Socialite and businessman Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has expressed gratitude to Afrobeats artist Davido for not “discarding” his fiancée, Chioma Rowland.
According to the businessman who was born in Imo, Davido’s decision to wed there has made the state proud.
This was said by Chief Priest during a recent video of Davido visiting his home.
He was heard stating in the video, ‘Thank you for not discarding my sister, Chioma.’ You are a decent dude. God is going to continue to bless you.
The socialite wrote, ‘My inlaw Davido oga adiri gi na mma,’ as the Instagram description. By not disappointing our daughter, you have made my Imo proud.
Imo and Osun have merged to form one. So let’s see how it goes. Ma ogechi kacha. the wealthiest,
Imo and Osun have merged to form one. So let’s see how it goes. Ma ogechi kacha. Thank you for visiting, the wealthiest. Chivido2024 [Hash tag].
Davido announced a few days ago, according to ViztaDaily News, that he and Chioma would wed on June 25 in Lagos.
With the release of his pre-wedding images with Chioma on Sunday night, the afro beats artist sent social media into a frenzy.
A portion of the store's shelves were vacant.Wuse Central Mall shop at Shoprite closes
Shoprite parent company, Retail Supermarket Nigeria Limited (RSNL), has declared that as of June 30, it will no longer be operating at its Wuse shop in the Novare Wuse Central Mall in Abuja.
The decision was reached following a careful assessment of the store’s financial status and the present economic environment, according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Folakemi Fadahunsi, in a circular headlined ‘Notification of Novare Wuse Central Mall, Closure’ dated June 21.
We are sorry to notify you of that, as of June.
It is with great regret that we inform you that, from June 30, 2024, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited will be closing its Wuse store at Novare Wuse Central Mall, Abuja.
After carefully assessing the store’s financial status and the state of the business industry, this decision has been made. According to the statement, we think that this is the wisest course of action for the long-term success of our organization.
A portion of the store’s shelves were vacant.Wuse Central Mall shop at Shoprite closes
The statement stated that as of June 30th, the business will cease operations in Wuse, Abuja, and that ‘we will no longer require your services for the Novare Wuse Central Mall Store.’
According to the statement, all current service agreements will also expire for the store.
‘Over the next 60 days (roughly two months), we will closely review our accounting records if your services are specifically related to the Novare Wuse Central Mall Store and if there is an outstanding balance between our companies.’ Then, in order to verify the amount owed and work out an appropriate payment plan, we will get in touch with you right away.
For your previous business, we would like to thank you. Engaging with you and your group has been an enjoyable experience. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or worries, or if there is anything we can do to help you through this difficult transition, the business stated. Employees and customers respond On Monday night, this reporter went to the supermarket with VIZTADAILY NEWS.
saw that there were several empty shelves in the store.
A few patrons who were interviewed by this publication stated they were unaware of the impending closure.
In a conversation with VIZTADAILY NEWS on Monday evening, a corporate executive who wishes to remain anonymous because he was not granted permission to comment on the matter stated that they were notified about the situation on Sunday.
The source also mentioned that the company had assured them of receiving a package in exchange for their termination. It seems wrong to me, but I’m not sure how it is for the others. because they have a month’s notice to provide us.
‘Yesterday, there was a meeting, but I wasn’t present. However, my coworkers spoke with the CEO, and they announced that we will be laid off along with a package. The issue is that they informed us they will be closing on June 30th, but we have no idea what the package contains. Should we fail to arrive at work, they
‘As employees here, they are meant to inform us after a month or two, correct? In reality, though, they merely informed us a week in advance of the shutdown yesterday. Additionally, they informed us that we just had a week, which will send the shipment to us, but what happens if it isn’t enough? the official said.
The speaker said that employees ‘belong to a union that is supposed to at least fight for their rights in the face of uncertainties.’
Thus, if by the 30th nobody will return to the store and we are unaware of the package they are sending us. But it’s obviously money, in my opinion. They informed us that their closure is a result of the current economic climate. They are therefore expected to move us to another store if there is a financial emergency.
