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May

19

2025

Access to Holdings Sets Benchmark in Fraud Eradication

Business#AccessBank, #FraudPrevention, #Technology

Access Holdings Sets Benchmark in Fraud Eradication As global financial fraud surges to over $485 billion in annual losses, Access Holdings PLC is setting a new standard in Africa’s banking industry through aggressive and strategic investment in technology aimed at combating the growing threat, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. With Nigeria's financial sector experiencing a spike in digital fraud, particularly through mobile and online channels, Access Holdings has emerged as a front-runner in fraud prevention through innovation. In 2024, Access Holdings, the parent company of Access Bank, recorded a landmark ₦193.5 billion ($120.5 million) in…

May

18

2025

By Famous Reporters

How nurse swapped my newborn with lifeless baby in hospital… New Mum Wails

Oddity#Hospital, #Lifeless, #Swap

Woman narrates how nurse swapped her newborn with lifeless baby in hospital A woman who recently put to bed has gone to the social media to narrate how a nurse assigned to her in a certain hospital, (name withheld), where she put to bed, tried to swap her newborn baby with a dead baby. The puerpera lamented that if not for the Almighty God and her intuitive which she described as a strong one, her beautiful baby would have been swapped with some dead baby right under her nose. She, therefore, charged other prospective mothers to always be vigilant while…

May

17

2025

By Famous Reporters

Access Bank Secures DFIs’ USD 100 Million Facility Aided By German DEG for MSMEs, Gender Equality in Nigeria

Business#AccessBank, #Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, #FinDevCanada, #Nigeria’sMSMEsector

Access Bank Secures DFIs’ USD 100 Million Facility led by German DEG for MSMEs, Gender Equality in Nigeria Access Bank Plc has successfully closed a USD 100 million senior loan facility with a consortium of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), led by the German DFI DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, and supported by FinDev Canada, Amsterdam-based asset manager ILX, as well as Austrian DFI OeEB, Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG. This significant financing will support privately-owned MSMEs, small corporates, and family-owned businesses across Nigeria, with a particular focus on promoting female entrepreneurship and economic empowerment. At least 30 per cent of…

May

16

2025

By Famous Reporters

Finland Court Charges Simon Ekpa With Terrorism

NEWS#BiafraAgitation, #ipob

Finland Court Charges Simon Ekpa With Terrorism A Finland court has charged Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed Separatist leader with inciting terrorism using the social media.n Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they have charged Simon Ekpa with inciting terrorism online. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority revealed this today, Friday in a statement. This is even as the prosecution authority said the prosecutor had decided to drop charges against four others in the case due to a lack of evidence. According to the statement, NPA had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent…

May

16

2025

By Famous Reporters

How Bandits fed newborn twins to dogs as mother delivered in captivity

Oddity#AminuJaji, #banditryInNigeria, #Bandits, #Dogs, #Oddity, #Twinbabies

How Bandits fed newborn twins to dogs as mother delivered in captivity Aminu Jaji, a member of the All Progressives Congress, has revealed that Bandits snatched newly born twins from their mother and fed them to their dogs. Aminu Jaji, a member of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State, disclosed this, Wednesday, while addressing journalists at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. According to him, the mother who was abducted amidst pregnancy delivered her set of twins while still in custody of the bandits. Jaji while expressing acrimony towards the rising security situation in his state, alleging that armed insurgents…

May

15

2025

By Famous Reporters

Girl 19 Drinks Rat Poison Over Low UTME Score, As JAMB Admits Technical Error

METRO#2025UTME, #FaithOpesusi, #jamb, #Suicide, #UnifiedTertiaryMatriculation Examination

Girl 19 Drinks Rat Poison Over Low UTME Score, As JAMB Admits Technical Error A man who gave his name as Mr Opesusi Oluwafemi has narrated the awful story of how his teenage daughter took her own life after scoring low marks in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The bereaved father of the wailed that her 19-years-old daughter committed suicide Mr Opesusi Oluwafemi, father of the 19 years old Faith Opesusi Timileyin who committed suicide for scoring low marks in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, has explained that his deceased daughter committed suicide by taking rat poison.…

May

15

2025

By Famous Reporters

FRSC Earns 4th ISO 9001:2015 Recertification for Quality Service Delivery

NATIONAL NEWS#FRSC, #InternationalOrganisationforStandardization, #ShehuMohammed

FRSC Earns 4th ISO 9001:2015 Recertification for Quality Service Delivery In compliance with global best practices, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has again fulfilled all requirements by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO), and has therefore been recertified for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standards in Road Safety Administration and Traffic Management by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). The recertification, according to a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, ACM Olusegun Ogungbemide, and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), came after a successful audit of FRSC processes and procedures by System…

May

14

2025

By Famous Reporters

WORLD POLICE SUMMIT: IGP Egbetokun Advocates Cross-Border Intelligence Collaboration

WORLD NEWS#IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #security, #WorldPoliceSummit

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has embarked on a high-level international engagement at the prestigious World Police Summit 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, joining global law enforcement leaders, security experts, and policy influencers under the summit’s compelling theme: “Beyond the Badge: Envision the Next Era of Policing,” National Association of Online Security News Publishers NAOSNP can report. The summit, according to ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force PRO, is to hold from May 13–16, 2025, and serves as a platform for advancing dialogue, partnerships, and innovations in global law enforcement. “The IGP’s presence underscores Nigeria’s…

May

12

2025

By Famous Reporters

JUST IN: Former Military Governor Dies at 70

NATIONAL NEWS#Bayelsa, #LawnTennis, #NavyCaptainOmoniyiCalebOlubolade, #Recreation, #SoleAdministrator

JUST IN: Former Military Governor Dies at 70 Former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and retired naval officer, Navy Captain Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (rtd), has joined his ancestors at the age of 70. He was a former Military Governor of Bayelsa State and a retired Navy Captain and was said to have kicked the bucket during one of his moments of physical exercise. The former Governor was said also to have driven himself to recreation venue, be, however, was not able to return to his home afterwards. Olubolade, who marked his 70th birthday on November 30, 2024, passed away on…

May

11

2025

By Famous Reporters

Governor Otti Grants Automatic Employment To 19, Gives Laptops to 509 Tech Graduands

NEWS#AbiaGovernment, #LearnfactoryNigeria

Governor Otti Grants Automatic Employment To 19, Gives Laptops to 509 Tech Graduands Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has granted automatic employment to the 19 best performed graduands of the digital training programme organized by Abia State Government and the 17 Local Government Mayors in conjunction with LearnFactory Nigeria. Governor Otti announced the automatic employment on Saturday, 10th May, during the graduation ceremony of the Abia TechRise ICT training programme held at JAAC Building Secretariat, Umuahia. He directed the State Head of Service, Mr. Benson Ojeikere to prepare the necessary documents of the 19 best performed graduands for…