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Singer Davido has hinted at what he might do with the over N180 million donated to him by his friends.

Two days ago, Davido opened a new account and asked his friends to gift him N1 million each ahead of his birthday.

His friends came out enmass as they donated. Within nine hours, the singer had exceeded his N100 million goal and increased the stakes to N200 million. The donation as at the last update he gave stands at N184 million.

A tweet he shared this afternoon gives the impression he is considering giving the money away. He tweeted

Might give it all away''

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has disclosed that the Nigeria Football Federation will decide the fate of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, next week.

Speaking to State House Correspondents on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communications team at the Presidential Villa, Dare revealed that Rohr stay or departure is a decision to be made by the NFF.

In an earlier report, The PUNCH disclosed that, following the Super Eagles lacklustre display in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Cape Verde in their final Group C World Cup qualifier in Lagos, there have been renewed calls for the sacking of the Franco-German manager.

According to the Minister, Rohr’s future with the Super Eagles would depend on a report to be submitted by the NFF in the coming days.

He said, “Once we have national matches like these, there is an operating procedure. First, the NFF will receive a technical report that analyses the game. And based on that, we will review, scrutinize and benchmark the report. Thereafter it will make a decision either about the players or about the coaching staff.

“The ministry is waiting for that report from the NFF. What it will contain or recommend, I cannot say for now. Before the end of the week, we’ll have that report and it will touch on many areas.

“We know what the concerns are. The Super Eagles lost the qualifier for Qatar 2022. we’ll do whatever is necessary and we’ll be timely about it to make sure Nigeria’s football is of the highest quality and that we’ll play in Qatar,” he promised.

On when the Super Eagles will get their own home pitch, Dare said “the Mooshood Abiola National Stadium, by or before the end of this month, will be handed over officially.

“We’ve had several test runs. The pitch will be ready. as soon as we have that, the Mooshood Abiola Stadium will become the home pitch of the Super Eagles. If eventually, Surulere comes on, that means they’ll have two home pitches. This way they can have the home advantage.”

Hundreds of surrendered Boko Haram members who are being held in a camp reportedly rioted on Wednesday, November 17, over cow meat.

Guardian reports that the protesting jihadists, who have been in the camp since August, were demanding authorities hand them the cow they are provided daily to slaughter themselves instead of being provided with the beef from the abattoir.

“People living in the area came out with locally made weapons and vowed to kill any one of the protesters who stepped out of the camp. The people still see them as a security threat,” said Konto Garga, a member of an anti-jihadist militia that helps the army

A resident of the community where the surrendered terrorists are held, Usman Bunu, said people in the area do not believe the surrendered jihadists are sincere and the protest only confirmed their suspicions.

“They still consider anyone not in their fold as an infidel, which is why they want to be allowed to slaughter their cow themselves. Had they come out of the camp we would not have hesitated in finishing them all because we know how dangerous they are” he said

The threat by the armed residents and reinforcement of security personnel ended the riot and the inmates returned to their quarters.

The riot is the second in the camp, with a similar one over the same demand in September, militia leader Babakura Kolo said. The Boko Haram inmates have been unruly since they arrived in the camp, constantly quarreling with his men guarding the camp, and accusing them of looking at their wives, Kolo said.

“They still have Boko Haram mentality and openly insult our men as agents of the infidel government,” Kolo said.

The Nigerian Army is yet to react to this claim.

Sources - Lindaikejisblog, Punch