Furthermore, they should provide us with something material if they decide to fire us, as nearly a hundred people will be left jobless. employment. Furthermore, the majority of us are married. We’re interested to see what they have to offer. That’s what we’re now waiting for.
Gabriel Agwu, a client, pointed out that while there are other options to shopping, the closure will result in employment losses.
On the negative side, The management has informed us that while there are alternatives to shopping, the number of employees who are unaware of the plan and the number of people who will lose their jobs are the only drawbacks to this decision. However, we will truly miss ShopRite for the employees who will lose their jobs.
‘I just discovered on Saturday that, at the end of the month, they will be closing. When I went shopping recently, I observed that they were attempting to cut prices and placed most items on discounts.
The mall is deserted, as you can see. They’re not replenishing, as the counters are empty. Bread is not available today. The drinks are no longer available. It’s true. Now that the closure seems real, I believe it,’ he added.
‘I was surprised to see all the shelves empty,’ remarked Amaka Okechukwu, a different customer. One of the employees even responded to my question about why everything is so empty by saying that the store would be closing at the end of the month.
The store closing further emphasizes the expense of living problem, which has negatively impacted firms’ and investors’ access to the Nigerian business climate.
Nigerians have faced difficulties fulfilling their basic financial demands ever since the country declared last year that it was eliminating a costly fuel subsidy and unifying its several exchange windows.
Many people are currently struggling to satisfy their basic needs due to the extraordinary food crisis and skyrocketing prices, which has an impact on how businesses and retail establishments operate.
Regarding Google Chrome browser extensions’ safety, two recent papers present very different perspectives. A three-year period has seen 280 million people install malicious extensions, according to university researchers, despite Google’s claim that less than 1% of all installs contain malware. I am not particularly confident in either number.
On the Chrome web store, Google claims that there are over 250,000 extensions available. Furthermore, Google claims that ‘less than 1% of all installs from the Chrome Web Store were found to include malware,’ so I guess I shouldn’t be as comforted by that.
The alarming frequency of security-related Chrome browser extensions is brought to light in a recent report by academics from Stanford University and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Approximately 346 people were found to have During July 2020 and February 2023, millions of users installed these kinds of extensions.
The researchers calculate that there were still 280 million installs of Chrome extensions containing malware, even after removing 63 million policy violations and three million with susceptible code.
The Researchers’ Take on Security-Relevant Chrome Browser Extensions
On June 18, the concerned researchers, Sheryl Hsu, Manda Tran, and Aurore Fass, released their work. Not to mention, extensions with malware in the SNE definition, as well as code vulnerabilities and Google’s web store policy breaches, are all covered in this research study. But the malware aspect of things interests me the most.
In particular, because extensions frequently call for extensive permissions that may compromise user security and privacy, it is essential The permissions of a malicious extension determine its attack surface.
‘We gathered permissions by interpreting each extension’s manifest.json file,’ the study states. Permissions in the manifest V3 were split into ‘host permissions (URLs or URL patterns that an extension wishes to make requests to) and permissions (APIs like storage or cookies),’ with the two combined in the previous manifest V2.
The researchers discovered, predictably enough, that malicious extensions typically request greater rights than trusted ones. Finally, the study found that the attack surface increased with the number of permissions an extension had.
The study also discovered that, on average, malware-containing extensions were accessible from the Chrome online store for 380 days. This finding was concerning. The analysis stated that one was accessible from December 2013 to June 2022. upon removal upon discovery that it contained malware.
Google’s Statement Regarding Security Using Chrome Extensions
Benjamin Ackerman, Anunoy Ghosh, and David Warren from the Chrome security team acknowledge that ‘as with any software, extensions can also introduce risk’ in a post published on the Google Security Blog on June 20, just 48 hours after the researchers revealed their findings.
Yet, it also outlines the steps taken by a committed security team to ensure Chrome users’ safety concerning extensions. According to Google, this team monitors installed extensions after they have been added to the Chrome web store, reviews all extensions before their publication, and gives users a tailored summary of what they have installed.
