The Cybersecurity Levy is For Your Own Good

This Cybersecurity Levy is not a policy or regulation of the Tinubu administration. Those bandying that claim are either ignorant or dishonest. This is a policy that has existed since 2015. Like many things in the Buhari administration, it was implemented in breach, which is why Cyber Security suffered under that unfortunate administration.

The reason why Binance was able to siphon $25 billion, which represents 6% of our GDP, out of Nigeria in just one year is because our cybersecurity architecture is porous. And as long as it is vulnerable, the Naira cannot be stable. And if the Naira is not stable, your purchasing power as a Nigerian will reduce DRASTICALLY.

Therefore, it is more profitable for you to pay a 0.5% cybersecurity levy and secure the Naira from all threats, foreign and domestic, than for you to resist the policy, and the Naira goes into free fall.

Not all monetary transactions are affected.

Social welfare schemes, such as the grant to nano entrepreneurs and any other social intervention program, are exempt, as are charitable donations, and tuition payments.

Salaries, loans and their repayments, transfers between customers, and intra-bank transfers from one of your accounts to another account you have in a different bank are also exempt.

If the office of the National Security Adviser does not have a solid and dedicated team working to protect Nigeria's military, industrial, financial, communications, educational and governmental online space from threats, the cost to you, personally, would be more than the 0.5% levy on your transactions, and I will give you an example.

If Binance had not been found out, and they had continued to funnel $25 billion out of Nigeria, that singular action would have meant that our Gross Domestic Product (the sum of all the wealth in Nigeria) would have dropped further by 6.5%.

Now, If Nigeria's GDP tanks by 6.5% at a go, global ratings agencies like Fitch, Moody's, Standard and Poor, and others that have recently upgraded our economy to a B Positive, would downgrade us. Once we get downgraded, international investors will not want to invest their money in Nigeria, and the demand for made-in-Nigital goods and services will fall, meaning that the exchange rate will go down.

Remember MMM? The reason the Mavrodian Mondial Moneybox were able to dupe hundreds of thousands of Nigerians of close to half a billion dollars is because of our weak cybersecurity system.

And these international carpetbaggers can smell such weakness the way sharks smell blood. When you are bleeding, a predator does not feel sympathy towards you. They see your rupture as an opportunity.

That is why after MMM duped Nigerians, other Ponzi schemes flooded Nigeria and amassed more daily regular traffic than the best read newspapers in Nigeria, including Ultimate Cycler, Zarfund, Givers Forum, Crowd Rising, iCharity, to mention a few. They all came, they saw, and they duped Nigerians.

When the cat's away, the mice will play. Without adequate cybersecurity in Nigeria, opportunists, like Binance and MMM, would continue to fleece Nigeria and Nigeria off billions and put negative pressure on our Naira, which will reduce your purchasing power as a citizen.

There are arguments this levy would reduce financial inclusion. But in all honesty, people are more likely to bank their money if they know that Nigeruw's cyberspace is safe from cybercriminals and the Dark Web than if they feel that our regulatory regimes are weak.

Obviously, politicians like Peter Obi, whom the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists fingered for money laundering in their Pandora Papers, would be against such a laudable policy. But that is expected. The fly would always support the dustbin and its ability to cause the decay of life, over the refrigerator.

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Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #BuhariTormentor. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 bestselling author

And yet the Aro Confederacy was THE most brutal slave trading operation on the West African coast, to the point where after the British outlawed slavery, they had to send warships there and literally wage war to stop them from selling their Igbo brothers across the Atlantic.

Always hilarious seeing Nigerians living in an imaginary reality where the ethnic group they carry on their head is grrrrrrreat, and everybody else is the problem.

Whenever people are ready to face reality and stop the "my tribe better pass your own" peak fooling, reality is waiting for you. It's not going anywhere.

Aderemi Adeoye, Commissioner of Police in Anambra, has bowed out of the force after 35 years of meritorious service to the country.

Mr Adeoye pulled out at a colourful ceremony held at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, on Saturday but will hand over to a successor on May 1, 2024.

In his speech, the outgoing commissioner of police thanked the Police Force and Nigeria for giving him the opportunity to serve and also for investing in him both at home and abroad while in service.

Mr Adeoye said in the course of service, he served in Niger Delta, where he fought militancy for five years, led the police mobile force in Maiduguri in the fight against Boko Haram for two and half years and also led a combined force against the proscribed IPOB in the five south-east states as a deputy commissioner of police.

According to him, it is to the glory of God that none of these direct confrontations with guns and bombs left a scar on me.

“I thank Nigeria and the police for investing in me and giving me the opportunity to serve,” he said.

