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The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the officer who went viral on social media after threatening to shoot dead anyone who recorded him while on duty, confirming his identity and announcing the activation of internal disciplinary proceedings against him. The command, in a press statement signed and released by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration, Ngozi Ezeabata, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, on Thursday identified the officer as Assistant Superintendent of Police Newton Isokpehi, attached to the Anambra State Command. Isokpehi had on Wednesday triggered widespread public outrage after a…
The Allied Peoples Movement in Lagos State says it has concluded the screening of aspirants seeking to contest elective positions on the party’s platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of the APM Lagos State Screening Committee, Mr Abiodun Abari, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos after the screening exercise. Abari said that the five-man committee screened the party’s only consensus governorship aspirant, Prince Laja Adeoye, alongside other aspirants for various elective positions in the state. According to him, the committee screened three senatorial aspirants, 24 aspirants for the…
Swedish club AIK have confirmed that Nigerian teenager Zadok Yohanna remains sidelined with injury and will miss their next two league matches, after the club blocked the 18-year-old from honouring his maiden Super Eagles call-up for the Unity Cup in London, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Yohanna was named in Eric Chelle’s 27-man squad for the tournament after catching the Nigeria coach’s eye with five goals and four assists in 12 appearances across all competitions for AIK this season, performances that have also attracted reported interest from Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea and Real Madrid. However, the club refused…
Content creator and social media influencer, Amarachi Amusi, popularly known as Ashmusy, tells FAITH AJAYI about her career, decision to freeze her eggs and other issues Why did you decide to freeze your eggs at this point in your life? I really wanted to secure my future as a mother. Motherhood is very important to me, and I want to be sure that I will become a mum in the future, no matter what happens. I arrived at that clarity after going through a few serious relationships that I genuinely believed would end in marriage, but they didn’t. I also…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq’s proposal to list cash-settled Bitcoin index options on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.The options are European-style contracts tied to the Nasdaq Bitcoin Index, a benchmark that tracks one one-hundredth of the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index, which updates with data from major cryptocurrency exchanges every 200 milliseconds. The approval was granted on an accelerated basis and published Friday on the SEC’s website.The new contracts are cash-settled, meaning holders receive the difference between the Bitcoin spot price and the strike price at expiration. Unlike options on spot Bitcoin ETFs, there is no physical…
Stewart “Stew” McLean was best known for appearing in Virgin River before his disappearance and death made headlines in May 2026. On May 18, 2026, McLean was reported missing to the Squamish Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) after last being seen at his Lions Bay, British Columbia home three days prior. Three days after McLean’s disappearance was being investigated as a missing person’s case, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team stepped in to help with the search. The police’s running theory is that McLean could potentially be a murder victim. On May 22, Canada’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced via…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says his administration has completed 414 road projects, covering 864.12 kilometres across the state in the last three years. Mr Otti disclosed this at his May media briefing held on Friday night at the renovated Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia. He spent time to reel out the achievements recorded by his administration in infrastructure, health, education, transportation, environment and fiscal management. He said that the emphasis on roads was part of the efforts to improve infrastructure and stimulate economic growth in the state. The governor said that an additional 82 road projects, measuring about 212 kilometres,…
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook and the sixth richest man in the world, according to Forbes, is not known for throwing money around frivolously. In fact, his favourite everyday outfit is a simple T-shirt paired with jeans, both of which an average Walmart shopper could easily access. But in this one project, however, Zuckerberg is pulling all stops. He has been in the news for building for himself and his family, a ginormous piece of real estate that makes the Buckingham Palace look like a playpen. Koolau Ranch, a highly secretive $270 million compound, is situated on the Hawaiian…
Nigerian activist, JusticeCrack has spoken about his ongoing legal challenges, while calling for accountability, justice and good governance in the country. The remarks were contained in a statement posted on JusticeCrack’s official page. According to the statement, JusticeCrack said his experience had tested him emotionally, mentally and physically, but further strengthened his belief in a better Nigeria. He added that he would continue to respect the ongoing legal process surrounding the case. “What I went through, and what I am still going through, has tested me emotionally, mentally, and physically, but it did not break me. Instead, it made me…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi says all aspirants vying for the party’s presidential ticket have agreed to stop making derogatory comments against each other. This followed a recent outburst by Amaechi, who slammed former vice president Atiku Abubakar over his refusal for zoning. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday night, Amaechi said there was a resolve for all aspirants to back down on launching verbal attacks on each other. “We’ve agreed in our meeting that nobody should discuss any of the presidential aspirants anymore”, he said when asked how he would defeat Atiku and…
