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A former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has withdrawn from the Accord Party governorship primary in Oyo State, citing alleged manipulation of the party structure and rising violence within the party. Owoseni, a former Security Adviser to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, announced his decision in a statement released on Tuesday via his X handle. Owoseni stated that recent developments within the party had made it difficult for his governorship ambition to thrive on the Accord platform. “I speak with a heavy but resolute heart, and greet the good people of Oyo State as well as the…

Bayern Munich defender Alphonso Davies is expected to miss Canada’s opening match of the 2026 World Cup because of injury, although head coach Jesse Marsch remains confident the captain will feature later in the tournament. Davies, 25, suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain on May 6. The German club later confirmed he would be sidelined for “several weeks”. The defender endured another injury-hit campaign in Germany, making just 13 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern. Canada begin their home World Cup campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on…

NEW YORK and HONG KONG — Cyannova Capital (“Cyannova” or the “Company”), a New York-based investment firm, announces its inaugural investment fund, Cyannova Capital, LP, at its private industry reception held in Hong Kong. The fund is positioned as event-driven capital and operates as a resource integration platform, strategically leveraging the momentum of a significant global investment cycle fueled by the convergence of energy, computing, automation, and space-based infrastructure.By leveraging a global network spanning North America, the Middle East, and Asia, Cyannova focuses on providing long-term support to its portfolio companies. Cyannova is targeting high-growth sectors that expand human productivity,…

Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner cheered on the New York Knicks’ historic victory from courtside at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. The couple both wore blue-and-orange Knicks T-shirts as they watched the team punch their tickets to the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years with a 130-90 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks wiped out the Cavs with four straight wins in the Eastern Conference Finals and will now face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. The NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals games had some seriously star-studded crowds this month,…

The Nigeria Police Force in Akwa Ibom State has said it arrested a 63-year-old man allegedly involved in drug trafficking and recovered large quantities of substances suspected to be cannabis. The police identified the suspect as Asuquo Etim, a resident of Etebi Village in Esit Eket Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the police spokesperson in the state, Timfon John, operatives intercepted the suspect on Wednesday while acting on “credible intelligence” that illicit substances were being transported from a motor Park in Eket Local Government Area to Esit Eket Local Government Area.…

Dr Amina Salihu One thread ties the entire volume together, and it is the one announced in the title. Leading with our humanity means beginning with the recognition that the people who programmes are designed to serve are not a homogeneous beneficiary class. They are individuals, differentiated by proximity to power and by the irreducible specificity of their lives. Amartya Sen’s formulation that development is freedom opens the book’s foundational chapter not as decoration but as conviction, and it is clear the On Nigeria team believed it. There is a particular kind of book that does not announce itself as…

Nigerian table tennis icon Quadri Aruna has endured his biggest ranking setback in more than a decade after slipping 20 places to 76th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings released on Monday. The dramatic drop also saw the Nigerian star fall to fourth in Africa, the first time since 2014 that Aruna has failed to occupy one of the continent’s top two positions. For well over a decade, Aruna has stood as the face of African table tennis alongside longtime Egyptian rival Omar Assar, with the pair dominating continental competitions and carrying Africa’s hopes on the…

Following the rising cost of foodstuffs, rams, and other essential items in the market ahead of tomorrow’s Sallah celebration, Muslim faithful across Kaduna and its environs have vowed that nothing would stop them from observing their religious obligation come May 26, 2026. A cross-section of Muslims interviewed in Kaduna on Tuesday expressed gratitude to God for seeing them through to witness the 2026 Sallah celebration, declaring that “with or without animal sacrifice, they will perform their spiritual obligation.” According to Alhaji Murtala Jimoh, the Managing Director of Kaduna Motors, there is no spiritual obligation that makes animal sacrifice compulsory. “It is necessary to sacrifice…

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State have appealed to aggrieved aspirants in the party’s recently concluded primaries to embrace peace and unity ahead of the general elections. The appeal was made by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and founder of the Tinubu Kauran Gwandu Movement for Continuity (TKG), Ahmed Umar Faruk, in a statement issued on Monday. Faruk said unity and peace were necessary for the party’s success in the forthcoming elections, urging aspirants who lost in the primaries to avoid actions capable of causing division within the APC. “We wish to…

Men of the Oyo State Police Command have killed three persons suspected of being kidnappers.  The suspects were killed in Otu in Itesiwaju local government area of Oyo, according to the Public Relations Officer of the Police department, Olayinka Ayanlade. The police also rescued a kidnapped victim identified as Mosudi Gbolagade, Ayanlade’s statement on Tuesday, said. Gbolagade, who was abducted in Okaka town, was rescued by operatives in collaboration with local hunters.  “The operation also resulted in the successful rescue of an abducted victim, identified as Mr Mosudi Gbolagade, male, aged about 50 years, who had earlier been kidnapped at Okaka…