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The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday formally impeached the suspended Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku. Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency I, had, on Monday, August 17, 2026, resigned his position as Speaker of the House. Yekini Idaiye, the lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo I, was then elected as his replacement. However, eight days after the controversy began, the House converted Agbebaku’s resignation to impeachment. The new Speaker, Idaiye, backed by some lawmakers, said the impeachment notice was signed by 17 members of the House. He said the impeachment notice was formally presented by the Majority Leader during last Monday’s plenary, noting…

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activated its Pasteur hard fork on Tuesday, closing bridge verification and validator authorization gaps while introducing a new route intended to fit more transactions into each block. In a Tuesday post, BNB Chain confirmed that Pasteur was live on the BSC mainnet. The team said the upgrade strengthens the network’s bridge, staking and governance security while giving blocks more capacity without changing its 450-millisecond block time. The upgrade combines three BNB Evolution Proposals. BEP-682 rejects duplicate validator entries during cross-chain light-block verification, while BEP-695 tightens controls involving validator key rotation, slashing and governance voting. Furthermore, BEP-675 changes how…

Lindsay Clancy’s defense team’s request for a mistrial has been denied by Judge William Sullivan after the prosecution recruited a witness who evoked her Catholic religion while testifying. Dr. Kirk Heilbrun took the stand on Monday, August 24, to discuss a conversation he had with Clancy, 36, in April after she killed her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in January 2023. Following the killings, Clancy survived an alleged suicide attempt. “That was part of her expectation was that she and her children would be together in heaven with God. She was raised as a Catholic. As…

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has asked Nigerians to take advantage of the 2027 campaign period to examine each candidate’s academic records and proposals and ask “tough questions.” Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, spoke during a press conference on Friday to flag off his 2027 presidential campaign. The conference was streamed live on his Facebook page and other social media platforms. President Bola Tinubu’s birth records and academic history have been a subject of controversy before his election in 2023. The controversy resurfaced recently ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking at the press…

Hundreds of Lagos pensioners under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Contributory Pension Scheme, marched through parts of the state on Monday in a warning protest over the delayed implementation of a pension increase they said had been approved but was yet to be effected by the state government and the Lagos State Pension Commission. The pensioners accused the government and the commission of dragging their feet on the payment of the increase, despite previous assurances that the adjustment would be implemented. They warned that failure by the government to respond positively by August 31 would trigger a larger protest in…

KOREASouth Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank taps Ripple for cross-border paymentsSouth Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to deploy its cross-border payment system for business customers.The service targets businesses including import-export companies, technology startups and online content creators. Ripple said its system would provide the bank with faster, less expensive remittance capabilities than conventional transfers routed through intermediary banks via the SWIFT messaging network, which can take several days. South Korean lawmakers seek expanded FIU powers over unregistered crypto firmsA group of South Korean lawmakers has introduced a bill to amend an existing financial law and expand the Financial Intelligence…

There’s a new lead in the unsolved 1992 kidnapping and killing of Tammy Zywicki, a college student who was found fatally stabbed along a stretch of highway in Missouri nearly 34 years ago. Illinois State Police announced on Sunday, August 23 — the 34th anniversary of the last known sighting of Zywicki — that investigators have identified a person of interest who they are seeking more information about in their ongoing investigation, which also involves the FBI. Zywicki, then 21 years old, vanished on August 23, 1992, after she set off from Evanston, Illinois, on a drive to her college…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed his former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to a senior position in his campaign council for the 2027 presidential election, nearly three years after suspending her for paying government funds into private accounts. The then-minister’s action violated the country’s financial regulations. Edu was named director of women mobilisation in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, which was unveiled on Saturday. The council is chaired by Tinubu, with Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, as vice chairmen. Former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari is the director-general, while…

Nigeria’s dependence on imported petrol showed further signs of rebounding in July as supplies from domestic refineries dropped sharply, forcing a bigger contribution from foreign imports despite the country’s expanding refining capacity. Latest statistics on Nigeria’s midstream and downstream petroleum operations for July 2026, published on Monday, showed that domestic petrol supply fell by 21 per cent within one month, while petrol imports rose by nine per cent. The development points to the continuing challenge facing Africa’s largest oil producer as it seeks to replace decades of dependence on imported petroleum products with output from local refineries. The factsheet showed…

Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey inside her own home, has died in custody just six months into a 20-year prison sentence at the age of 32. His attorney confirmed the death on August 23, 2026, reigniting attention on a case that prompted a new Illinois law and drew national scrutiny of police department hiring practices. Grayson’s death from cancer arrives less than a year after his conviction and closes one chapter of a story that shattered a family and led to statewide policy change. Here is what to know about his cancer battle,…