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The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command, have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration towards ensuring peaceful, free, fair, and credible local government elections in the state. The Chairman of OYSIEC, Afees Adeniyi, stated this on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Oyo State Command headquarters of the NSCDC at Agodi, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeniyi reiterated the commission’s resolve to conduct a free, fair, credible, and peaceful election, stressing that all necessary arrangements were being put in place to guarantee a hitch-free exercise. “December 29, 2026, remains…
A Nigerian, Samuel Ugberaese, who was extradited to the United States by the Nigeria Police Force, risks 40 years’ imprisonment if found guilty of charges bordering on cross-border romance scams. The US Department of Justice disclosed this in a statement on its website on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that the Nigeria Police Force extradited Ugberaese, also known as “Putsammy”, “Putput”, and “Sammy”, to the US to face charges of wire fraud, romance scam, and related financial crimes. The Force had stated that the suspect was extradited following the conclusion of extradition proceedings and coordinated efforts between Nigerian…
A House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Emokiniovo Otarigho, has thrown his weight behind the party’s proposed consensus arrangement ahead of the 2027 general elections. Otarigho made this known on Tuesday shortly after picking up his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. The aspirant, who seeks to represent Ughelli/Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State, also pledged to deliver inclusive leadership and stronger grassroots representation if elected to the National Assembly. Addressing journalists, Otarigho said that though the idea of consensus candidacy was a welcome development, the final decision…
The Nigeria Squash Federation has stepped up preparations ahead of the 2026 World Junior Team Squash Championship scheduled to take place in Ontario, Canada, from July 20 to July 31, with officials expressing optimism about the country’s participation at the global event. President of the federation, Wilson Egberipou, confirmed that training programmes have been intensified as Nigeria looks to field a competitive squad in one of the sport’s most prestigious junior competitions, organised by the World Squash Federation and featuring some of the best U-19 players from across the world. Egberipou explained that Nigeria intends to present a balanced team…
GitHub said on Wednesday it is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories following the compromise of an employee’s device. “While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories, we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity,” the developer platform said in a statement.In a subsequent post, GitHub said it detected and contained a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned VS Code extension on Tuesday. “We removed the malicious extension version, isolated the endpoint, and began incident response immediately,” it added. GitHub is the go-to platform for developers, many of whom…
The Summer House season 10 finale showed the beginning of the end for Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula’s marriage — but it’s Kyle’s comments about West Wilson that have fans talking. During the Tuesday, May 19, finale, the summer scenes ended on September 1, 2025. The cameras picked up seven months later, following Kyle, 43, and Amanda’s split announcement in January and Amanda, 34, and West’s relationship confirmation in March. “You’re looking skinny. I’m worried about you,” Kyle tells Amanda in the April 9 footage after she comes over to his place days after she and West, 31, went public…
The Nigerian government has been urged to immediately arrest controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi over his alleged inflammatory comments on the rising security crisis in the country. Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju made the call on Wednesday amid the viral video of the clergy allegedly defending bandits. In the video, Gumi could be heard saying that Fulani herdsmen are going nowhere, stating that “they are part of us and we are part of them. We must live with them”. In a post on his Facebook page, Deji said Terrorists sympathizers should be treated as terrorists, stressing that only in a failed state people…
Former Plateau State governor, now senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Simon Bako Lalong, members representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke and Wase Federal Constituencies in the House of Representatives, Yusuf Gagdi and Idris Wase, respectively, were some of the biggest winners as state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, concluded its National Assembly primary elections. The results, officially declared by the Chairman of the state APC Primary Election Committee, Stella Okotete, also saw Simon Mwadkwon securing the ticket for the Plateau North Senatorial District, while Bitrus David Barji defeated the incumbent senator for the Plateau Central Senatorial…
A 52-year-old man has been apprehended by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly having 339 wraps of substances suspected to be Indian hemp in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Naziru Kankarofi, while addressing newsmen on Tuesday explained that through intelligence-led policing, strategic stop-and-search operations, and proactive crime prevention measures, the arrest was made on May 9, 2026, at about 2:00pm. According to the CP, “Operatives attached to the area command in Kabba intercepted a Honda Pilot Jeep with registration number LSD 456 GE during a routine stop-and-search operation.” Kankarofi said the vehicle was driven by…
Only two clubs have won the Premier League titles more than Arsenal in the history of the competition. The two clubs are Liverpool and Manchester United. They have won 20 Premier League titles each in the past. DAILY POST reports that Arsenal were confirmed 2025/26 Premier League champions on Tuesday. This follows Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night. The outcome of the encounter means the Gunners have won the English top-flight league with a game in hand. Arsenal now have 14 Premier League titles in the history of the competition, trailing both Man United and Liverpool with six. Meanwhile, no…
