Author: David Great

Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen.” The social media company has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on Dec. 24, nor responded to inquiries about the breach since that date. It was not clear what action, if…

Tragedy struck on Wednesday when 18 persons were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash at Narbodo village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this in a road traffic report made available to NAN in Bauchi on Thursday. The FRSC boss who said the accident involved one Toyota Hiace bus and an articulated vehicle, revealed that three people on board the trailer were unscathed. According to him, the accident occurred around 4:40 p.m. and it took the personnel of the corps barely seven minutes to arrive at…

Benoit Badiashile has completed a permanent transfer to Chelsea from AS Monaco, signing a seven-and-a-half-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the London club said. The defender has been a regular in Ligue 1 for the past five seasons and recently made his senior debut for France, having represented Les Bleus all the way up from Under-16 level. Badiashile boasts significant experience in the French top flight and in Europe, where he has featured in the Champions League and Europa League for Monaco, amassing almost 150 appearances in all competitions to date. At 6ft 4in, Badiashile is a dominant defender in the…

By Etim Etim A viral video of Daddy Freeze, the radio talk show host (real name: Ifedayo Olarinde) pillorying Zenith Bank for his inability to withdraw cash from the bank’s ATM over the holidays has struck a chord with many customers. In the video, Daddy Freeze is heard shouting, ‘’Come, Zenith Bank, I’m officially tired of this stupidity… I came here to withdraw money from this ATM, I put in my ATM card, and the next thing was ’Out of Service’…and my card was seized…”. The rest of the video is full of uncomplimentary remarks about the bank which I…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command says its operatives have arrested four suspects with 298 bags of cannabis sativa. NDLEA’s Commander in the state, Ibrahim Braji stated this at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. He said that operatives of the agency arrested the suspects in the evening of Jan. 3, at Tasu Mahuta community on Refinery Road, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Commander said the operatives apprehended the suspects comprising two females and two males in possession of cannabis weighing 3,576kg. The matter, he said, is being investigated to unravel other…

A new Covid sub-variant, XBB.1.5 is causing some concern in the US, where it is spreading rapidly. Some cases have been recorded in the UK, so what do you need to know about XBB.1.5? What is XBB.1.5? It is yet another offshoot of the globally dominant Omicron Covid variant, which itself followed the earlier alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants. Omicron has outperformed all previous versions of coronavirus since it emerged in late 2021, and has given rise to many sub-variants which are even more contagious than the original. Symptoms of XBB.1.5 are thought to be similar to those of…

West Ham United joint-chairman David Gold died at the age of 86 on Wednesday following a short illness, the Premier League club said. A life-long West Ham fan, Gold played for the club’s boys team and youth side. He became joint-chairman in 2010. “On behalf of everyone at the football club, it is with profound sorrow and a heavy heart that we mourn the passing of our colleague and friend, David Gold,” said joint-chairman David Sullivan. “Of all our joint ventures, none gave us more pride and happiness than the day we took ownership of West Ham United, our club,…

The US House of Representatives, mired in a chaotic leadership battle, rejected Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid to lead the chamber three more times on Wednesday as a small group of holdouts in the party defied former President Donald Trump’s call for unity. Despite Trump’s appeal, McCarthy fell short in three consecutive votes for House speaker after three losing votes on Tuesday, as roughly 20 Republicans on the party’s right flank refused to back a candidate they deemed ideologically unreliable. Lawmakers then voted to recess until 8 p.m. ET (0100 GMT on Thursday) while they seek a solution behind closed doors.…

Harry Kane marked his 300th Premier League appearance with a brace of goals to hand Tottenham Hotspur an emphatic 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace in their London derby at Selhurst Park on Wednesday. Defender Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min netted further goals for the visitors as Palace capitulated in the second half having been the better side in the opening period when the teams went to the break at 0-0. The win moves Tottenham to 33 points from their 18 matches and to within two points of fourth-placed Manchester United, though they have played a game more. Palace are in…

Taiwo Awoniyi lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone with their first away win of the Premier League season on Wednesday as Southampton sank to a 1-0 defeat at St Mary’s and remained rooted to the bottom of the table. Forest’s goal, only their second away this season, was a 27th minute close range tap-in after Brennan Johnson pounced on an error by Brazilian defender Lyanco and squared to the Nigeria international. Southampton, with the Premier League’s worst home record, squandered early chances and were booed off after a first half with no shots on target. They have now…