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Following the tragic killing of a schoolteacher abducted during the recent school raids in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nollywood actress Opeyemi Aiyeola has made an appeal to highly connected Nigerian celebrities, traditional rulers, and politicians to urgently use their access to power to save the masses. In a video posted to her Instagram page on Tuesday, the actress expressed anxiety over the encroaching insecurity in the Southwest, warning that the crisis is “knocking on our doors” and can no longer be ignored. Aiyeola’s outcry was triggered by the tragic death of the Oyo State teacher, Oyedukun, who was beheaded by bandits…

The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of approved outstanding 2025 allowances to beneficiaries of the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Programme studying in partner countries abroad. This was disclosed in a statement posted by the Federal Ministry of Education via X on Wednesday and signed by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade. According to the statement, “the Central Bank of Nigeria has successfully remitted the approved funds to Nigerian embassies and missions for immediate disbursement to eligible scholars.” The Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, said the released funds represent 50 per cent of the approved outstanding obligations…

For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Google.At I/O 2026, Google announced new AI agents for gathering information, planning events, summarizing your inbox and calendar, and more. The agents can run continuously in the background, and the company claims they’ll seamlessly integrate into…

Bitcoin (BTC) is down roughly 40% from its October 2025 record high, but a long-term valuation model suggests the cryptocurrency could erase the entire decline and rally to as high as $255,000 by year-end.Key takeaways:Bitcoin Decay Channel puts BTC’s conservative year-end range at $90,000–$255,000, with its 2027 range extending to $128,000–$308,000.Bearish HODL Waves suggest a possible higher bottom in the $65,900–$70,500 range.Bitcoin model puts BTC’s year-end target in the $90,000–$255,000 range The Bitcoin Decay Channel is a logarithmic price model that tracks BTC’s long-term uptrend while adjusting for smaller gains in each new cycle.The cryptocurrency’s major tops in 2013, 2017…

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports suggesting that terrorist groups have established a permanent operational base in Nigeria’s south-west region, describing the recent attack and abduction of pupils and staff in Oyo State as an isolated criminal act rather than evidence of an entrenched insurgency. Defence spokesperson Michael Onoja, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, “extends his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims, the government and people of Oyo State, and the entire nation” over the abduction. He described the abduction of innocent children and staff as “a callous and…

In Nigeria’s war against banditry, the most dangerous weapon is not always in the hands of those pulling the trigger. It is in the hands of those who pass the information. These persons can compound and complicate all efforts. For several days, colleagues repeatedly forwarded a video of Governor Umar Radda lamenting how informants across different spheres are making the fight against banditry in Katsina State more difficult. In the clip, he recounted that within five minutes of concluding a high-level security meeting, a notorious bandit had already been briefed on its outcome. The question that immediately arises is quite…

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says it has intensified counterterrorism operations in Adamawa and Borno states, carrying out coordinated airstrikes on suspected terrorist strongholds in the Southern Tumbuns and Mandara Mountains in the North-East. The operations, conducted on May 19, 2026, targeted Bukar Meram in the Southern Tumbuns and Chikide in the Mandara Mountains under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai. According to the Air Force, the strikes were launched based on credible intelligence and confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions that identified terrorist logistics hubs, structures and assembly points concealed within the areas. In a statement issued on Wednesday by…

A lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Esan South-East State Constituency for election into the Edo State House of Assembly in 2027. Giwa was declared winner of the primary elections after results were announced. Speaking shortly after the results were announced, Giwa said, “This is the end of today’s primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Esan South-East constituency of Edo State for election into the House of Assembly. “This is to let you know that I, Victor Giwa, from Ward 9, have been declared winner of the primary…

Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army and Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have neutralised two suspected bandits during a clearance operation in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba state. The operation, carried out by troops deployed at Sarkin Kudu, according to a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Jalingo, followed credible intelligence received on May 18, 2026, concerning the activities of suspected bandits operating from a hideout around the Dooshima District in the Sarkin Kudu area. According to the Army, troops swiftly mobilised to the area for a tactical raid aimed at flushing out criminal…