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Mining Marshals have arraigned 15 Chinese nationals, nine Nigerian citizens, and a mining company before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged illegal lithium mining operations in Nasarawa State. The defendants were brought before Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Abuja, following their arrest during a joint enforcement operation on May 16, 2026, in Kokona Local Government Area of the state. According to court filings, the suspects were allegedly caught carrying out mining activities without lawful authorisation within a mineral-rich area covered by Exploration Licence No. 036528-EL, legally held by TIMADIX Geomin Consult Ltd. Prosecutors alleged that the…
Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, has urged the public to disregard any speculation surrounding his future with the club after comments made by Nigeria head coach Eric Chelle suggested he could be close to completing a transfer away from the Turkish Super Lig champions this summer. Chelle caused fresh rumours about Osimhen’s next destination while explaining his absence from Nigeria’s upcoming international friendlies against Poland and Portugal this June. The Malian revealed that Osimhen requested to stay away from the squad as he focuses on a potential move. “We miss two players because Victor Osimhen may be about to change clubs,”…
The United States and Iran said Monday they had again traded strikes, straining an already fragile ceasefire as negotiations between the two sides have stalled. Weeks of complicated talks marked by sharp rhetoric and occasional flare-ups of violence have not managed to reach a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is essential to oil supplies. Washington and Tehran have sharp differences on questions like Iranian nuclear efforts and the fighting in Lebanon, which Iran has demanded must stop as part of a broader agreement. The latest exchange of fire coincided with Israel expanding its…
The Students’ Union Government of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, says it will boycott all academic activities following the death of a 100-level cybersecurity student, Chinedu Christogonus. The declaration for a boycott, which will run from June 1 to June 5, 2026, comes amid growing outrage and calls for justice over the circumstances surrounding the student’s death, an incident that has plunged the university community into mourning. According to reports circulating within the institution, the incident allegedly stemmed from a dispute over N13,500 reportedly realised from a patrol operation. Chinedu, who was said to have served as an Aide-de-Camp…
“I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my current situation. Kindly help me out of my predicament. I am begging you to treat me with compassion. I am calling on the government, particularly the president, to pity me and get me out of this serious situation.” – Leah Sharibu, 2018. The appeal above, calling for rescue and justice, was made eight years ago. Unsurprisingly, many Nigerians may no longer recognise Leah Sharibu’s emotional voice, as efforts towards her rescue have significantly diminished. Leah was just an innocent student until the…
The Osun State All Progressives Congress Governorship Campaign Council on Sunday demanded probe into the death of one Taliat Simbiat during the Accord Party primary for Ayedire/Iwo/Olaoluwa Federal Constituency held in Iwo, Osun state. The Head, Media and Publicity Committee of the Governorship Campaign Council, Remi Omowaiye, in a statement obtained in Osogbo, alleged that the deceased was killed during the Accord Party primaries held in Iwo, saying violence and destruction of property marred the exercise in the state. Omowaiye said reports emerging from different parts of the state paint a disturbing picture of chaos and bloodshed arising from the…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority says it has achieved a milestone in environmental innovation and waste-to-wealth initiatives, as Team Zero Trace, a group of intern students at the agency’s academy, converted abandoned tyres retrieved from the Olusosun Landfill into creatively crafted decorative tables for household use. The Director of Public Affairs at LAWMA, Mukaila Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday obtained by The PUNCH. Speaking during the presentation of the project in his office, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, commended the ingenuity and creativity demonstrated by the interns, describing the initiative as a…
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has lamented the absences of Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and four other players ahead of this month’s friendly matches against Portugal and Poland, The PUNCH reports. Chelle revealed that Osimhen, Lookman, Alhassan Yusuf, Samson Tijani, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro and newcomer Femi Azeez will not be part of the two matches after leading Nigeria to a second consecutive Unity Cup title in London on Saturday. US-based midfielder Yusuf scored twice, while Terem Moffi also got on the scoresheet as Nigeria beat Jamaica 3-0 at The Valley to claim their fourth title at the invitational tournament.…
This fall, Nvidia will officially become a consumer PC chipmaker like Intel, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm, putting a complete computing chip — not just graphics — into the very heart of laptops and mini-PCs. After many months of leaks, it’s finally announcing the RTX Spark, the first in a family of chips that will meet or beat the most powerful thin-and-light Windows machines ever, it claims.Nvidia’s CEO holds up two RTX Spark laptops at Computex. Image: Nvidia“This is the most efficient PC chip ever built,” says Nvidia senior director of product management Mark Aevermann — without sharing so much as…
Crypto liquidity provider and trading firm Wintermute says it is providing liquidity on prediction markets as the industry continues to expand.The firm, which handles $3.5 trillion in annual trading volume, said on Friday that it is extending its institutional trading to prediction markets and would provide “two-sided markets across event contracts on leading venues,” without specifying the platforms. Jake Ostrovskis, head of OTC trading at Wintermute, said prediction markets have the “demand profile” of a major asset class but the liquidity profile of an “early-stage one.”“For these markets to become a reliable real-time source of probability estimates, they need sustained two-sided…