Mr Adeoye expressed gratitude to the people of Anambra for their hospitality and love, describing the state as his second home.

He said the less than 2 per cent of the population who took to criminality could not be used to define the people of Anambra as they were hardworking and positive-minded people who did not indulge in idling away their time.

“It has been a unique privilege serving Anambra, serving as CP Anambra as the coronation of my career.

“Anambra people are warm and hospitable, kind and generous; I can never open my mouth to speak ill of Anambra; if I do, God will judge me.

“To the Nigeria Police, Anambra Command, I salute you, my officers are gallant.

“I thank my colleagues in sister security agencies, all these I have said were achieved with their cooperation, I owe this honour to them all,” he said.

In his remark, Governor Chukwuma Soludo said Mr Adeoye came to Anambra and played his role gallantly.

Mr Soludo, who was represented by his deputy, Onyekachukwu Ibezim, said Mr Adeoye led the onslaught as his administration took the war to the insurgents in their camps.

He said the CP came at a time when his administration was tackling the height of insecurity with one-third of the state under the captivity of insurgents.

“If it were in our hands, we would say, let this continue, but there is always a time to come and a time to go.

“For your contributions to the state, a street has been named after you by stakeholders with many awards.

“You are no longer a visitor to Anambra; you are now a citizen,” he said.

Traditional rulers, captains of industry, Yoruba community, Hausa community, women groups and many others took turns to celebrate Mr Adeoye in various ways; he touched their lives in the course of service at a grandiose reception held at the International Convention Centre.

A book, entitled, “X-ray of CP Aderemi Adeoye’s Leadership Principle, Eulogy To A Crime Fighter”, written by Sgt Chioma Obi” was unveiled at the event.

Goodluck Jonathan was Buhari's WayMaker. He laid the foundation for Buhari's failures.

Fired Sanusi & appointed Emefiele. Refused to save as urged by NOI. Botched subsidy removal. Tolerated massive corruption. Had NO clue about national security. The 1st president afraid of debates.

Jonathan's awfulness especially around insecurity made Buhari seem attractive to people who should have known better.

Jonathan was called clueless. He simply didn't have solutions to our problems. Has that changed since he left? Has he been sharing brilliant ideas about how to deal with the economy and insecurity?

History may be kinder to BAT than to GEJ if BAT's experts, regardless of their lack of ethnic diversity, are able to improve on the awful mess that Buhari left behind. At least, unlike Jonathan, they may be able to say that they left things better than they met them.

There is a mixup from our end. Arrested person is DJ Commissioner Wysei not DJ Switch.

Apologies for all inconveniences to a few media outfits like Lindaikeji, BBC and TVC that I gave confirmation this morning.

Apologies to DJ Switch too. 🙏🏻

Obi had described Junior Pope's death as yet another great loss to the entertainment industry, which according to him, has in recent years risen to become a vibrant sector of our social and economic life.

Mr Peter Obi, a former Labour Party presidential candidate has come under attack after offering his condolences to the family of the late Nollywood actor, Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope and four others in a boat accident on Wednesday.

The former Anambra State governor was lambasted for also taking a ride in a canoe without wearing a lifejacket as revealed in some of his pictures online.

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Junior Pope, who drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie, had finally been confirmed dead.

The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, who confirmed Jr Pope’s death in an Instagram post in the early hours of Thursday, had in an update on Wednesday, on the incident, announced that the actor was revived and was receiving treatment in a hospital.

SaharaReporters had reported that the 39-year-old actor and some others drowned in the Delta State axis of River Niger while coming back from a movie location in a boat.

The actor would have turned 40 on May 7, 2024.

However, Obi on Thursday took to his X (formerly Twitter) handle to share his grief and offer his condolences to the families of the victims, Actors Guild of Nigeria and the entire Nigerian entertainment industry for the losses.

"I am shocked by the reports of the death of yet another vibrant Nollywood actor, Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. Our entertainment industry, and indeed our dear nation, is once again thrown into mourning, by the death of this young talented actor," the former lamented.

"Junior Pope was known for his energetic acting, always comically delivered to entertain and educate. He brought smiles to the faces of many through his roles in movies and comedy skits."

He described Junior Pope's death as yet another great loss to the entertainment industry, which according to him, has in recent years risen to become a vibrant sector of our social and economic life.

He said, "I am even more saddened to imagine the pain and agony of the families they have just left behind.

"Death is a very painful experience, but the death of a young one with a promising future is even more devastating. I sincerely commiserate with his family and the families of others who also lost their lives in the boat accident.

"I also condole with the Actors Guild of Nigeria, and the entire entertainment industry. May God give them, and all of us, the fortitude to bear this sad irreplaceable loss, and grant eternal rest to the dead."



