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It’s feast or famine at Disney+, which can seem like a streaming wasteland one month and a paradise of new content the next. Fortunately, June falls into the latter category as the House of Mouse is unleashing some of its biggest movies over the next 30 days. James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar: Fire and Ash definitely qualifies as “big” since the movie takes big swings with its big budget and giant-sized action sequences. Did I mention it’s big? Hoppers isn’t large in scope, but its small-scale story about a student who turns into a beaver to save the environment was…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that Nigeria’s crude oil production target remains 2.5 million barrels per day (mbpd). He said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources’ 2026 Management Retreat. The theme of the retreat is: “Driving Institutional Performance and Accountability in the Petroleum Sector for Sustainable National Development.” Mr Lokpobiri said that sustaining investments and increasing exploration activities were critical to achieving the target and boosting the nation’s reserves. He directed the participants of the retreat to develop a comprehensive framework for increasing production, expanding reserves and enhancing…

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has remanded media personality and self-styled relationship coach Blessing “Blessing CEO” Okoro in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over an alleged N13 million cancer donation fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the 36-year-old before Justice Yelim Bogoro on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retaining proceeds allegedly linked to a fundraising campaign in which she claimed to be battling stage-four breast cancer. According to the anti-graft agency, the charges stem from petitions submitted by individuals and groups, including the Nigeria Cancer Society, following allegations that Blessing CEO…

The Trump administration has explained why Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry into the United States despite being selected to officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Artan, one of 52 match officials chosen by FIFA for the tournament, had travelled to Miami for a pre-World Cup training camp when immigration authorities ultimately stopped him and ordered his deportation. According to a report by The Athletic, the White House said the decision followed additional screening by US border officials after the referee arrived in the country. A senior administration official told The Athletic: “Upon further inspection by CBP,…

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has directed political office holders that refused to defect to the All Progressive Congress to resigned or face sack. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou. Wonosikou stated “All political office holders serving in this administration who have publicly declared allegiance to, or defected to, other political parties to immediately resign their appointments. “This directive has become necessary to preserve government loyalty, discipline, and the integrity of public service.” The governor noted that political appointees are expected to uphold the policies, programmes, and…

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has apprehended a suspect who is allegedly receiving and dealing in suspected stolen items in the state. In a statement on Wednesday by the Spokesperson of the state command, Ogbebor Efosa, the suspect’s arrest followed credible intelligence received by the Command on 5th June, 2026, indicating that certain individuals were engaged in the business of buying and selling suspected stolen materials within Benin City. He said this led to the arrest of one Ibrahim Ismail, 36 years old, of Obakawaye Street, Benin City, Edo State, who is engaged…

The campaign council of the Osun State All Progressives Congress has called on security agencies to investigate the violent disturbances witnessed across Osogbo and attacks on its members in some parts of the state. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Director-General of the APC Campaign Council, Mr Oluwole Oke, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of being complicit in attacks on opposition party members in Ile-Ife and Owode-Ede. He also alleged that the governor was harbouring hoodlums behind various security breaches experienced in the state lately. In a swift reaction, the Imole Campaign Council, the group leading Governor Adeleke’s re-election campaign,…

Nigeria is experiencing a rise in cyberattacks driven largely by preventable security lapses rather than advanced hacking techniques, according to a cybersecurity advisory by Digital Encode Limited. The firm warned that recent breaches affecting financial institutions, fintech companies, government agencies and other organisations are increasingly linked to weak configurations, exposed systems and poor credential management. It said cyber threat actors are exploiting misconfigured cloud services, unsecured databases, exposed application programming interfaces, leaked credentials and publicly accessible storage systems. According to the advisory, many of the compromised systems were exposed through basic operational weaknesses such as hardcoded API keys, weak authentication…

In the blog post, Smith takes a conciliatory tone: Of course young people are reacting this way. It’s the wake-up call for the adults in the room!“Graduating students who grimace or even boo at references to AI are telling us what we need to hear, that it’s time once again to raise the bar,” Smith writes. “That has been a frequent refrain from students for decades. The key is always to channel uncertainty into purposeful steps that build a better future.”But in substance, the blog post is similar to the line of reasoning that have elicited the boos in the…

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank and stablecoin infrastructure provider, has submitted a public comment letter supporting the US Treasury Department’s proposed Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions framework for the GENIUS Act, arguing that the rules largely strike the right balance between compliance and innovation.In a letter published Wednesday, Anchorage said the proposed framework appropriately places AML obligations on regulated stablecoin issuers while urging Treasury to clarify secondary-market sanctions liability, enterprise-wide AML programs and correspondent account requirements.Specifically, Anchorage argued that issuers should not face strict liability for failing to independently identify sanctioned users who transact on secondary markets through…