Author: Prima News

Nigeria’s telecommunications industry is facing renewed pressure following widespread attacks on critical infrastructure across multiple states with criminal groups targeting network assets and disrupting services. Industry data indicates that hundreds of telecom facilities, including base stations, power systems and transmission equipment, have been vandalised or stolen across at least 14 states. The scale of the damage has begun to affect service quality, with operators reporting outages, network instability and increased maintenance challenges. The incidents have forced telecom companies to ramp up spending on repairs, security and asset replacement, pushing operational costs higher at a time when the sector is already…

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive officer at Telegram, has faulted WhatsApp’s ‘end-to-end encryption’, alleging that WhatsApp messages are not secure. Mr Durov made the claim in an X post on Sunday, alleging that 95 per cent of private messages on WhatsApp end up in plain-text backups on Apple/Google servers. Meanwhile, according to the information on the WhatsApp website, the end-to-end encryption is “on by default” so that only the sender and recipient can read messages, and “no one in between” (including WhatsApp) can access them. The Meta Platforms app, WhatsApp, also explains that when a message is sent,…

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian mother of three, Omotayo Abioye, has died after a battle with breast cancer, with her family calling for public support to cater for her burial and the welfare of her children. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement shared on X on Friday by the former president of Nigerians in the UK, Benjamin Kuti, that Omotayo died on April 5 at the age of 40. According to Kuti, Omotayo was described by her family as a devoted mother, loving wife, and compassionate individual whose life impacted many. In the statement, the family expressed deep grief over her…

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior has explained his side’s disappointing 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in their Premier League clash on Sunday. The Blues were beaten at Stamford Bridge after goals from Jérémy Doku, Nico O’Reilly and Marc Guéhi secured all three points for Pep Guardiola’s side. Speaking after the match, Rosenior admitted that his team failed to maintain their level after the break, despite a solid first-half display. “In the second half, the performance was nowhere near what we wanted. There was no frustration with the first half; we were organised and very difficult to break down,” Rosenior said. He…

The widow of late singer, Mohbad, Omowunmi Aloba, has expressed deep love and commitment to their son, Liam, in a heartfelt birthday message. In a post shared online, she described the child as her “heartbeat” and reaffirmed her dedication to his well-being. “Happy birthday to my heartbeat, you mean the world to me Eyinimofeoluwa and I’m so proud to be your parent. I’d walk through fire, cross oceans and do absolutely anything to make sure you are safe and happy. “I will always be your biggest cheerleader and your safest harbour. I live for your smile and I would do…

Peter Due, Special Representative and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), told the Security Council during his first briefing inside the iconic chamber on Thursday that while the December 2025 polls featured broad participation, the momentum is being tested. Speaking in New York, Mr. Due noted that the process of electing a new President remains incomplete, following a year of political stalemate.Building trust on the groundMr Due – who took the key role three months ago – emphasised that the return of Kosovo Serb mayors in the north was a positive step yet warned of “challenges” including…

Caleb University College of Law has recorded a strong performance at the maiden edition of the JURITRUST Centre Administration of Criminal Justice Academy Moot Competition, emerging as the Overall Best Institution in the Southwest and finishing third nationally. In a Saturday statement signed by the varsity’s Information, Media and Publication Specialist, Olawale Adekoya, the institution said the victory reinforces its growing reputation in legal education. The institution also clinched a ₦200,000 cash prize following its impressive showing at the competition, which tested students’ advocacy skills and understanding of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. The competition, held at the Continental…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned bank executives for a meeting this week where they encouraged the executives to use Anthropic’s new Mythos model to detect vulnerabilities, according to Bloomberg.  Indeed, while JPMorgan Chase was the only bank listed as one of the initial partner organizations with access to the model, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley are reportedly testing Mythos as well. Anthropic announced the model this week but said it would be limiting access for now, in part because Mythos — despite not being trained specifically for cybersecurity — is…

A truce between Russia and Ukraine to mark the Orthodox Easter formally expired Monday, both sides having accused each other of thousands of violations, despite a lull in Russian air raids. The truce lasted 32 hours, from 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) on Saturday until the end of the day on Sunday. Both sides had agreed to observe the ceasefire, which Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday and which Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky proposed more than a week earlier. But as with a similar agreement last year, only relative calm reigned along the 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) front line. As of 10:00…

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