Shortly after the tweet, Obi came under attack from social media users for forgetting to tell Nigerians the importance of wearing a lifejacket and taking safety precautions before boarding a boat in his message.



They accused him of failing to offer such advice because he “doesn't abide by safety rules”.

They also shared pictures of him in a canoe without wearing a lifejacket.



For instance, @GoziconC wrote: "In this your long thread, you forgot to tell Nigerians the importance of wearing a Lifejacket and taking safety precautions before boarding a boat because you are also among those ignorant Nigerians."

@Mayordavid_9 wrote: "You are tiger mentor in not abiding to safety rules. You see what you have caused?



"No sensible person should look up to you as a leader."

@Adekbolaji wrote: "I hope you learn from this, all this your wakabout on water without necessary precautions was not a wise decision."

Similarly, @cbngov_akin1 accused Obi of being a bad example.

He wrote: "Sad you are a bad example in everything.

“May his soul rest in Peace"

@AgbaJude, however, advised him not to take a canoe or boat without wearing a lifejacket.



He wrote: "It's really a sad one. But don't try this again next time o Sir.

"You are a national treasure. We no wan hear story."

@luxlyangels listed nine safety measures that anyone going on a boat in a River line area must abide by, saying: wear a properly fitting life jacket, check the weather forecast before setting out, inform someone of your plans and estimated return time, bring essential safety equipment such as a first aid kit, whistle and flashlight, be aware of river's currents, obstacles and navigation rules, avoid alcohol consumption before or during the ride, keep a safe distance from other boats and wildlife, stay seated while the boat is in motion, know how to swim or ensure someone on board does, and consider taking a boating safety course for additional knowledge and skills

Setting banter aside, Peter Obi's tour of these small northern villages and his provision of drinking water surpasses the efforts of many northern politicians who, despite being aware of the water scarcity issue, have failed to take action for years.

Whether we acknowledge it or not, Peter Obi is gaining more support through these borehole projects, and our northern politicians should bury their heads in shame

If you received donations for the Obi/Datti campaign but never informed the candidates, now is the time to come clean and refund every penny or give a breakdown of how you spent it. I saw some of you attacking his water project all because he asked you to account for the donations. Ever since Obi asked for an account of those who received donations in his name, y’all have been turning like chameleons out here.

You’ve suddenly become critics of goodwill.

“FAKE LAWYER” CLAIM: INIBEHE EFFIONG TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CHIEF ERIC UMEOFIA, ERISCO FOODS FOR DEFAMATION

FALANA, SAN TO LEAD LEGAL TEAM

During his interview with Television Continental (TVC) on October 2, 2023, Chief Eric Umeofia, the President/CEO of Erisco Foods Limited while speaking on the ongoing case between Erisco Foods Limited and Mrs. Chioma Okoli, made a damaging, audacious and utterly libellous claim that my client dropped her previous lawyer who accompanied her to the Force Headquarters in Abuja and went to Lagos to hire “a fake lawyer, a charge and bail lawyer to deceive her.”

The video of the interview where the claims were made was advertised on the Facebook page on Erisco Foods Limited and viewed by a large number of people.

Chief Umeofia knew exactly who he was referring to since my engagement and representation of Chioma was already a matter of public knowledge.

My attention has repeatedly been drawn by my clients, colleagues, associates and members of the public to the malicious claims made against me by Umeofia. Those who have confronted me over these claims were taken aback by Umeofia’s bold assertion that they have been dealing with an imposter who has been falsely masquerading himself as a lawyer all these years.

These claims have caused me prolonged emotional stress and deep anxiety.

I have lost professional engagements and financial opportunities because of these claims.

I have practiced law in Nigeria for the past ten years; having been duly called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. My name is on the Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria and can be easily verified.

Chief Umeofia’s claim that I am a fake lawyer who was out to deceive my client is dangerous and intended to destroy my career which I have laboured to build for a decade.

His claim that I am a charge and bail lawyer is also malicious and defamatory. The courts have ruled in previous cases that referring to any lawyer as “charge and bail” is defamatory and actionable.

Based on the foregoing, I have briefed my counsel, the foremost human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN to take legal action on my behalf against Eric Umeofia and Erisco Foods Limited over the said obnoxious and destructive claims.

In a demand letter served on Erisco Foods Limited on Monday, April 8, 2024, Falana SAN has demanded a written apology from the company and its CEO, which must be published in at least two national newspapers, a full retraction of the defamatory statements and the sum of N100 Million as damages which they must comply with within 14 days.

This is only the beginning of my legal actions against Umeofia and Erisco Foods.

