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A section of the Senate wing of the National Assembly was gutted by fire on Wednesday shortly after members of the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) concluded the screening of Zainab Marwa as the North-east representative on the commission’s board. The fire originated from the kitchen area attached to Hearing Room 107, where the Senate Committee on the NDDC conducted the screening exercise. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the explosion of a microwave oven triggered the incident, which occurred when the microwave was left unattended in the kitchen compartment of the committee room. READ ALSO: Akpoti-Uduaghan saga distracted…

The Nigeria Police Pensions Limited has proposed an increase in the Federal Government’s pension contribution for police personnel from 10 per cent to 20 per cent. It said the current contribution structure is inadequate to provide decent retirement benefits for officers after service. The Acting Managing Director of NPF Pensions Limited, Muhammad Dutse, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja, where the company unveiled a digital platform designed to improve pension service delivery to police personnel nationwide. Dutse said the proposal had already been forwarded to President Bola Tinubu through the National Pension Commission as part of…

The Oyo State Police Command has refuted rumours of alleged terrorist movement into Ogbomoso, Oyo State, reiterating its warning against the spread of unverified information. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday made available to newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Ayanlade was reacting to a video and accompanying voice note circulating on social media, alleging the movement and infiltration of suspected Lukarawa terrorists into forests around Ogbomoso and the Old Oyo National Park. The statement read, “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to address and clarify a video and accompanying…

Former Cross River State Governor and presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Donald Duke, on Wednesday blamed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and the estimated N2tn paid to kidnappers in 2025 on years of failed leadership. Duke spoke in Abuja during the presentation of certificates of return and party flags to the PRP’s presidential, governorship and legislative candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. His concerns came five days after the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, demanded the release of school children and teachers abducted in recent attacks in Oyo and Borno states. While accepting…

Popular Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Ruth Kadiri, on Wednesday, expressed concern over the rise in the cost of living in Nigeria, lamenting that basic feeding has become an agonising luxury for the average citizen. In a video shared via her official Instagram page, the movie producer opened up about her frustrations, stating that the current economic reality is taking a heavy psychological toll on families across the country. Kadiri pointed out the disparity between the current cost of market commodities and the monthly earnings of average Nigerians, stressing that basic ingredients alone now wipe out significant portions of disposable income.…

Africa’s ambition to build a robust digital economy is being slowed by unreliable electricity supply, particularly as demand grows for edge computing, artificial intelligence, and data-driven infrastructure, said Steven Santini, Vice President for Secure Power, Sub-Saharan Africa, at Schneider Electric. The industry expert noted that power instability remains one of the most critical constraints on the continent’s digital transformation agenda. In an opinion piece, Santini said technologies such as edge computing are increasingly important for Africa as industries adopt Internet of Things solutions and AI-driven applications that require real-time data processing closer to where information is generated. He noted that…

Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new “Search Services History” setting.Google says it will use your Search Services History to “provide, develop, and improve its services,” including its AI models, as well as offer personalized suggestions and ads if you have the new “Personalized Recommendations” setting switched on. These two settings will now be separate from Google’s Web & App Activity option, which previously included search-related interactions and some toggles…

Bitcoin (BTC) erased its intraday losses and rose by around 2.5% to $62,410 immediately after the US inflation report, even as the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit its highest level in more than three years.BTC/USD hourly chart. Source: TradingViewKey takeaways:Bitcoin rose as the latest US CPI reading matched economists’ expectations.BTC still faces short-term downside risks as it trades below strong resistance levels. May US inflation matched expectationsThe US CPI rose 4.2% year over year in May. On a monthly basis, headline inflation increased 0.5%, while core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 2.9% annually and 0.2% month over…

Billy Bob Thornton weighed in on Sam Elliott playing his dad on Landman — despite them only being 11 years apart in age. “That’s gone on since movies started,” Thornton, 70, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending the Newport Beach TV Fest sponsored by Visit Newport Beach on Saturday, June 6. The actor recalled similar experiences on other projects, adding, “Kathy Bates played my mom in Bad Santa too and she is nine years older. It’s acting, it’s a movie.” Thornton continued: “Let’s say that it’s not in the newspapers or Wikipedia — how old anybody is — then nobody…

The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has recounted the challenges he and other leaders of the upper chamber faced during the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing the episode as a major distraction from the chamber’s legislative activities. Mr Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said that at the time, major news platforms across Nigeria were largely focused on debates over whether the suspension was justified, rather than informing Nigerians about the laws and reforms the Senate was pursuing to promote national development. He maintained that the period was not a pleasant one for the Senate leadership and…