An illustration of this in operation is the safety inspection panel located at the top of the extension page, which notifies users of any installed extensions that could be dangerous. Google claimed that ‘you probably don’t have any extensions you need to worry about if you don’t see a warning panel,’ but the Stanford study casts doubt on that claim.
Having said that, every extension that wants to be included in the online store is first screened by Google’s automatic machine-learning algorithm and after that,
Each extension’s pictures, descriptions, and public policies are reviewed by a person.
Less than 1% of all installs from the Chrome Web Store in 2024 were found to contain malware, according to Google, which claimed that their review process pulls out the vast majority of malicious extensions before they even get released. Despite our pride in this achievement, some We further watch published extensions because malicious extensions can still be downloaded.
How to Make Sure Your Google Chrome Extensions Are Secure: Four Tips
To reduce the possibility of harmful extensions, Google advises Chrome users to take the following four steps:
Before installing any new extensions, make sure you review them and study the developer and the extension. 1. When you’re done using an extension, uninstall it. 2. The websites that an extension is permitted to work on should be limited. 3. Enable Chrome’s Safe Browsing feature’s Enhanced Protection mode.
4. This mode offers safeguards against malware and phishing, along with features designed to protect you from potentially dangerous extensions.
Over 1300 people perished during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as the faithful endured scorching temperatures at Islamic holy
More than 1,300 people perished during this year’s Hajj trip in Saudi Arabia due to exceptionally high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert nation, Saudi authorities revealed on Sunday.
According to Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, 83% of the 1,301 deaths were caused by illegal pilgrims who trekked, long distances in sweltering heat to complete Hajj ceremonies in and around Mecca.
‘Speaking to state-owned television, the minister claimed 95 pilgrims were being treated at hospitals, with some of them being airlifted for treatment The capital is Riyadh.’ He stated that the ‘identification process was delayed because many of the deceased pilgrims lacked identification documents.’
More than 660 Egyptians died. According to two Cairo officials, all but 31 were unlicensed pilgrims. ‘Egypt has canceled the licenses of 16 travel businesses that assisted unlawful ‘pilgrims’ in traveling to Saudi Arabia, authorities said.’
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to inform journalists, said the majority of the dead were found inside the Emergency Complex in Mecca’s Al-Muaisem district. Egypt dispatched around 50,000 permitted pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year.
Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
On June 19, 2024, pilgrims worship and wander around the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, after accomplishing the Hajj pilgrimage.
ISSAM RIMAWI/ANADOLU VIA GETTY
Saudi officials tightened down on unlicensed pilgrims, banishing tens of thousands of them. However, many others, primarily Egyptians, were able to reach holy locations in and around Mecca, some by foot. Unlike approved pilgrims, they had no hotels to retreat to to escape the blazing heat.
Egypt’s government stated on Saturday that the 16 travel agencies did not provide proper assistance to pilgrims. It claimed that these organizations illegally sponsored pilgrims’ trips to Saudi Arabia using permits that did not allow holders to visit Mecca.
The government also announced that officials from the companies had been sent to the public prosecutor for an inquiry.
According to the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram, several travel firms and Hajj trip providers sold Egyptian Hajj hopefuls Saudi tourist visas, which violated Saudi requirements requiring pilgrims to have unique visas.
According to the publication, these firms left pilgrims in Mecca in limbo when the holy sites were burning hot.
According to the Associated Press, the dead included 165 Indonesian pilgrims, 98 Indian pilgrims, and scores more from Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Malaysia. Two American citizens were also reported killed.
‘The Associated Press could not independently confirm the causes of death, although some countries, like ‘Jordan and Tunisia,’ blamed the extreme heat.’
AP journalists witnessed pilgrims collapsing from the blazing heat, particularly on the second and third days of the Hajj. Some vomited and collapsed.
Historically, deaths have not been uncommon at the Hajj, which has witnessed More than 2 million people come to Saudi Arabia for a five-day pilgrimage.
The pilgrimage’s history has also included catastrophic stampedes and plagues. However, this year’s count was abnormally high, indicating unique conditions.
