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The Ogun State Police Command has debunked reports of bandit attacks and invasions of communities and schools in parts of the state, clarifying that the recent arrest of 38 Ivorians in Atan-Ota was unrelated to banditry or terrorism. The command’s public relations officer, Babaseyi Oluseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. The command said the state remained safe, calm and secure, contrary to claims circulating on social media alleging attacks on schools and communities in Ota, Ifo and other adjoining areas. According to Oluseyi, there had been no bandit attack, kidnapping incident, terrorist activity or any form of…
The South-East Representative on the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Ugo Udezue, will commission a newly built basketball court in Abakaliki and host a three-day South-East Basketball Tournament in Ebonyi State from June 5 to 7. Udezue, who also serves as CEO of AFA Sports, said the initiative is part of a broader push to drive grassroots basketball development and youth empowerment across the South-East region. “Ebonyi State had no viable basketball court in the whole state, but the state is producing a lot of players,” Udezue said on Monday. “Half of the Coal City Blazers are from Ebonyi.”…
Nigerian companies are accelerating the adoption of digital procurement platforms as they seek to reduce costs, improve transparency in ICT and gain better visibility into supplier risks amid an increasingly complex business environment. The push toward technology-driven procurement emerged as a key theme at the inaugural Digital Procurement Africa Summit held in Lagos recently, where procurement executives, supply chain leaders and technology providers discussed how digital tools and artificial intelligence are reshaping corporate purchasing decisions across Africa. The summit, an invite-only gathering of procurement executives from large enterprises, highlighted growing interest among businesses in automating procurement processes that have traditionally…
Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new “flagship” model: MAI-Thinking-1. It’s an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year – before then, it had relied on OpenAI’s models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According to Microsoft, MAI-Thinking-1 is a “medium-sized model” that “matches leading models” on “key” software engineering benchmarks. Microsoft says the company “trained it from the ground up on clean data, without distillation from third-party models.” As for other models announced today, t … Read the full…
Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s sharp 8% drop triggered $1.5 billion in forced liquidations, ending a tight two-month small-cap correlation.Worsening market sentiment was driven by $2.1 billion in Bitcoin ETF outflows and rising fears of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.Bitcoin (BTC) faced a sharp 9% drop over 48 hours, hitting the $67,000 support for the first time in two months. This correction wiped out a substantial $176 billion from the total crypto market cap in just two days, triggering $1.5 billion in forced liquidations for overleveraged long positions. Traders remain uncertain about the drivers behind crypto’s underperformance, especially since US equities have shown…
Nia Sanchez and Danny Booko are bringing the magic to their daughter Adelaide’s 1st birthday. The Valley stars invited nearly 40 guests to their Santa Clarita, California, home on Sunday, May 31, for a whimsical birthday celebration inspired by an enchanted fairy garden. “Adelaide was having a lot of fun,” Nia, 36, exclusively shared with Us Weekly after the party. “There was an incredible soft play area and she was loving the ball pit. She got to just be a fun little girl and play with her besties. When she had moments of play, she was just living her best…
Senegal’s President Bassirou Faye has appointed a new cabinet less than two weeks after firing his former ally, Ousmane Sonko, and dissolving his government. The new 30-member cabinet was announced on Monday in a live broadcast, an hour after Mr Sonko, the ousted prime minister, withdrew his party, PASTEF, from the country’s new government. PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr Sonko announced on Monday that the PASTEF party will no longer be participating in the government, nor will any minister represent it. In the live address that aired shortly afterwards, Mr Faye announced his new cabinet members, none of whom included…
The Nigerian Navy Ship DELTA on Tuesday organised an inter-agency football and volleyball fiesta as part of activities marking the 70th anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. The sporting event, held at the NNS DELTA Football Field in Warri, Delta State, featured a mixed volleyball match involving personnel from NNS DELTA as well as those of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police Force, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other sister security agencies. The celebration also featured a novelty football match involving male and female children from host communities. All participants…
An aggrieved political association, All Democratic Alliance, ADA, and its Protem Director of Mobilization, Ahidjo Ibrahim Karlahi have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order of the Court to compel the electoral body to withdraw the registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, as a political party in Nigeria The grouse of ADA and Karlahi are predicated on allegations that the Senator Seriake Dickson led NDC was illegally and fraudulently registered by INEC as a political party for the purpose of participating in election matters in the country. In…
Oyo State Police Command has revealed that it has arrested no fewer than three suspects in connection with various criminal activities in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Olayinka Ayanlade, made this known in a statement. The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday. Ayanlade explained that the command also recovered some items as exhibits. He said the command recovered items such as firearms and vandalised cables from the suspects. Ayanlade noted that the suspects were arrested in Oyo town following a report received by police officers at Durbar Division. The suspects, according to Ayanlade, are…
