Tag: NSA
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Photo News: NSA Monguno resurfaces at FEC meeting
Major-General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser resurfaced Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Monguno had set off concerns about his status in the administration after he was absent at last week’s FEC meeting and also the meeting on Monday between President Buhari and Service chiefs. Speculations that his absence may…
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Insecurity: Why NSA Monguno did not attend Service Chiefs meeting with Buhari
Presidential Adviser on National Security, Major General Babagana Monguno (redt) has gotten what seems a fresh Presidential endorsement just a week after his stinking memo to the Chief of Staff Abba Kyari was leaked. In a Presidential statement, the NSA was named Co-Chair along with Humanitarian Affairs Minister for the newly formed National Humanitarian Coordination…
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BREAKING: Olisa Metuh gets 7 years prison sentence
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh to seven years imprisonment. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja convicted and found Olisa Metuh guilty on seven counts filed by the Economic and Financial…
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Security Meeting: No discussion on fate of Service Chiefs – NSA, Monguno
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has dismissed speculation in some quarters that Thursday’s meeting of the National Security Council discussed the fate of the country’s service chiefs. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday presided over the 2020 maiden meeting of the National Security Council with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the…
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2019: NSA speaks on alleged plans to shutdown internet during elections
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has dismissed the allegation by the governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyelsom Wike, that there were plans by the ONSA to rig the forthcoming general elections by shutting down the nation’s internet system. The NSA, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno(rtd), in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said…
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2019: Will internet services be unavailable during the elections?
In the past, during Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Internet services and sometimes gsm services have been observed to be jammed with the view to curb examination malpractices through telecom services. It has also been observed that internet services and also sometimes gsm services were occasionally unavailable during past…
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UNN emerges best in 2018 statistics competition
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has emerged best out of 20 tertiary institutions that participated in the Nigeria Statistical Association (NSA) Competition, organised for undergraduates of statistics. Mr Emmanuel Ugwu, came overall best out of 60 final year students of statistics, who participated in the competition held at National Mathematical Centre on Friday in…
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Petya ransomware strikes across Europe, causing global concern
A massive hack has struck across Europe, causing disruptive mayhem, and posing serious security breach, especially to the Ukrainian government, with a global implication for users of Windows PCs that are not up to date. Ukrainian companies and government officials reported major disruption to power grid, banks and government offices. Russia’s Rosneft energy company also…
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WannaCry ransomware originated from North Korea, say UK, US
The WannaCry ransomware attack that affected more than 150 countries and crippled parts of the NHS came from North Korea, British and US security officials believe. The attack affected more than 60 NHS trusts and an estimated 300,000 people worldwide, by locking data and demanding money to release it again. British cyber experts analysing the…
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US intelligence chiefs doubt Kaspersky potency after WannaCry ransomware attack
Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about global cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia. Six leading intelligence officials told a Senate hearing on external threats to the United States of their concerns over the firm’s broad presence, without specifying any particular threat. Asked if he was aware of…