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CWG, Huawei Proffer IP Surveillance Solution to Africa’s Security Challenges

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L-R:  Vincent Zhou, Director, Channel Department, Huawei Technologies, Nigeria   Limited,  Mr. Adedayo Abegunde, Associate Vice-President, Computer Warehouse   Group (CWG) Plc, and Gbenga Odegbami, Assistant General manager, DCC Networks,   CWG Plc, at the CWG/Huawei IP surveillance session held at the Oriental hotel last week.
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Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), the leading Pan-African ICT Company in collaboration with Huawei, one of the leading ICT infrastructure manufacturers, organized a breakfast session on Internet protocol (IP) surveillance recently, in a quest to proffer a solution to the challenge of insecurity plaguing the society.

The event themed, “Detect and Curb Physical Security Threat in Your Environment”, afforded security experts, IT professionals and other stakeholders the platform to examine how the IP surveillance Technology may be exploited to provide security both for personal effects and corporate assets.

In his welcome address, Mr. Adedayo Abegunde, associate vice president of Computer Warehouse Group Plc, informed the participants that the event was aimed at bringing the IP surveillance technology to the fore as an answer to the challenge of insecurity facing the nation. He assured them of the privilege of exploring the novel solutions the event affords.

In his presentation titled “Smart Technology, Enhance Security”, Mr. Joseph Olayemi,  Huawei enterprise solution manager, highlighted the features of the Intelligence Video Surveillance (IVS) surveillance solution.

According to him, IP surveillance is a digitized and networked version of well-known closed-circuit television (CCTV).

He observed that the video surveillance systems have undergone significant changes, shifting from the earliest analogue surveillance to digital surveillance, which was prominent in the past few years, to the present burgeoning IP video surveillance.

He noted that there has been a gradual shift from the use of CCTV systems to the IP surveillance globally owing to its greater efficiency. Coupled with its coverage advancements, IP system allows for remote viewing and control, sharing images and footages with security officials and ease of communication through the internet for security alerts, improved search capability, greater ease of use, better quality images and the possibilities of recording, playing-back and storing video clips for future usages.
Furthermore, he pointed out how the IP surveillance system may be further integrated into our peculiar environment and better exploited for the safety of personal and corporate assets.

Referring to premier projects with the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) mega-stations, Olayemi noted that the use of the Huawei IP surveillance solution can reduce the rate of vandalism and cut down construction and maintenance costs of similar systems.

He also observed that the pilot city-wide installation project going on in Bayelsa State has shown that the IP surveillance solution can be used to monitor the activities of terrorists and put them to check.

According to Olayemi, the IP surveillance package comes with various benefits resulting from years of technological improvements.

These include, low bandwidth consumption, the possibility of accessing its data from anywhere, larger storage capacity, better video resolutions, wider perimeter coverage, capturing of fast moving objects and intelligent analysis capacity.

He explained that the Surveillance solution is capable of behavioural analysis, that is, it can send a notice when it observes a strange movement within its perimeter and that it can identify different people.

Corporate organizations would find the usefulness of the Solution to generate loiter alarm when a staff member has been noted to be walking about listlessly and this may be done through SMS, mails pop-up messages or sound, he added.

Mr. Gbenga Odegbami,  assistant general manager, DCC Networks (the communications division of CWG) in his presentation highlighted that CWG has the required capacity to install and maintain all categories of end-to-end IP Surveillance solution.

According to Odegbami, CWG Plc operates a global quality standard that is driven by trained professionals and procedures that would tailor the solution to suit the needs and specifications of prospective customers at the minimum total cost of ownership.

The participants were also taken through a live demonstration of the functions of the surveillance solutions.


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Transcorp Hotels Delivers Stellar H1 Results, Declares Over ₦1Bn Dividend

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Transcorp Hotels Plc has delivered a stellar performance in the first half of 2025, recording a 60% year-on-year surge in revenue to ₦47.57 billion, up from ₦29.72 billion in H1 2024. Gross profit climbed 71% to ₦36.21 billion, maintaining a strong 76% margin despite inflation and operational headwinds.

The hospitality giant, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, also announced an interim dividend payout of ₦1.024 billion — offering ₦0.10 per 50 kobo ordinary share to shareholders.

In a bold move, the company unveiled Nigeria’s largest corporate venue — the 5,000-seat Transcorp Centre — staking its claim as the new leader in event hospitality. Chairman Emmanuel Nnorom described the results as proof of Transcorp Hotels’ transformative strategies and unwavering investor commitment. MD/CEO Uzo Oshogwe attributed the success to relentless execution and a resilient business model.

Transcorp Hotels, renowned for iconic assets like Transcorp Hilton Abuja and its digital platform Aura, says it isn’t just leading Nigeria’s hospitality sector — it’s redefining excellence across Africa.


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Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

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Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.

Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

 

China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.

The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.

“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.

The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.

It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.

Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.

Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.

Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.

A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.

“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.

Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.

Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.

It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.

Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.

 

 

 


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NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

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National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a public warning that it is not associated with NINcard.com.

NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

According to the commission, the website has been circulating online to offer services for Nigerians seeking National Identification Number (NIN) services.

NIMC, in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, said, “NINcard.com is not in anyway affiliated to NIMC. Stay vigilant!”

The warning was accompanied by screenshots of fake payment receipts and OTP request pages from the website, both of which were boldly stamped “FAKE” by NIMC to alert the public.


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