive Secretary of the agency, I.O Tijani, on behalf of the Chairman of OYACA, Honorable Justice Eni Esan (retd.) called on civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption. The convict, Adesina Olanrewaju Oyegoke, an Assistant Chief Executive Officer with the Estate Department of Lagelu Local Government, Ibadan, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for a three-count of official corruption under the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed the arrest of a suspect responsible for the death of Eight-year-old Kamal Aliyu in the Rinjin Gani area of Toro local government of the state. This was disclosed by the Command Police Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil in a press release issued on Thursday. The statement recalled that “On August 4, 2024, Kamal Aliyu was reported kidnapped by unknown individuals in Rinjin Gani village in Toro LGA of Bauchi state. In response, the Division Police Officer, DPO of Toro Police Divisional headquarters launched an intensive search and rescue operation in the area.…
Police officers under the auspices of Concerned Police Inspectors in Nigeria on Thursday visited the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, along Asutan Street, Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital to protest non-payment of 11 months salary arrears. The officers drawn from different Police formations, who spoke on behalf of their colleagues on condition of anonymity, lamented that their crime-fighting morale had been dampened by the non-commitment to their welfare by the police authorities. The officers who noted that they were about 1,500 officers promoted from inspector 11-to-1 appealed to the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to use his offices…
By Ise-Oluwa Ige In this interview with Vanguard’s Law and Human Rights, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, SAN, spoke on various issues including the recent #Endbadgovernance protest and its handlers and the rights of Nigerians to protest.He also reviewed the tenure of the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, even as he set an agenda for the incoming CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who is widely reputed as a no-nonsense judicial officer. Excerpt:Before the commencement of the last #EndBadGovernance protest, the government made spirited efforts to abort it. How does this…
Bashir Hadeija, a close aide to Nigeria’s junior minister of defence, Bello Matawalle, has been arrested for alleged gunrunning and smuggling of large caches of weapons, following multiple intel by a combined team of the police and the State Security Services, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Hadeija, who was a special assistant to Mr Bello while serving as governor of Zamfara State, was arrested over the weekend and is also accused of money laundering and other transnational crimes against the government. The suspect, currently in custody of the security operatives and facing interrogation over his involvement in multiple crimes, is also…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has made a case for a specialized court to try culprits of oil theft in the country. Michael Uzokwe, the Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the commission, Ola Olukoyede said this during the investigative hearing of crude oil theft in Abuja. Mr Uzokwe said that the delay in prosecution through regular courts was hampering prosecution and militating against elimination of crude oil theft and other financial crimes. He therefore made a strong case for the establishment of special courts to try cases of those apprehended for oil theft and related crimes to…
About 20 people have been killed in floods that ravaged Bauchi and Jigawa states. The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency said four persons died in the recent flood disaster in the state. The flood also destroyed houses, submerged farmlands and washed away some sections of the Kano-Maiduguri expressway. The Director-General of the agency, Masud Aliyu, said this during an interview on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said the flood affected Shira, Giade and Katagum Local Government Areas of the state, following torrential rains in the past days. “The flood left thousands homeless, submerged farmlands and cut-off roads. The affected roads…