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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have intercepted consignments of cocaine and various opioids concealed in walls of cartons used to package cloths and other items going to the United Kingdom and Australia. According to the NDLEA, the two seizures were recorded at a courier company in Lagos on Friday during examination of shipments going to the UK and Australia. The agency stated that a total of 170grams of cocaine sealed in cellophane parcels and buried in the walls of a carton of cloths heading to Australia were recovered. This was announced in a statement on…
Benfica manager, Jose Mourinho, has finished this domestic season unbeaten with the team. The Portuguese club rounded off the campaign with a 3-1 victory over Estoril Praia on Saturday. In the 34 fixtures they played, Benfica won 23 games and drew 11. However, this historic milestone was a mixed bag, as the club finished third in the Primeira Liga table. Benfica finished with 80 points,behind champions FC Porto, who won the title with 88 points, and Sporting CP, who tallied 82 points. At the end of the day, it became a rare case when a team goes the full season unbeaten…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, on Sunday lauded the peaceful House of Representatives primary of the party held across the state and congratulated the candidates, other aspirants and the members on the successful exercises. In a statement signed by the Osun APC spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, the party appealed for calm and urged both the candidates and the aspirants to rein in their supporters and desist from publishing offensive statements or passing comments capable of causing crisis in the party. The APC subsequently urged aggrieved aspirants to leverage constitutional mechanism to address their grievances. It commended…
The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed receipt of a viral video currently circulating across various media platforms in relation to the Friday abduction incident in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, in Ibadan, the state capital. PUNCH reports that the victims were abducted during coordinated attacks on Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, and Community Grammar School/L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in the local government area on Friday around 9:30 a.m. Ayanlade said: “Consequently, the footage is presently undergoing comprehensive forensic examination…
Some incumbent members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have lost their bids to secure re-election tickets in party primaries held on Saturday. PUNCH Online reports that primary election results were announced for several constituencies across states on Sunday. While many federal lawmakers and aspirants secured tickets, results available so far show that some serving members lost to other aspirants. Benue In Benue State, six APC House of Representatives members, mostly described as loyalists of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, failed to retain their nominations. They lost…
Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has declared that winning trophies is the minimum expectation that comes with managing Nigeria, as he outlined his ambitions for the team ahead of the 2026 Unity Cup in London and subsequent friendlies against Poland and Portugal, Sunday PUNCH reports. “When I took the job, my goal was to win. You can ask the Nigeria Football Federation, but definitely, if you are the coach of the Super Eagles, you need to win, so there is a lot of pressure, but I’m ready to do my job and try to give the best for this…
Apple is hoping that its record on privacy can be the differentiator on the AI front, and maybe even buy it a little slack as it continues to lag behind the competition. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the more chatbot-like Siri set to debut in iOS 27 will include the option to autodelete chat histories. Users will be able to save conversations for 30 days, one year, or forever. That’s in stark contrast to the other major players in the space that generally only offer temporary incognito chats, if that.It appears Apple is betting that people are willing to give…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Hilary Duff‘s hair situation always deserves its own headline. We’re talking that windswept, beachy, slightly tousled texture that looks like she rolled out of the Pacific and onto a magazine set. No stiff curls. No overdone waves. Just movement, body and that elusive lived-in softness that makes you tilt your head and think, “How?” Fortunately, we have all the answers to how Duff achieved that “just step out of the ocean” look for the May cover of Sports Illustrated Swim.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, David Kente, says the party did not conduct House of Representatives primaries in the state on Saturday. However, the state APC leadership dismissed his claim. Mr Kente told journalists on Sunday in Jalingo that election materials arrived late and were distributed only overnight, contradicting video clips circulating on social media that showed voting had already taken place. He said officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contacted him around 5 a.m. on Sunday to announce the commencement of materials distribution at Fastrack Hotel, hours after the alleged voting…
Blessing Onuh, daughter of former Senate President and National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, has obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest for another term in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections. Also emerging victorious in the party’s primaries was Mrs Regina Akume, wife of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who secured the APC return ticket in Benue State. The ruling party conducted its direct primary elections on Saturday across the 11 federal constituencies spread within Benue State’s 23 local government areas. The exercise produced major upsets as…
