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A minister has claimed North Korea was behind the  cyber-attack that crippled the NHS . Home Office Minister Ben Wallace said the Government believed "quite strongly" that a foreign state was behind the ransomware attack and named North Korea. Pyongyang has been widely blamed for the May cyber-attack in security circles, and Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, has also pointed the finger at  Kim Jong-un's  secretive state. Mr Wallace said: "This attack, we believe quite strongly that it came from a foreign state. "North Korea was the state that we believe was involved this worldwide attack." A screenshot showing the WannaCry ransomware demand   (Image: REUTERS) Security minister Ben Wallace pointed the finger at North Korea   (Image: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett) He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "we can be as sure as possible" and "it is widely believed in the community and across a number of countrie...

North Korea is conducting mass evacuation drills throughout the country 'in preparation for war', it's emerged. Several sources have revealed that the rare exercises are being carried out in "secondary and tertiary cities and towns" in the last week. The wartime preparations are also said to have included rare "blackout exercises". However they were not observed in capital Pyongyang - only outside - and were particularly thorough along the east of the country, the sources revealed on condition of anonymity. The blackout exercises involved people working without access to any light - to avoid giving away locations to the enemy. “I have never heard of this type of training exercises before in North Korea, but am not surprised,” LTG Chun In-bum, an ex-South Korean Army lieutenant general told  NK News . “They must realize how serious the situation is.” Another said they'd “never heard of (such preparations) happening.” An ano...

The memo Akenzua did on Aburi WHEN on March 15 last year, the Secretary of the Benin traditional council, Mr. Frank Irabor announced that “the leopard is ill in the Savannah bush”, we knew exactly what has happened to the OmoN’oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa (CFR), the 38th Oba of Benin, who was born on June 22, 1923 and ascended the throne on March 23, 1979. Well to an average Benin man or woman, such an announcement is well understood. The Benin people value tradition and culture. And they are proud of it. I am from Ufosu in Idanre local government of Ondo state that shares border with Edo state, so I should know. The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire. The services of Oba Erediuwa are well valued and will not be forgotten. Before becoming an Oba, as Prince Samuel Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua Akenzua, he was an outstanding civil servant.He in fact rose to become the Federal Permanent Secretary Ministry ...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has said that the over-dependence on international aids by the people of the state should stop, describing it as unsustainable.  Shettima made this known during his two days tour to the Lake Chad Basin region where he used the occasions to distribute food items and inspect ongoing projects under construction. He noted that the people from Monguno, Nganzai and others don't have any reason of staying at IDP camps in Maiduguri. "Our consensus is to rebuild our community so that people can disengage from this culture of begging, indolence, total dependent on UN and others humanitarian aids because this is unsustainable. "Our people need to restore back their dignity. We have seen people in Kukawa, Monguno and Baga how they are going about their daily activities. "People from those parts of the state don't have reasons of staying at IDP camps in Maiduguri. If people from Marte, Gulumbali and Malam Fatori are stay...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday mandated President Muhammadu Buhari to bring those behind the reinstatement of the former chairman of Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina,‎ to book without further delay. The lawmakers mentioned the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami as well as the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, as being behind the development. They are consequently demanding for their immediate sack. Members of the Red Chambers frowned at the recall of Maina, saying President Buhari’s government has been hijacked by powerful forces who do not want the All Progressives Congress, APC, led government to do well. Details later…

Vice President , Yemi Osinbajo , has said that he made a mistake in announcing the sum of $2 billion as the money released by the Sovereign Wealth Fund, SWF, for the implementation of the second  Niger bridge. He said in Abuja, on Tuesday, that he actually meant to say N2 billion, while speaking during the flag off of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Gubernatorial campaign in Anambra State, recently. According to a statement issued by his Spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Vice President “misplaced the figures”.  The statement said: “During the APC   Governorship  campaign flag-off in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Friday, October 20, 2017, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, had reiterated the Buhari administration’s commitment to keeping its promises to the Nigerian people.  “One of these promises is the construction of the second Niger Bridge.”  “In the official press release I sent on the Vice President’s remarks during the campaign rally in Onitsha th...

