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Over 1,000 retirees of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency are still awaiting their pension benefits years after exiting service, as they decry the prolonged delay and urge the Federal Government to urgently intervene. Former Director of Air Traffic Services at NAMA and Chairman of the NAMA Pensioners Association, Stephen Olopha, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the lingering non-payment of pension increase arrears. Olopha told The PUNCH that the affected pensioners, who transitioned from the Defined Benefits Scheme to the Contributory Pension Scheme following the enactment of the Pension Reform Act, had not received pension increments since…

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested Wednesday that Brazil should hire Argentina’s Lionel Messi, when asked about his country’s performance in the World Cup so far. The five-time world champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Morocco in their opening match, which highlighted several frailties in their game. Brazil’s fiercest football rivals Argentina had a far better time, with Messi scoring three goals against Algeria on Tuesday. “I was thinking about signing Messi to play for Brazil,” Lula said, laughing, when journalists asked him about his country’s showing at the World Cup. However, he noted it wasn’t a…

We’re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we’ve been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable.Cook doesn’t say when Apple plans on raising prices or which products will be affected. The company has already stopped selling the Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM in March and later raised the starting price of the Mac Mini to $799 after dropping the cheaper $599 option from its lineup. Analyst Tim Culpan also suggested that Apple could discontinue the base configuration of the MacBook Neo, while keeping…

Several national gaming and tribal organizations and labor groups have reportedly called on the US Senate to add language “that explicitly prohibits event contracts tied to sports and casino-style gaming” in the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act.According to a Wednesday Semafor report, groups tied to sports betting, including the Indian Gaming Association and American Gaming Association have united against what they called gambling on prediction markets. They requested that the US Congress use the CLARITY Act now under consideration in the Senate to affirm that “sports betting falls outside the [Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s] remit and cannot be offered…

Olivia Wilde is offering rare insight into how she coparents her two children with her ex-fiancé, Jason Sudeikis. “I’m a very present mom even when I’m not able to be consistently present,” Wilde, 42, said on the Wednesday, June 17, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I’m a coparent. I share custody, and I am really grateful for the opportunity to have this space when I am completely with my kids, completely engaged with them and they are the focus. … It’s an interesting thing, like, once you are sharing custody with someone. It shifts the way you think…

The federal government says it will establish dedicated safe spaces in all 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country to strengthen protection and support services for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ministry and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in Abuja. The agreement, signed in partnership with the New Era Foundation, aims to strengthen protection, rehabilitation and support services for survivors of gender-based violence across the country. Ms Sulaiman-Ibrahim said the initiative…

The federal government has launched a new Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Fund for Cancer Patients, committing an initial N50 million to help vulnerable Nigerians overcome non-medical barriers that often prevent them from accessing or completing cancer treatment. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, announced the intervention on Wednesday during the official flag-off of the initiative in Abuja. According to him, the fund is designed to provide timely and equitable support for cancer patients facing challenges such as transportation costs, accommodation expenses, food insecurity and lack of social support. Mr Salako said these challenges contribute…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control on Wednesday said cosmetic products, food and beverages account for over 50 per cent of counterfeit products in the country. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at a news conference organised by the agency to commemorate the 2026 International Anti-Counterfeit Month observed globally in June. Adeyeye, represented by Director of Investigation and Enforcement, NAFDAC, Dr Martins Iluyomade, said the percentage was based on the volume of counterfeit and fake cosmetics, food and beverages confiscated by NAFDAC. She added that fake and substandard medicines containing incorrect ingredients, insufficient active…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced that all equipment involved in the June 8 Warri-Itakpe Train Service incident has been fully recovered, while affirming that all passengers and personnel on board have been accounted for. The corporation disclosed this in an update on the incident issued on Monday, stating that the train, which departed Itakpe Station at 12:00 noon en route to Ujevwu, Warri, was involved in the incident at about 4:17 p.m. near Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station, Agbor, Delta State. According to the NRC, the train was carrying 442 passengers and 40 operational personnel, including train crew, security officers,…

VSCO is taking on Adobe with a new Studio Pro editing app rolling out today on iOS and coming to macOS later this year, as Bloomberg reports. At launch, the app offers tools for batch editing, style matching from a reference image, and sharing images through VSCO Galleries. VSCO says more features are coming later, including support for RAW images, advanced export options, and additional advanced editing tools like adjusting image aspect ratios.A press release says the app is made for managing high-volume editing projects, like “weddings, portraits, events, sports, school photography, and other large-scale photoshoots.”The $500 per year VSCO…