Davido to perform at World Cup closing ceremony
Nigerian music star David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, is set to perform at the closing ceremony of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The music star, who has stayed away from social media and events aside from his uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s inauguration ceremony, since the death of his son, Ifeanyi, has confirmed that he will be performing in Qatar. Chinese businessman, Stephen Hung, shared the news via his Instagram story on Thursday. Hung expressed his excitement saying, “So happy my bro #davido confirmed he will be performing at the World Cup Qatar closing ceremony. Can’t wait to see him
Comedian AY Makun, Wife Welcome Second Child After 13 Years
Comedian Ayo Makun and his wife have welcomed their second child, 13 years after their first. The new father, praising God for the new addition to his family said, "Our prayers in the last 13 years have been answered. Ayomide, thank you for making Mabel and I mummy and daddy again."
N24m levy imposed on Zamfara communities by bandits old news -Police
The alleged N24 million levy imposed by bandits on nine communities of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State is an old issue, the state police command has said. This was stated by the spokesperson for the state command, Mohammed Shehu, while reacting to the story published in some national dailies that the the levy was imposed recently. Shehu, who spoke to The PUNCH, declared that the issue occurred over a month ago, adding that the police command had since taken action by deploying security personnel to those areas. “This is an old issue and when the command got information
NUPENG threatens nationwide strike, fuel scarcity looms
Nigeria may experience fuel scarcity in coming days following the threat issued on Monday by The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas has given the Federal Government a two-week strike notice, raising the possibility of fuel scarcity across the country in coming weeks. NUPENG members basically control the downstream arm of the oil sector and an industrial action by the union would ground the supply and distribution of petrol nationwide. Citing the need to attend to oil workers’ welfare, NUPENG said it would begin the proposed strike at the expiration of the notice. The development came via a
NCC alerts Telecoms consumers on new Malware
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerian telecoms consumers of the existence of new, high-risk malware called Flubot. According to the information from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), Flubot “targets androids with fake security updates and app installations.” The ngCERT affirmed that Flubot “impersonates android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications” and its goal transcends stealing personal data and credit card details or online banking credentials. In a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ike Adinde, NCC explained that FluBot is circulated through Short Message Service (SMS) and
BREAKING: PDP missing as INEC releases list of Anambra Gov candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has skipped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the list of cleared candidates for the November 6 Anambra governorship election. The Commission, in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, cited Court Order for exclusion of the party’s candidate from the cleared list Details shortly…. The Nation
Nigeria should scrap 1999 Constitution, adopt 1963 Republican constitution –Sagay
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said the 1999 Constitution should be scrapped and the 1963 Republican Constitution should be amended and adopted as the country’s constitution. He spoke on Monday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by The PUNCH. The 80-year-old senior advocate believed that the 1963 Republican Constitution contained all that were being agitated for in the country at the moment. Of recent, agitations for restructuring, fiscal federalism, state police, amongst others, have been loud in the Southern region of the country with 17 governors and