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Controversy has continued to trail the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial primary election in Ekiti North Senatorial District as former senator, Ayodele Arise; Dare Owolabi; and the incumbent lawmaker, Cyril Fasuyi, exchanged tirades over the outcome of the exercise. While Senator Arise and Owolabi rejected the result announced by the APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee, alleging manipulation and falsification of figures, Senator Fasuyi dismissed the claims and urged the former lawmaker to accept the outcome in good faith. The APC committee had declared Fasuyi winner of the primary with 14,179 votes, while Arise polled 4,868 votes. Other aspirants, Dipo Bamisaye…

The Katsina State Hisbah Board in Dutsinma Local Government Area has apprehended a native doctor and two women over alleged involvement in questionable spiritual activities. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the board’s information officer in Dutsinma, B. Yareema, said the arrest was carried out under the leadership of the local Hisbah commander, Malam Shafi’u Ibrahim, after the woman’s husband reportedly uncovered the alleged scheme. According to the statement, the native doctor was accused of asking the married woman to provide her husband’s semen for the preparation of a charm he claimed would be highly potent. The suspect was also alleged…

Portugal’s manager, Roberto Martínez, has announced his squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will take place in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Leading the 27-man roster is Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner. The squad, revealed on Tuesday, features several stars from the Premier League, including Bruno Fernandes, Pedro Neto, Rúben Dias, and José Sá. As the reigning UEFA Nations League champions, Portugal has been placed in Group K of the World Cup, where they will compete against the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uzbekistan, and Colombia. In preparation for their opening match against the Leopards at Houston’s…

The trial of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged treason and breach of national security resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. At the sitting, a prosecution witness told the court that the National Security Adviser and the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission confirmed the authenticity of a conversation allegedly referenced by El-Rufai during a television interview. The prosecution played before the court a 43-minute interview granted by El-Rufai on Arise Television, during which he allegedly claimed that a private conversation involving the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, had been intercepted…

A 44-year-old man, Olalowo Olatunji, was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for unlawful dealing in cocaine and Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp or marijuana. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa convicted and sentenced Olatunji after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA prosecuting counsel, Peter Ekuri, told the court that the convict was arrested on March 8, 2026, at Victoria Island, Lagos, while hawking 89 grams of cocaine and 20 grams of cannabis sativa. Ekuri told the…

No one can fault taxation hawk, Taiwo Oyedele, who became the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy after the unexplained exit of his predecessor, Wale Edun, for what seems to be his major preoccupation of getting Nigerians to pay taxes by all means, including the tactical shooting down of the idea of loans. It is easy to understand his newfound fetish of “agreement” with those who think Nigeria’s debt profile is dangerously high, as it has now led to the dedication of high portions of Nigeria’s annual budgets to servicing of loans. To be sure, one of…

The Special Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Bolaji Akinola, has sparked fresh controversy after issuing a strongly worded response to remarks made by singer Davido and Governor Ademola Adeleke ahead of the 2026 governorship election. In a statement on Tuesday, Akinola criticised Davido over his recent social media comments, describing them as disrespectful and politically charged. He further accused the singer of undermining Yoruba cultural values, insisting that respect for elders should not be abandoned in political discussions. “In Yoruba culture, respect for elders is not optional; it is a fundamental value,” he added.…

Trabzonspor have opened talks to sign Nigerian striker Rafiu Durosinmi from Italian club Pisa as the former Turkish Süper Lig champions look to bolster their attack ahead of a Europa League campaign next season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to Italian transfer expert Nicolò Schira, the Black Sea Storm have already initiated negotiations with Pisa, who are expected to demand a fee close to the €9m they paid to sign Durosinmi in January. The move comes after a difficult half-season for the forward in Italy. Pisa have been relegated from Serie A, and Durosinmi managed just one goal and one…

I am dying to know how much money Plex is about to make the next six weeks charging people to stream their own video from their own homes. Today, it’s giving every prospective customer until July 1st to lock in a lifetime subscription at today’s rates — before it triples the price to $750.Plex already more than doubled the price of a lifetime Plex Pass subscription from $119.99 to $249.99 last March, and it’ll triple again on July 1st to $749.99. At that price, you’d have to subscribe for 11 years (at the current annual rate) to make the lifetime…

5,800 users in two hours. One QR code. One bow that went viral.Some platforms launch with a whitepaper. Some with a token. GraphDex launched with a hedgehog, a condom, and the co-founder of Ethereum bowing in respect.A short video from Token2049 Singapore, recorded in September 2024, resurfaced across X this week at precisely the moment GraphDex went live. In this video, the project’s hedgehog mascot moves through the conference floor, greets attendees, and hands a branded condom to Vitalik Buterin. The condom carries GraphDex branding and a QR code that opens the app directly. Buterin takes it and then bows…