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Kelly Osbourne is learning alongside her 3-year-old son, Sidney, as she navigates parenthood. “I’ve learnt patience in a way I never thought I was capable of,” Osbourne, 41, shared in an interview with Hello! published on Monday, August 31. “You can’t make your kids be anything — they will become exactly who they want to be. When he’s dysregulated, I just sit with him and let him go through it. I don’t try to control his feelings, because they’re his.” She continued, “Sometimes, yeah, it’s really f***ing hard and really f***ing annoying! But I want him to have his voice,…

Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed two persons at separate locations in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Sunday within the Amaenyi Area and S.M. Okeke Street, both in Awka. Residents told this newspaper that although several persons were shot during the encounter, two persons have been confirmed dead as of Sunday night. One of the persons killed during the attack was identified as Isaac Nwosu, an elderly man. A resident, who asked not to be named for fear of attack, said the gunmen were believed to be members of Aye, a dreaded…

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu …government must build the environment in which…businesses have a fighting chance. This is why those words — “we’ve encouraged Nigerians as best as we could” — stayed with me. Encouragement is good. Grants are good. Giving is good. But none of them can be the end of the conversation. The bigger task for leadership is enabling people to succeed. Give Nigerians the infrastructure. Give businesses a better environment. Make trade easier. Help SMEs scale. And above all, don’t limit our imagination. Some weeks ago, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was in the news after talking…

BBNaija Season 11 housemates Aikou and Flora, who were previously guaranteed places in the finale but barred from winning the grand prize as Gambits, have been reinstated as full housemates and are now eligible to compete for the ₦160m prize. The development was announced on Monday, following Sunday’s “Operation Release the Gambit” twist, which gave viewers the power to decide whether one or both housemates would be released from the special status. “Flora and Aikou are officially out of Gambit mode. Biggie has reinstated them as full #BBNaija housemates, making them eligible to compete for the prize money,” the organisers…

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports.Schiller initially joined Apple in 1987 and became the company’s head of marketing in 1997. He helped launch the App Store alongside Steve Jobs in 2008, but only started heading up the store in 2015. Over the years, Schiller has played a role in the development of many of Apple’s products, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod,…

Strive, a publicly traded asset manager and Bitcoin treasury company, added 1,800 Bitcoin to its holdings last week, accelerating an accumulation strategy that has propelled it into the ranks of the world’s five biggest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holders.The company purchased the Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $143 million between Aug. 24 and Aug. 28, paying an average price of $79,431 per BTC, including fees and expenses. CEO Matt Cole confirmed the acquisition on Monday.The purchase brought Strive’s total holdings to 23,156 Bitcoin, up from 21,356 BTC a week earlier. As Cointelegraph reported, the company had purchased 1,110 BTC the previous…

Police officers in Lagos State on Monday fired teargas at pensioners who gathered at the Lagos House in Ikeja to protest unpaid pension increases, wage awards and other outstanding benefits. According to Vanguard newspaper, the retirees, drawn from the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), had gone to the government premises to press the Lagos State Government to implement the increases and settle the arrears they said had accumulated. The situation became tense after police officers deployed teargas, sending some of the protesters away from the premises. The action came on the date the retirees…

World celebrated country music icon, the late Dolly Parton. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official X handle of Dolly Parton] Dolly Parton has never governed a state, controlled a public budget, or commanded the machinery of government. Yet her life offers Nigeria a timely lesson: leadership is measured not by the grandeur of office, the length of a convoy or the volume of publicity, but by the durable good created for others. Parton built global fame through music, entertainment, and business. She could have treated success as private property. Instead, she converted influence into service — supporting literacy, medical research, disaster relief, education,…

Akwa Ibom-born boxer Enobong “The Nigerian Gentleman” Umohette has secured the 20th victory of his professional career after defeating former WBL heavyweight champion Fidel “Infierno” Munoz by unanimous decision. Umohette successfully defended his UBC South American regional title in an eight-round bout held at the Santa Marta Sports Complex in Colombia on the penultimate weekend. According to a report by the sports correspondent of Santa Marta Heraldo, Munoz was not only a Colombian native and hometown favourite but also a vastly experienced professional with more than 80 fights, including 35 knockout victories. The bout was described as tactical, with the…

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power.The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084 owners of new 2026 model-year vehicles after 90 days of ownership. The survey touched on 40 automotive technologies covering comfort and convenience; connected vehicles; driver assist; electric vehicles; and smart vehicles.The features that scored the highest were the ones that were the most inconspicuous, like smart…