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Arsenal are one win away from claiming their first Premier League title in 22 years. This follows a battling 1-0 victory over already-relegated Burnley at the Emirates on Monday night. The Gunners came into their last home fixture two points clear, knowing they could put pressure on Manchester City, who are away to Bournemouth on Wednesday night. And Mikel Arteta named a very attacking side to face the Clarets. Although Arsenal dominated the first half, they only had Kai Havertz’s header to show. The goal proved to be the winner, as the league leaders took their tally to 82 points.…

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Surajo Isyaku, for alleged involvement in kidnapping, cattle rustling and providing information to armed bandits operating in Matazu Local Government Area and surrounding communities. The command said the suspect was also linked to the deadly attack on Sayaya Village in Matazu LGA, where houses were burnt and a police officer attached to the Matazu Division was killed. This is contained in a statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq and made available to newsmen on Monday in Katsina. According to the statement, “the Katsina State Police Command,…

Two people lost their lives on Monday morning in a road traffic crash involving a trailer and a Toyota Corolla at Kwang community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The accident occurred around 8:10 a.m. near a filling station in the community. Confirming the incident to The PUNCH in Jos on Monday night, the Federal Road Safety Corps Public Education Officer in Plateau State, Peter Longsan, said five persons were involved in the crash. “Yes, the road traffic crash happened around 8:10 am today (Monday) involving a trailer and one other Toyota vehicle. “Unfortunately, two people were…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Ramalan Yero, Senator Shehu Sani, and Senator Sunday Katung have emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress senatorial primaries in Kaduna State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Yero won the APC Kaduna North Senatorial District primary with 6,060 votes, defeating Muazu Mukaddas, who polled 1,044 votes, while Bala Ikara secured 362 votes. In Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani clinched victory after polling 9,105 votes. The Returning Officer, Samira Jibrin, announced that Yusuf Zailani scored 1,021 votes, while Shettima Yerima, who had withdrawn from the race, polled 1,253 votes. Speaking with journalists after the exercise, Sani expressed…

Udinese coach Kosta Runjaic is backing Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye to end the Serie A season strongly after praising the Nigerian’s growth and maturity during the campaign, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 26-year-old has been one of Udinese’s standout performers this season, starting 28 of the club’s 36 league games, keeping 10 clean sheets and helping the team remain on course for a top-half finish in Serie A. Ahead of Udinese’s clash against Cremonese, on Sunday, Runjaic expressed satisfaction with the progress Okoye has made since the start of the season and urged him to maintain his impressive form…

If Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones made you wish the company had built something similarly slim for scrubbing the hard floors in your home, enter the recently released Dyson PencilWash. The cordless cleaner is designed to tackle spills and stains on tile and other surfaces, and right now, it’s available for a new low price of $249.99 ($100 off) from Amazon, Target, and Dyson in the run-up to Memorial Day.With its 1.5-inch-diameter handle and a design that lets it lie nearly flat, the PencilWash can easily slide under furniture and other tricky areas that bigger floor cleaners can’t reach. Built for hard…

Bitcoin (BTC) lost its hold on the $80,000 level over the weekend, and data suggest that the cryptocurrency needs to trade above the $74,000-$75,000 range, as it has repeatedly served as key support over the last two years. Crypto analyst Ardi said the next retest of the $74,000-$75,000 range could become the most important support test of the current bear market.The analyst pointed to the role that the price range played during the last two years. In 2024, Bitcoin struggled to break above the range during a seven-month-long consolidation. In Q1 2025, the same area held as support before BTC rallied…

Chris Abbott spoke out for the first time about expecting his first child with Aubrey Plaza. “Can we say congratulations?” Jenna Bush Hager asked Abbott, 40, on the Monday, May 18, episode of Today With Jenna and Sheinelle. “You’re expecting a babe.” Abbott joked, “I thought for my Tony nom! No, no, I’m kidding.” Bush Hager, 44, noted that Abbott has “a lot going on” at the moment. (Abbott received a 2026 Tony Award nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play category for his role as Biff in Death of a Salesman.)…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released an updated list of 44 senatorial aspirants disqualified from participating in the party’s Senate primary elections, hours after publishing an earlier list containing 47 names. The update list was attached to a statement signed by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Tuesday. Although the party did not state reasons for the disqualifications or the revised list, it reflected several adjustments, including removals, additions and voluntary withdrawals by some aspirants. Among those removed in the updated list was a former senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, who represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the Senate…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world faces worsening pandemic threats, warning that investments in preparedness are failing to keep pace with rising global outbreak risks and emergencies. The WHO, in a statement released on Monday, said experts monitoring global preparedness warned that infectious disease outbreaks were becoming increasingly frequent and damaging, while the widening health, economic, political and social consequences were weakening recovery capacities globally. According to the statement, a decade after the Ebola outbreak exposed dangerous gaps in outbreak preparedness and six years after the COVID-19 pandemic transformed those weaknesses into a global catastrophe, evidence now clearly…