Signed:
Inibehe Effiong.

Dear Emeka,

Thank you for your interesting insight. While your accusation against the Government and the Yorubas may have some merit, if one is paranoid, perhaps we should consider what cannot lie: the facts.

How come the same government that is prosecuting Bobrisky, a Yoruba man, for, according to you, the sole purpose of targeting unknown Igbo people, also facilitated Air Peace to become the only Nigerian airline to have direct flights to the United Kingdom via London Gatwick Airport, which is owned by another Yoruba man, named Bayo Ogunlesi?

If the Nigerian government and the Yoruba are as anti-Igbo as you postulate, would it not have been very easy for them to frustrate Air Peace, bearing in mind that a Yoruba person is President of Nigeria, while another Yoruba owns Gatwick Airport and two other UK airports?

Do you know how easy it would have been for the Tinubu administration to have frustrated the Geometric Power Plant currently providing almost uninterrupted power supply to Aba? But rather than frustrate it, they facilitated it.

For eight years of Buhari, the Igbo did not get one service chief. Today, our beloved Ndi'Igbo people have the Chief of Naval Staff. But when President Tinubu appointed Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla as the CNS, it was our own beloved brethren from the Southeast who accused him of being a "non Igbo speaking Igbo". None of us even knew that such a thing existed before the accusation was thrown up.

Emeka, are you really sure your enemies are external? Is it possible that they are internal?

Emeka, is it not possible that Bobrisky's is just a routine arrest of a person who violated the law and has nothing to do with the person's tribe, religion and gender? A similar thing happened to the more popular Funke Akindele.

Culturally, it is the Yoruba who spray Naira as a custom. If anyone is to be arrested on that score, it is more likely to be a Yoruba person. This is just pure mathematical probability.

Please fact-check me: one of the traits of the psychological disorder of narcissism is to constantly claim to be a victim, when, in fact, it is another person who is a victim. In this case, Bobrisky is the victim, but you, who have not been arrested, have instead dismissed him as a victim and taken that toga for yourself.

Anyway, thanks again and may God bless you and may God bless Ndi'Igbo.

#TableShaker

Because of cheapness of electricity in Nigeria, some people turn on their Air Conditioner and Freezer for days even while not using it - Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has cautioned Nigerians over the way electricity is consumed in the country.

Speaking at a press conference, Adelabu stated that there’s no consumption management in the country. He also stated that people abroad know how electricity is managed, but the same is not replicated in Nigeria.

He also claimed that some people turn on their air conditioners and freezers for days even while not using them because of how ‘’cheap'' power is in the country.

The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended the state Women Leader for defending the immediate-past governor Nasir El-Rufai over the recent controversy on the state’s huge debt.

DAILY NIGERIAN reports that Governor Uba Sani on Friday lamented the high debt profile he inherited from his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Speaking at a town hall meeting on Saturday, Mr Sani said his administration inherited a debt

But the state Women Leader felt strongly about the governor’s remark, saying the governor is treacherous as Mr El-Rufai did everything to ensure his success during election.

“If you say there is no money in Kaduna State, why don’t you resign? Notwithstanding the huge debt burden, he ran from pillar to post trying to get the party’s governorship ticket from Mallam [El-Rufai].

“It is a clear case of betrayal. Mallam did everything for Uba to become a senator and later governor.

“As a senator, Uba Sani is the arrowhead of securing loans by El-Rufai administration. He was deeply involved in that,” she said.

But the APC in a letter co-signed by the state chairman and secretary Ali Maishago and Zakka Bassahuwa respectively, the party suspended the woman leader for defamation of character of the governor.

The letter reads: “The Badarawa/Malali Ward APC Executive Committee after due deliberations and careful examinations on the viral video clip released on 30th March, 2024 via social networks; Facebook, Whatsapp, and Tiktok which is against the constitution of our dear party APC as stated in article 21.2 (v).

“In view of the above, below are the gross misconducts where the subsequent suspension relied upon:

“Deformation (sic) of character of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State Malam Uba Sani.

“Unauthorized publicity of the party dispute that discredited the personality of the Executive Governor of Kaduna State.

“Furthermore, from today Sunday 31st of March, 2024, the leadership of APC Badarawa/Malali Ward unanimously resolved to suspend Hajiya Maryam Suleiman (Mai Rusau) from the Party pending the further investigation on the matter from the constituted authority.”

Kaduna is now in a situation described in

ISAIAH; 49:26

Happy Easter

President Tinubu must warn Nigerian police to stop disgracing the country globally. This is too embarrassing to say the least.

