Tag: CCTV
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FoI: SERAP seeks details of spending on failed $460m CCTV, other Chinese loans
Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, asking her to “urgently provide information on the total amount of money paid to contractors from the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently…
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FG to deploy CCTV, drones to fight mounting insecurity in South West – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Wednesday disclosed that arrangement is being made to deploy drones and CCTVs to boost security of lives and properties in the South West. He spoke with State House correspondents after leading other traditional rulers from the South West for a meeting with the President of the Presidential…
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Employee caught by CCTV stealing laptop, cash
For allegedly stealing a laptop valued at N120,000 and N84,000 cash, a 20-year-old employee, Chima Uzor, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Uzor, who resides in Agege, Lagos, is being tried for burglary and stealing. The defendant committed the offences on June 29 at Ogba, Lagos, the Police Prosecutor, Woman…
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Smart cities initiative not a mirage, says FG
The Federal Government says it is committed to its plan to create smart cities in the country, saying Nigerians should not be pessimistic about the move. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, who at smart cities multi-stakeholders summit last year said the government planned to create smart cities in order to reshape the way…
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Smart City is not priority for Nigeria – FG
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), whose policy and programmes shape the nation’s tech sector, has hinted that Smart City is not a priority for the federal government of Nigeria at the moment as other economic issues are hitting hard. Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Director General (DG) of NITDA, said this in his…
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2017 UTME: We’ll monitor conduct via CCTV, sanction cheats accordingly – JAMB
…debunks claims of addition of extra 40marks by National Assembly The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions, CCTVs, during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos…