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When you talk about safety and security in today’s Nigeria, the country is a stench. The country is trying to crawl out of the gory gutters of the crippling conundrum of insecurity. Nobody and nowhere is safe. Morality is evanescing. Patriotism is in peremptory interment. And in the hands of brutal bandits, the sacredness of life is gone with the wildest weird wind. Almost everywhere are renditions of lullaby of pain and suffering in the hands of killers who confidently stroll into any home, command the occupants to file like hypnotised zombies and then led into some ugly snake-infested bushes…
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday commended the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for conducting what he described as a transparent, peaceful, and exemplary primary election. He spoke after emerging as the APC governorship candidate for the 2027 general election, following a direct primary in which 345,375 party members across the state’s wards affirmed his candidacy. Oborevwori, who was the sole aspirant, said the exercise demonstrated party unity ahead of the polls. Speaking after casting his vote in his Ward in Okpe Local Government Area of the state, he said the large turnout across the 270 wards reflected…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency said it has graduated 492 advanced combat personnel and conducted the capability presentation of the Deep Blue Project Task Group. This is even as the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, announced plans by the Federal Government to expand the Deep Blue Project to vulnerable coastal and maritime corridors across the country, including the sensitive Bakassi axis, as part of efforts to further strengthen Nigeria’s maritime security architecture. Oyetola announced this on Thursday during the graduation ceremony of the 492 advanced combat personnel and capability presentation of the Deep Blue Project…
The Lagos State Sports Trust Fund on Thursday took another step towards developing sports at the grassroots level by donating sports equipment to 1,020 public primary schools in Lagos, The PUNCH reports. Since 2019, the group has been delivering equipment such as table tennis boards, running vests and pants, spike shoes, footballs, basketballs, volleyballs, chess sets with clocks, Scrabble boards with dictionaries, draught boards, tennis rackets, and first aid boxes with medical kits to schools in Lagos. At this year’s official presentation held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, the Chairman of LSSTF, Wahid Oshodi, described the initiative as part of…
The Executive Director of Golden Links Educational Consultants, United Kingdom, Angelina Ikeako, has called on the federal government and stakeholders to make inclusive education a practical national priority to ensure children with learning differences are not left behind in Nigerian classrooms. Ikeako, who is also a Senior Fellow of the International Forum of Inclusion Practitioners, said that while conversations around inclusive education and neurodiversity had increased in recent years, many children still lacked adequate support within the education system. In a statement sent to PUNCH Online on Thursday and titled “Inclusive Education Must Move Beyond Conversation in Nigeria,” the education…
Soundcore, Anker’s audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Liberty 5 Pro earbuds, it’s aiming at the big guys. The two new earbuds — the Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max — use Anker’s new Thus chip, which has more processing power than previous Soundcore earbuds to try and compete with the chips found in Apple, Sony, and Bose products. And that extra processing power gives the Liberty 5 Pro the best in-call noise canceling I’ve heard in any earbuds.Previously, the highest-priced Soundcore earbuds (not counting the sleep buds) were the Liberty…
Key takeaways:Top traders boosted their Bitcoin long-to-short ratios, strengthening the $76,000 support floor.Macroeconomic pressures and persistent Bitcoin ETF outflows are capping immediate Bitcoin breakout potential to $82,000.Bitcoin (BTC) flirted with $78,000 on Thursday but failed to sustain its bullish momentum after a disappointing outlook from US retailer Walmart and growing signs of a more restrictive US monetary policy. Despite weakening macroeconomic conditions, professional Bitcoin traders increased their bullish exposure. Is a rally to $82,000 the next step?Top traders’ Bitcoin long-to-short position at Binance & OKX. Source: CoinGlassTop traders’ long-to-short ratio jumped to its highest level in 2 weeks, indicating growing…
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The Kaduna State High Court in Kaduna has sentenced two former bank employees, Obadofin Bamise and Hadiza Yakubu, to seven years’ imprisonment each for theft after they admitted diverting customers’ funds linked to accounts used for a federal government palliative scheme. According to a statement by EFCC on Thursday, the trial judge, A. A. Bello, delivered his judgement after both defendants pleaded guilty to a separate one-count filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, however, allowed each convict the option of paying a N50,000 fine instead of imprisonment. Both defendants are former employees of Access Bank…
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has unveiled a healthcare investment platform to mobilise diaspora capital for hospitals and medical infrastructure development in Nigeria. The bank, in a statement on Wednesday, said it introduced the initiative at the 2026 ANPA Carolinas Symposium in Charlotte, where Nigerian-American physicians and healthcare professionals gathered for scientific and medical discussions. The annual symposium was organised by the South Carolina and North Carolina chapters of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas. UBA said the event attracted more than 170 physicians and healthcare professionals from North America, the Caribbean and Africa. The bank’s Head…