SAUDI-RELIGION-ISLAM-HAJJ On June 18, 2024, at the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a man prays as he and other Muslim pilgrims do the farewell circumambulation or ‘tawaf,’ which involves circling a total of seven times in the vicinity of Kaaba, ‘Islam’s holiest shrine,’ at Mecca’s Grand Mosque.’
AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES.
According to an AP count, a stampede in Mina killed around 2,400 pilgrims in 2015, making it the bloodiest incident in the pilgrimage’s history.
‘Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full scale of the catastrophe.’ A separate crane collapsed at Mecca’s Grand Mosque Earlier that year, 111 people were slain.
The second-deadliest occurrence at the Hajj was a 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 pilgrims.
During this year’s Hajj, daily maximum temperatures in Mecca and its hallowed sites hovered between 46 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) and 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit),
according to the Saudi National Center for Meteorology. Some others fainted while attempting the symbolic stoning of the devil.
The Hajj is one of Islam’s five pillars and one of the world’s most important religious events. According to Saudi Hajj officials,
More than 1.83 million Muslims will do the Hajj in 2024, including over 1.6 million from 22 countries and around 222,000 Saudi nationals and residents.
Saudi Arabia has allocated billions of dollars on crowd management and security precautions for those proactively taking an active role in the annual five-day pilgrimage, but the sheer magnitude of people generates concerns and makes it difficult to ensure their safety.
Climate change may enhance the risk. According to a 2019 study undertaken by experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
even if the world succeeds in avoiding the worst effects of climate change,
The Hajj will be held in temperatures above ‘extreme danger.’ threshold’ between 2047 and 2052, and 2079 and 2086.
Because Islam follows the lunar calendar, the Hajj occurs around 11 days earlier each year. By 2029, the Hajj will be held in April, and for the five years following that, it will be held during the winter, when temperature changes are milder.
Gunmen targeted synagogues and churches in two southern Russian cities on Sunday, killing several police officers and a priest in an apparent coordinated operation that highlighted Russia’s vulnerability to extreme violence.
Multiple law enforcement personnel and a priest were killed in Dagestan during what seemed to be coordinated attacks, according to local officials.
Officials claimed six of the shooters were killed in shootouts in the two cities of Makhachkala and Derbent in Dagestan, a largely Muslim province on the Caspian Sea.
According to officials and religious organizations, they attacked synagogues and churches in both locations, armed with guns and Molotov cocktails.
Sergei Melikov, the governor of Dagestan, described the terrorist assault as the latest attempt ‘on our brotherhood, on our ethnically diverse togetherness.’
The specific death toll was not immediately known. Mr. Melikov added that ‘ more than 15 law enforcement employees fell prey to today’s terrorist act,’ but did not specify what percentage of them had been killed or injured.
The gunmen’s intentions and identities were also unknown, and there was no claim of responsibility for the incident. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which functions similarly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced the launch of a terrorism probe.
The attack was the latest example of apparent extreme violence within Russia while the country pursued its war with neighboring Ukraine.
In an attack on a Moscow performance hall in March, four attackers killed 145 people, for which the Islamic State took responsibility. Last October, an antisemitic crowd attacked a plane arriving in Dagestan from Tel Aviv.
The Russian Jewish Congress reported that the assailants in Derbent set fire to a synagogue after shooting and killing the police officers guarding it. They also killed a priest, Nikolai Kotelnikov, according to a Russian Orthodox Church spokeswoman.
The priest was the sole documented casualty of Sunday’s attack who was not a law enforcement officer, while Mr. Melikov stated that ‘several’ civilians had died.
According to state media sources, at the same time, early Sunday evening, assailants opened fire on a traffic police position in Makhachkala.
The terrorists also targeted Makhachkala’s Cathedral of the Assumption, according to the state According to the Russian Jewish Congress, there have been media reports and a synagogue.
Dagestan’s interior ministry released videos showing gunmen on the loose in the city of Makhachkala, shooting fire and ordering people out of their automobiles. Police said that roads leading out of the city were temporarily shut down.
