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Three design and multiple implementation flaws have been disclosed in IEEE 802.11 technical standard that undergirds Wi-Fi, potentially enabling an adversary to take control over a system and plunder confidential data. Called FragAttacks (short for FRgmentation and AGgregation attacks), the weaknesses impact all Wi-Fi security protocols, from Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) all the way to Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3), thus virtually …

More than 16,000 jobs would be created during and after the ongoing renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Ododo, General Manager of the 44-year-old complex, said on Thursday in Lagos. Ododo told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology. “Some of the …

There have been several news reports over last Friday’s Supreme Court decision over the illegal dissolution of elected council chairmen and councillors in Katsina and Oyo states. The Nation newspaper of Saturday, May 8, 2021 reported that the apex court, in two judgments on Friday, May 7, 2021, set aside the decision by Governors Aminu Masari of Katsina State and …

Long after the declaration of Fulani herdsmen as the fourth deadliest terrorists’ group in the world by the World Terrorist Index, those Nigerians who often play the ostrich and whose narrative is often promoted by the media are the same people who today assault our ears with talk of ethnic profiling. The identity of those who killed, maimed, confiscated farmlands …

Barring last minute change, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will announce the extension of the deadline for the ongoing registration for its 2021 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) and the direct entry (DE) programme. This decision may not be unconnected to the difficulties being experienced by candidates in their attempts to generate the required codes towards setting up profiles using …

The police in Delta State have banned their operatives from embarking on escort duty to Nigeria’s South-east states – Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, and Abia – because of the ongoing attacks on officers and police facilities in the states. Rivers State, in the South-south, is also included in the ban which is contained in a wireless message issued by the commissioner of …

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA),  has uged government at all levels to come up with  measures aimed at addressing the security challenges bedeviling the country. Abubakar, who made the call in his Sallah message in Sokoto  on Thursday, said the security challenges in the country had continuef …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the country must remain united to overcome its many challenges, but identified equity, social justice and fairness as imperative in the pursuit of the nation’s unity. Obaseki noted that “Nigeria is one indivisible entity that must remain united irrespective of our regional or political differences.” The governor, who spoke to journalists after …

Following the recommendation of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, the Buhari Administration has determined that manufacturing will be Nigeria’s main focus in bringing about dynamic growth, jobs and exports, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday. “This will mean retooling our business environment for greater competitiveness, especially with the take off of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement,” Osinbajo …

…Agree to ban open grazing in Southern Nigeria …Call for convocation of national dialogue …Insist on federal character …Reiterate Southerners’ commitment to Nigeria’s unity …Express concern over Oshodi-Apapa expressway gridlock …Buhari approves new security measures for South-East, South-South …Military tactics’ll no longer be publicised—NSA …Don’t be selective in handling situations, PANDEF tells FG Worried by the rising wave of insecurity …