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Real-world asset tokenization platform Securitize is one step closer to going public via a special acquisition company (SPAC) merger, after one of its filings was approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The regulator approved the Form S-4 registration statement from Cantor Equity Partners II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, and Securitize on Friday.Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, said the move marks “another important milestone for Securitize and for the broader institutional adoption of tokenization.”Shareholders are set to vote on June 29, and if approved, the combined company…

Brooke Hogan got candid about navigating adulthood as a working mom. “So I wanted to come on here and talk about something that I think everybody needs to hear. I know it helps me when I hear it and it’s rare that I do. But I’ve found a lot of the power in my social media and my following, you guys, is that when I express something I’m going through — and I only recently started doing that — I’m shocked at the amount of people that are going through the same thing or feeling the same way,” Hogan, 38,…

The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday revealed how a kidnapping syndicate carefully planned and ultimately executed its abduction of the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin sons. Police said the criminal gang spent weeks monitoring the family, studying their daily routines and even attempted to recruit an insider within the household before carrying out the operation. Addressing journalists in Ibadan, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the victims, Olaide Busayo Adegoke, 42, and her 11-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, were abducted on 3 June while she was taking the children…

Pastor EA Adeboye, one of the most respected fathers of faith in Nigeria. If the fathers do not rise to repair the broken walls of the gospel, this generation will plunge into brazen apostasy, and the influence of the church will be obliterated. Like a servant of God recently warned, Christianity in Nigeria may be extinct by the year 2030. If it vanished in Turkey to the least level of insignificance, Nigeria is not an exception, God is not a respecter of persons. In recent weeks, the global Christian community has watched with shock as Pastor EA Adeboye, one of…

Candidates scheduled to participate in the 2026 Mop-Up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, can now print their examination notification slips ahead of the exercise slated for June 13, 2026. The development was disclosed in a statement released by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin. According to the statement, the notification slip contains important details, including candidates’ examination centres, dates, time schedules and other instructions required for the examination. JAMB explained that the mop-up examination was arranged for candidates who were unable to sit for the UTME during the main exercise due to technical issues, as well as those whose biometric verification could…

A former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has disclosed that founding members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, coalition took an oath. Dalung disclosed that members took an oath that the coalition would be about Nigeria and not individual interests. Featuring on Mic On Podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, the former Minister under the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, said most members of the coalition have broken the oath. While noting that the coalition is not dead, he stressed that it was no longer as formidable like it was at inception. Asked about the controversies in the ADC, Dalung said:…

Florentino Perez defeated Enrique Riquelme in Real Madrid’s presidential election conducted on Sunday. This victory means Perez will be re-elected to continue in his role with the LaLiga giants. According to Marca, he won after around 70% of socios voted for him. Perez’s victory will now see the official announcements for José Mourinho, Ibrahima Konaté and Denzel Dumfries. Mourinho, who has left Benfica, is likely to be presented at the Santiago Bernabéu in the next few days. In the past days, Perez also claimed he will submit a €150 million offer for a “galáctico-like player”.

The Muslim Community of Oyo State, on Sunday, converged at the Yidi Praying ground, Agodi, in Ibadan, Oyo State, to seek divine intervention amid rising cases of banditry, kidnappings and other criminal activities across the state. They also called for unity among Nigerians, irrespective of their social, tribe or political affiliation, as the most potent weapon against insecurity threatening the nation. The prayer, which was convened with the permission of the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Abdulganiy Agbotomokekere, also drew clerics, community leaders and faithful from across the 11 local government areas that make up Ibadanland. The PUNCH reports that over…

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma and the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army have successfully repelled separate attacks by suspected Lakurawa terrorists and bandits in Sokoto State, rescuing two kidnapped farmers and preventing what security sources described as potentially devastating attacks. A senior security source disclosed to our correspondent in Sokoto on Sunday that troops of Operation Fansan Yamma foiled an attack by suspected Lakurawa terrorists on the Magonho community in the Tangaza Local Government Area on June 4. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment publicly on the operation, said one…

Ayebusiwa Olabode Victor, a 34-year-old young man from Ilutitun in Ondo State, is the latest Nigerian confirmed to have paid the ultimate price in the Russia-Ukraine war. “My biggest dream is to look back and say I made it,” he wrote on Facebook in April 2019, subtly announcing his relocation from Nigeria. Only close friends and associates would have an inkling of how he ended up on the frontlines of a war that has set a precedent of disregarding territorial rights and sovereignty. His Facebook profile tells the tale of a man who had tried his hand at many ventures…