It was unclear late Sunday whether any gunmen were at large, but Mr. Melikov said the ‘active phase’ of the police reaction had ended.
The violence underscored Russia’s long-standing ethnic and religious conflicts, notably in the country’s southern Caucasus region, which includes Dagestan.
Patriarch Kirill I, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said it was ‘no coincidence’ that the incident occurred on the day Orthodox Christians celebrate Pentecost.
‘We see that the enemy is not giving up on attempts to destroy interreligious peace and harmony within our society,’ Kirill told reporters in a statement.
The identity of the enemy remained unknown.
The Kremlin did not comment, and the authorities provided scant information about the assailants’ names. Still, some state media stories suggested that some of the gunmen were the sons of a local official.
Following the March shooting at a Moscow concert hall, Russia’s deadliest terrorist assault in 20 years, Russian officials frequently asserted, without evidence, that Ukraine and the West were to blame, despite the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility.
On Sunday, some Russian leaders pointed a finger at the West without providing documentation. Leonid Slutsky Leonid Slutsky, a senior politician,
alleged that the attacks were carried out with ‘the aim of sowing panic and dividing the people of Russia’ and that ‘the blood of the victims’ was also in the hands of the US.
According to community officials, the attacks were the most recent instance to upset Russia’s Jewish community, which has suffered increased threats since the start of the conflict in Gaza.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it was in contact with Jewish community leaders in Dagestan and that no injuries had been reported.
Chioma Rowland-Adeleke, the newest bride in town, describes how her rich singer and boyfriend, Davido Adeleke, duped her into attending a surprise bridal shower.
Chioma’s surprise engagement party has lately gone viral, and here’s an inside look at how it played out.
Chioma described in a video how Davido misled her into leaving the house with plans to go out for dinner, unaware of what they would find at the location.
The twins’ mother stressed her uncertainty upon arriving at the venue, as well as her change of heart about eating out.
Davido, on the other hand, stepped out, and when she saw the balloon decorations, she started shouting in delight.
Chioma’s happiness was obvious when she related the story with her Chioma Rowland-Adeleke, the newest bride in town,
describes how her rich singer and part pals seemed genuinely thrilled to see things go according to expectation.
She says, ‘I know about this celebration center, and David told me I was coming to dine. He was attempting to find the exact spot, and when he got external environment,
he asked someone, and I told him I didn’t want to eat. That’s when I went down, saw everything, and began to scream.’
One of the films recorded Chioma’s ecstatic entry into the hall, which was packed with friends and loved ones who had the surprise prepared.
Cubana Chief Priest, a Nigerian businessman, boasts about the possible gains if he sells his closest friend Davido’s wedding invitations for N5 million each.
In the middle of the hoopla around the famed Afrobeat singer’s wedding,
Cubana Chief Priest turned to Instagram to underline the importance of reaching out to interested parties.
He hinted at the billions of naira that would touch his bank account within 24 hours if he chose to sell Davido’s wedding invitations for N5 million apiece.
In a video with the groom, he declared Davido the most powerful person in Africa.
‘For example, if I wanted to sell 1,000 Chivido2024 wedding IVs for $5 million apiece, I’d sell out in 24 hours.
My phone is just getting hot; that’s how it is when your brother-in-law is one of the most influential political human being in Africa,’ he expressed himself.
In another tweet, Cubana underlined the weekend’s entertainment schedule for 30BG team members and fans.
‘They’re crying. This weekend has 30BG. We are going to squeeze squeeze. ‘Come, use your composure, sauce,’ he continued.
Musician David Adeleke, often known as Davido, and his soon-to-be wife Chioma Rowland have shared pre-wedding photos. The photos were...
Davido and Chioma pre-wedding pictures must be getting a lot of attention. It sounds like they’re excited to share this special moment with their fans and loved ones.
Musician David Adeleke, often known as Davido, and his soon-to-be wife Chioma Rowland have shared pre-wedding photos.
The photographs, which were revealed 48 hours before their wedding, literally set the internet on fire.