The family of Abdulraaheed Maina, the embattled former chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, has promised to expose the cabal at the presidency who they alleged are responsible for the ordeal Maina is going through over his return to the civil service.     Addressing the media Wednesday in Kaduna, spokesman of the Maina family, Malam Aliyu Maina, who was flanked by Salihu Maina and Ladan Abdullahi, said the family is worried that the image of the entire family has been tarnished following the sealing of properties belonging to the Maina by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and promised to take legal action on it.   They said that Abdulrasheed left Nigeria following threats to his life, only for President Muhammadu Buhari to invite him to come and help his administration.    "You must have noticed the recent attempt by some cabal to ridicule and tarnish the image of the Maina family in the media. Where...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the federal government and Igbo leaders to produce Nnamdi Kanu “dead or alive”. Kanu has not been seen in public since soldiers of the Nigerian army invaded his Abia residence during the Operation Python Dance exercise. IPOB had accused the army of taking Kanu along with his parents during the raid, although the army denied having him in their custody. The group later warned that failure to produce the IPOB leader would force them  to engage in an armed struggle . On Sunday, the group renewed the call for Kanu’s “release”, warning the federal government and Igbo leaders that “they may get their wish in no distant time” if he is not produced. A statement issued by Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, read: “We are asking Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Nnia Nwodo and south-east governors to produce Nnamdi Kanu because they or their representatives all participated in countless meetings in Abuja and Enugu where modus operan...

As Anambra State governorship election billed for November 18, 2017 is around the corner, report reaching the news desk of Family Writers Press has it that Niger Delta Militants are already all over Anambra State waiting for the final showdown with anyone encouraging the election as Anambra people have unanimously rejected the election. It could be recalled that Anambra people have made it open to the world that there be no election in Anambra State come November 18, which they will be manifested through 100% election boycott. The militants from Bakassi peninsula, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta States are already taking position in all nooks and crannies of Anambra State because of the preparation for the showdown with Nigeria military who vowed that the election must hold. Considering this reality, the people in Anambra State are advised to stay indoors to avoid regret or being attacked by Nigeria army in the name of looking for the militants. Let nobody in...

You stood as a surety for Nnamdi. Nnamdi was very visible in Public places in Nigeria. Nnamdi was billed to be in court. Days to the court appearance, a band of terrorists they call Nigeria army as commanded by blood thirsty Jihardist they call President, bulldozed into Kanu’s home, leaving rivers of the blood of unarmed civilians. By the time the terrorists were done, nobody can account for Kanu till today. And some empty heads like the AGF have the guts to ask for you to be arrested? I would never have imagined that humans like the AGF and his fellow rascals exist, but then I have to face reality: They are Nigerian and Nigerians as we have discovered loves darkness rather than light.. Dear Senator, get a good lawyer 1. Sue the Army for invading the house of the one you stood surety for. Ask the Army to produce him in court and if they fail, sue them for damages. Sue them for all the lives they wasted while invading that house. 2. Sue the AGF (join Buhari and his govt)...

When we pretend to have virtues, moral principles or religious beliefs, it perhaps makes us feel closer to the creator. More often than not, we rarely take into cognizance, the effect of such on others. When we do not really exhibit such virtue in totality, we become nothing but hypocritical with or without the knowledge of it. On Thursday the 12th of October 2017, an online news media had it that “ Jigawa LGA destroys 475 bottles, jerry-can of assorted beer” According to the report, “Hisbah, a sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, has prohibited the consumption of beer in all part of the state.” They however warned the beer vendors to change trade or face the full wrath of the law. One will not deny Jigawa et al the right to make and implement laws that are aimed at bringing sanity to the state neither do I intend to debate the rightness or otherwise of the religious believe of a people so long as it does not infringe on my own individual right. That said, it is expec...

There is a famous expression that says When the going gets tough, the tough get going , now the Big question is are the Igbo speaking Biafrans tough enough to rescue the whole of Biafra land from the damnable zoological republic called Nigeria? Like they say time will only tell and don't forget, it's yet another time on this facts finding and expository segment on "Hard Truth". This week Biafra Reporters will be deliberating on the topic that says "Time To Differentiate Between A True Biafran From A Myopic Igbo Man and Woman". Freedom they say is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint; but we must not forget the fact that it's one thing to seek for freedom and another thing to pay her great cost. As the quest for the restoration of the sovereign  state of Biafra reaches a decisive point of truth; the international Communities and other Foreign observers are watching with keen interest to know if the In...

It was learnt in Abuja on Saturday that the absence of the governors was designed to “send a message” to the party’s administrative leadership. It was learnt in Abuja on Saturday that the absence of the governors was designed to “send a message” to the party’s administrative leadership. The consultative meeting, which was held at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja, on Wednesday, was at the instance of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee. Apart from the deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, who represented his governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), none of the other five South-West governors attended the meeting or sent in representatives. It was also unclear whether they sent in apologies as is usually the practice. A top-ranking source within the party’s hierarchy, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “It was a message to all who care to understand the way the South-West plays its politics; there are no permanent friends or enemies but perma...