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Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has advised the opposition parties to quit whining about the 2023 presidential election and accept loss in the election they so badly lost. Both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, according to Mohammed, lost the election owing to overconfidence and complacency. “Mr President’s analysis on the reasons for the opposition’s loss in the 2023 polls was incontrovertible,” the Minister said in a statement published in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Assistant (Media), Segun Adeyemi. “President Buhari deserves nothing but praise for delivering unquestionably…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finalised plans to install video assistance referees (VAR) at regional stadiums around the country, while plans to train and retrain referees are also in the works. Malam Ibrahim Gusau, President of the Federation, revealed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the National Elective Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Referees’ Association (NRA). Gusau, represented by an NFF official, Malam Muhammed Ameenu, challenged the association’s new leadership with developing development plans, forecasting, organising, and ensuring the future of Nigeria Referees is properly fostered and watered towards the progress of the game. Gusau said that the installation…

Mr. Jide Awe, the Chief Executive Officer of Jidaw Systems Ltd., says the new feature in WhatsApp can make users vulnerable to hacking or phishing attacks by cybercriminals. The media reports that the new WhatsApp feature enables users to operate their account on four different devices. Awe told journalists in an interview in Lagos on Saturday that having multiple devices linked to a single account gives hackers more opportunities to access personal data or take over the account. He, however, noted that WhatsApp had implemented several security measures to protect against such threats, including end-to-end encryption and remote device management.…

The Federal Government has clarified that the 1.2 million dollars purportedly spent on leasing buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was owing to the emergency necessities of the conflict scenario. This is stated in a statement issued by Mrs Rhoda Iliya, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. On Saturday, it was also signed by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Janet Olisa, and Dr Sani Gwarzo of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. “The uproar over the negotiated sum of 1.2 million dollars for the buses hired for the exercise is unwarranted.” “The amount…

Five individuals were murdered in a shooting at a residence in Cleveland, Texas, on Saturday, according to news reports quoting local police and officials. The shooting occurred late Friday, and authorities were still seeking for the perpetrator, according to the story. The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office got a complaint about harassment from Cleveland about 11:31 p.m. local time, but when they arrived, they discovered many victims who had been shot, according to press reports. According to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect was a Mexican male who was inebriated, armed, and on the run. The Cleveland Police…

Pope Francis visited with Ukrainian refugees fleeing the fighting on Hungary’s eastern border on Saturday, assuring them that a new future is possible. On the second day of his tour, Pope Francis spoke with some 600 migrants, destitute, and homeless persons at St. Elizabeth’s church in Budapest, where he warned of the risks of increasing nationalism in Europe. Francis was serenaded by a singing band of Hungarian Roma dressed in flower-patterned clothes who crowded about him as he sat in his wheelchair. But what Pope Francis had heard earlier was far more serious. Oleg Yakovlev described how he and his…

Patience Ozokwor, commonly known as Mama G, a veteran Nollywood actress, has been appointed to the transition committee of Enugu State by the governor-elect Peter Mbah, along with 63 others. The committee was launched on Thursday in Enugu’s Old Government Lodge GRA. Mbah expressed optimism that the committee, which is made up of technocrats, financial and management experts, entrepreneurs, transparency and accountability advocates, as well as tech and innovation specialists, would apply their vast ideas and expertise in developing a policy and action plan for his incoming administration. Patience Ozokwor reacts to comparison with Sola Sobowale He added that, “Ndi…

A fire at a gasoline storage facility in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, Russia, triggered by a drone strike, has been completely doused, according to the city’s newly appointed governor on Saturday. According to Mikhail Razvozhaev on the Telegram messaging service, experts studied the location and “it became clear that only one drone was able to reach the oil reservoir.” Another drone was shot down, and the wreckage was discovered near the terminal. He had previously said that no one had been hurt. According to RBC Ukraine, a Ukrainian military intelligence officer said that more than ten tanks with…

Pregnant 23-year-old Zamzam Adam was trapped, in labour, and alone as armed militias raided and pillaged her hamlet near the town of El Geneina in Sudan’s western Darfur area, and neighbours fled over the border into Chad. The battle between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has not spared her town Ayatine in western Darfur, where the fighting has reignited a two-decade-old feud and simmering bloodshed. Looting, ethnic retribution assaults, and skirmishes between the army and the RSF, which emerged from the janjaweed militias, have been recorded by residents and sources in western Darfur. According to the…

74 people who were kidnapped by bandits in Wanzamai Village, Tsafe Local Government Area, Zamfara State, have been released. According to reports, the abductees who were kidnapped while fetching firewood were released on Friday after a six million naira ransom was paid. Remember that 85 people were kidnapped in the village approximately three weeks ago, with one victim escaping, but the police ignored the figure, insisting that only nine people were kidnapped. In an interview, a community elder, Abubakar Na’Allah, disagreed with the police figure, claiming that the bandits had approached them and demanded N1.7m from the hostages. Na’allah had…