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The Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State, has adjourned until July 1, 2026, for the definite hearing of a suit seeking the nullification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primary election in the state. Justice Mashkur Salisu ordered the adjournment on Monday following the alleged failure of the defendants to file and serve their statements of defence. The suit was filed by an APC chairmanship aspirant, Abdulhadi Lau, who is challenging the conduct and outcome of the party’s primary election. Lau is asking the court to invalidate the exercise, alleging that he was unlawfully excluded from participating despite…
A woman sustained serious injuries after she was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos, with officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, rescuing and evacuating her for urgent medical treatment. The incident occurred at EFF Bus Stop inward Marwa on the Lekki-Epe Expressway on Monday, according to a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq. The agency disclosed that the unidentified motorist fled the scene immediately after hitting the victim, leaving her lying helpless on the busy road with a fractured arm and leg. LASTMA…
Ace producer and music executive Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has opened up about how being rejected by female schoolmates in secondary school affected his self-esteem and what he did to overcome the psychological trauma. Speaking in an episode of the Keeping It Real With Jima podcast, Don Jazzy admitted that he wasn’t good-looking during his secondary school days and was constantly rejected by girls he approached for relationships. He said it affected him psychologically, even into adulthood. He explained that after he became successful, he went back to look for the girls in a bid to overcome the…
Manchester United legend, Gary Neville, has snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo while naming the club’s best-ever forward. Neville played alongside great forwards, including Ronaldo, during his time at Old Trafford. Speaking with his ex-teammate Rio Ferdinand during an appearance on Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube show called ‘Rio Meets’, Neville named Wayne Rooney as the Red Devils’ best-ever forward. According to him, Rooney could do everything on the pitch, including sprinting back to defend. “He [Rooney] is the best Wazza. He was the best forward I ever saw at Manchester United,” Neville said. “He was a mixture of Mark Hughes, Van Nistelrooy, Eric Cantona,…
A married woman identified as Oluchi has been found in a hotel in Delta State after she faked her abduction and demanded N50 million from her family. Children of the woman, including her daughter in Canada, had pleaded with the public to help them raise money even as the kidnappers reduced the ransom to N20m. They had told the police that their mother was kidnapped at the Ikpoba Hill area of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. But the police investigation led its crack team to Delta State, where the supposedly kidnapped woman was found with her lover in…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Monday launched a specialised Violent Crime Response Unit aimed at combating kidnapping, armed robbery, violent attacks and other serious crimes across Abuja and its satellite communities. Speaking during the inauguration, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Sanusi, said the unit was established on the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, as part of efforts to strengthen operational effectiveness and improve public safety. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, and the Commander of the Guards Brigade, Brig. Gen. A. Onasanya, inspecting personnel of the newly established Violent Crime Response…
Many women associate estrogen primarily with reproduction and menstrual health. However, few realise that this hormone also plays a critical role in maintaining strong, healthy bones throughout life. Bone is a living tissue that is constantly being renewed. The body continuously removes old bone and replaces it with new bone through a process known as bone remodelling. Estrogen helps regulate this process by maintaining a balance between bone breakdown and bone formation. One of estrogen’s key functions is to control the activity of osteoclasts, the cells responsible for breaking down old bone. At the same time, it supports osteoblasts, the…
Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short — I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode.We covered everything from Mustafa’s approach to training new models to his criticisms of Anthropic talking about Claude as though it is conscious. Of course, we also talked about Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, how Mustafa is thinking about all the negative polling and political pushback around AI right now, and whether any of the consumer…
Yuga Labs-affiliated developers rescued 68 non-fungible tokens from Flooring Protocol after an exploit put NFTs from collections including Bored Apes and CryptoPunks at risk.Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge said Monday that the recovered NFTs are now in the company’s custody and will be returned once a solution is finalized. Yuga’s pseudonymous vice president of blockchain, 0xQuit, said the recovery covered more than $500,000 worth of NFTs.Source: Michael FiggeDespite the NFT market’s cooldown, some collections still retain high floor prices. CryptoPunks had a floor price of around 32.7 ETH ($54,612), while Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs sat around 9.16 ETH, according…
Savannah Guthrie is not giving up hope four months after mom Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance. On Sunday, June 7, the Today show cohost shared a picture of a religious painting depicting Christ’s ascension via her Instagram Stories. The image was overlaid with text that reads, “Oh my, my soul, it cries out, soul, it cries out.” Savannah, 54, added, “Bring her home” alongside a yellow heart emoji. Police believe that Nancy, 84, was abducted from her home just outside of Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of February 1. She has yet to be found. Related: Everything Savannah Guthrie Has Said…