However, he added that “cybercrime is difficult to prove in court. You have to prove actual harm when the post was made. Erisco must prove that the Facebook post (by Okoli) affected its business as at the point it was made.” He noted that in Okoli’s post, she used a word with three asterisks, which could be open to interpretation.

“Harassment and intimidation of Chioma Okoli must end now,” Amnesty International Nigeria said earlier this month, as Nigerians began crowdfunding online to support her legal fees.

Okoli’s case has sparked protests at Erisco’s Lagos facility as many on social media called for a boycott of its products. The company’s founder, Eric Umeofia, refused to budge, however, saying in a recent documentary on the local Arise Television channel that he won’t drop the lawsuit against Okoli and that he would “rather die than allow someone to tarnish my image I worked 40 years to grow.

This evening I learned that the @Policeng, under a very despicable way got Martins Vincent OTSE, also known as @thatverydarkman, detained wickedly hiding under cover of the Cybercrime Act because he said things some senior police officers weren’t comfortable with, so also was another social media influencer Chizorom Ofoegbu also known as @IjeleSpeaks2 arrested by the police and sent to prison in Keffi under questionable and inappropriate magisterial misconduct in Abuja apparently the @policeng colluded with a Pastor violating his fundamental rights, therefore jeopardising his liberty. The @PoliceNG continues to misuse its powers to suppress free speech by colluding with pastors, GOs, entertainers, politicians, and the highly connected. I condemn this high-handed, reckless, inhuman, unjust and illegal police conduct and urge the @policeng authorities to release @thatverydarkman and @IjeleSpeaks2 with immediate effect. The @PoliceNG must continually be reminded that this is how it rode itself into #EndSARS, a mass action that nearly consumed the Nigerian Police Force. No one has a right to suppress free speech under the guise of illegality.

Free all those detained under the criminally engineered “Cybercrime Act” NOW! #RevolutionNow

NB: Let me use this opportunity to to thank @adeyanjudeji for proactively working assiduously to get justice for these citizens who have been put under duress by the Nigerian Police.

You may diss Peter Obi for whatever reason, but what he is recently doing is amazing. He may not have that traction from the north, but he is softly winning a portion.

The people of Senegal voted for a 44-year-old youth President.

But in Nigeria, Social media Barbarians want a 65-year-old man called Peter Obi who is supposed to retire and play with his Grandchildren to be our President.

Four persons have been confirmed dead following a clash between Hausa and Fulani residents in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria.

The incident happened on Saturday at Jimjimi, in the Gudu Local Government Area, near Nigeria/Niger Republic border, according to the council chairman, Umma Maikano.

"A few days before the ill-fated day, some members of the Hausa farming community went to the bush but unusually could not see a single Fulani in their settlements. Surprisingly they began to hear gunshots from all angles.

"I won't take sides with either of the warring parties. My duty as political head of the local government area is to protect the lives and property of all. But I'm aware two persons were killed on both sides," Maikano said.

SaharaReporters learnt that the crisis started over a land dispute between Fulani herders and Hausa farmers.

A herder who spoke on condition of anonymity said, "Last Wednesday, Hausa people returned from the bush to find out that two of their brothers were missing. They suspected Fulanis and blamed us for their disappearance.

"Looking at the situation and considering what might follow, our leader instructed us to vacate our settlements. But before we did that, they (Hausa people) stormed our place last night, set fire to our makeshift rooms and killed two of our people.”

“We have since reported the matter to the local government chairman," he added.

SaharaReporters learnt on Monday that negotiation was ongoing to broker peace between the warring communities, according to the council chairman.

When contacted for comments, the spokesperson for the state police command, ASP Rufa'i Ahmad could not confirm the incident.

He told our correspondent on Monday (today): "I'm not in town, give me some time to verify the matter and get back to you."

However, he had not got back as of press time.

OMG! What the F is this? How dare this guy attack my favourite Skittle juice? The US
government should identify and jail Kenneth
What proof does he have that the juice is
trying to kill us? He even claimed "Niggas
drinking flavored cancer lol" .. WTF! This shit
can never happen in Nigeria. See how Erisco
and the Police dealt with Chioma even though
she never did quarter of what Kenneth Has
done. This shouldn't be. Shit has over 5 million
views now. The US government must act fast
now!

The Cybercrime Act is a problem.

It empowers any rich person who has been dragged on social media to use the police against the people who dragged him.

If it is not struck down ASAP, many Nigerians will suffer as rich people realise how much power this law has given them.

I have faced coordinated attacks based on lies, yet I am telling you that the Cybercrime Act is a problem. It can be used against you even if you're telling the truth. The court may exonerate you eventually, but you will have a mountain of legal bills and trauma to deal with.