LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, stole at least $11m from companies in Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, 11 other African countries, and Argentina. This is according to a new report from Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, entitled, “OPERA1ER: Playing God without permission,” in collaboration with the researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The firm disclosed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Qatar reportedly paid for fans across the world to attend the 2022 World Cup this month, according to The New York Times. Fans will reportedly be treated to what sounds like an all-expenses trip that will include free airfare, free match tickets and free lodging. However, Qatar also reportedly asked those fans…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday dismissed eight of its personnel from the service for various offences relating to indiscipline, employment racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices. Also, 18 officers were sanctioned for the same reason. Last month, the Comptroller-General, NIS, Isah Idris, ordered the investigation into a case of extortion…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for Central District of California has told Neusroom that viral reports claiming Nigeria’s celebrity hacker Ramon Abass Olorunwa ‘Hushpuppi’ has been sentenced to 11 years in prison is false There are multiple reports on the internet on Friday, November 4, 2022, with some Nigerian national media,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acting Leader of the South-west reknowned socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has warned Nigerians against voting for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 presidential poll, saying they would suffer if they made such a mistake. Speaking on ARISE News Channel, Adebanjo said,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that individuals can only deposit N5million for new accounts and N50million for old accounts in one month. CBN Director of Currency, Ahmed B. Umar,who issued the directive said that individuals will not be allowed to deposit more than N5 million if the transaction involves a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other bodies counted the deaths of 205 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 51 buffalos, 49 Grevy’s zebras and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government, through the ministry of internal affairs, is set to open up to 1,000 passport processing offices in bank branches and hotels in the country to speed up issuance of the travel document. The development is one of the steps taken by the FG to help reduce hardships and frustrations…
