security
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers. 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the N40 billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, rejected the estimate during budget defence before a joint committee session on INEC and Electoral Matters, at the…
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A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday (Sept 12) after smashing a window and throwing items down from a flat on the eighth floor. The police told AsiaOne they received a call for assistance at Block 608 Bedok Reservoir Road at about 12.30pm that day. Shin Min Daily News had received a tip-off from a…
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has given all states until September 9, 2024, to make their positions known on the establishment of State Police. NEC gave the deadline on Wednesday at its meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State…
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Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the security situation in the North under President Bola Tinubu has improved when compared to what was obtainable during the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari. Sani observed that terrorists attacked several schools in the north during Buhari’s administration but the reserve was the case under Tinubu’s…
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Only three months after FIJ exposed XpressVerify, a private website selling the Nigerian identification data, private website AnyVerify has been found trading Nigerian bank verification numbers (BVNs), among other sensitive citizen data. Paradigm Initiative (PIN), an ICT for Development and Digital Rights group, said on Thursday that it was seeking legal redress on behalf of Nigerians for a…
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Parties put forward solutions to knife crime at debate Crime is the last theme of the BBC’s debate, with one audience member raising the issue of knife crime. The Green Party’s Carla Denyer says not all crime can be tackled by being “tough”, explaining a generation of young people have grown up with services like…
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The Paris Olympics are being targeted by a Russian-linked disinformation campaign, according to the New York Times. Since last summer, efforts have been under way by a hacker group named Storm-1679, the paper reports. The campaign “began in earnest” when a documentary was released with a doctored International Olympic Committee (IOC) logo, along with an…
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Authorities Tuesday took a domestic flight to an isolation bay at the airport in Indian capital Delhi following a bomb threat, officials said. The scare, however, turned out to be a hoax. Officials said the flight from Delhi to Varanasi, belonging to the private airline IndiGo, was taken to the isolation bay immediately after a…
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Hello all, my family and I witnessed a scene from the window around 1:30 am to 2:45 am today and I have decided to share so that we all keep guard. Someone intentionally left a baby, wrapped in a white cloth right in front of our gate. The baby cried for over 30 minutes, and…
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Tanzanian authorities said on Wednesday that they are installing 6,500 cameras in key economic areas in four major cities to boost safety and security. Minister of Home Affairs Hamad Masauni said the installation of cameras is part of implementing the “safer cities” project, which is set to begin in the 2024/2025 financial year. Masauni announced…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that the FCT Administration had commenced the procurement processes for drones to boost the security architecture of the territory. Wike made this disclosure when the Consul-General of the Embassy of Hungary in Nigeria, Endre Deri, paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday in Abuja.…
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A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing,” the agency said. The incident occurred about 9 a.m. ET Monday at Joint Base Andrews, the agency said, ahead of a planned visit by the vice president to Wisconsin. Secret Service spokesman…
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Sadiq Khan will hold an “urgent meeting” with Sir Mark Rowley as the Metropolitan Police commissioner faces calls to resign over the force’s handling of a pro-Palestinian protest. MEZIESBLOG understands the London mayor has full confidence in Sir Mark despite concerns raised about an incident when an officer was captured on video calling a man…
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Real Madrid have taken the unusual decision to close the Santiago Bernabeu roof this evening for the Champions League quarter-final tie against Manchester City. The iconic stadium had a roof installed in September to avoid extreme heat temperatures during the season and boost their revenue away from football. However, Real requested to shut the roof today despite the…
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Estonia’s top military chief says the country must double its defence spending over the next two years so it can not only defend against a possible Russian invasion, but instead inflict a “decisive” defeat. During in an interview in Japan, where he was meeting defence officials, General Martin Herem said neither the threat of a…
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The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has pledged to give more priority to the welfare of armed forces personnel to boost their morale. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Mr Henshaw Ogubike. According to the statement, Badaru made the…
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