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Retired Professor of Sociology and former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, Lai Olurode, has predicted a landslide victory for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Mr Olurode made the prediction in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES titled, “My Arguments for President Tinubu’s Re-election Bid.” He argued that Mr Tinubu’s chances of securing re-election had improved because of a more favourable political environment, improved security and the administration’s willingness to take difficult decisions. According to him, the president demonstrated political courage by retaining the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2023 election despite opposition to the arrangement.…

International Alert, in partnership with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, has trained about 150 journalists and media practitioners in Sokoto State on conflict-sensitive reporting and responsible journalism. The two-day training, held under the Resilience, Engagement, and Conflict-Prevention for At-Risk Populations’ Protection in Sokoto State Project and funded by the European Union, is aimed at equipping media professionals with the skills to report conflicts accurately without escalating tensions. Speaking at the training, Programme Manager of International Alert, Sanusi Audu, disclosed that participants were drawn from radio, print, online and digital media platforms across the state. He said the participants…

A married couple allegedly hid in Mexico “for months” before they were arrested in the country for their alleged role in the killing of a California school employee. Following the pair’s arrests on Wednesday, August 19, Antonio Garcia and Misty Gomez have been extradited to California, according to a Saturday, August 22, news release from the Clovis Police Department. Garcia, 40, of Tulare, and Gomez, 32, of Dinuba are facing homicide-related charges stemming from the deadly December 2025 beating of Geoffrey Bernardi, of Clovis, police said. An investigation revealed Gomez had been Bernardi’s “girlfriend” while “also married to Garcia,” according…

The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday rejected the purported resignation of former Speaker Blessing Agbebaku. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the House instead converted the resignation to impeachment during plenary in Benin. Moving the motion for Agbebaku’s impeachment, the Majority Leader, Sunday Ojezele, said the House did not receive the alleged resignation letter. Ojezele, who represents Esan South-East State Constituency, said the verbal resignation process “was unknown to parliamentary practices and did not conform to parliamentary procedures”. He urged members to support the impeachment of the ex-speaker. A majority of the members supported the motion for…

The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the identity and custody of a girl identified as Jennifer Joseph, who is also reportedly claiming Fatima as her Islamic name. The command was reacting to a series of social media posts concerning the custody of the girl. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. Habib said the girl was found in Bauchi and reported to the ‘E’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Yelwa, where she was identified during investigation as a student who allegedly ran away…

Lenovo is aware that some Legion Go devices may experience a blank screen during installation of BIOS version V42. BIOS V42 was not distributed through Windows Update or Legion Space, and Lenovo has removed the update from its support website while we continue our validation work. Users who have successfully completed the V42 update should not need to take further action at this time.If a device encounters a blank screen during V42 installation, users may try pressing and holding the power button for approximately 10 seconds, waiting approximately one minute, and then powering the device on again. If the device…

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann have been spotted in Atlanta days after their son Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr. was arrested for aggravated sodomy and aggravated sexual assault. In pictures obtained by Page Six, Kroy, 40, was seen picking up his 14-year-old son, Kash, from football practice at a fitness facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, on Saturday, August 22. The retired NFL star wore a white T-shirt, black jeans and black shoes as he waited for his son. One day later, Zolciak, 48, was photographed for the first time following KJ’s arrest. In pictures obtained by Page Six, the former Real Housewives…

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, in Anambra State, has suspended a lecturer in the institution’s Department of Chinese Studies, Ifeanyi Odinye, for violating the university’s General and Academic Regulations. NAU, a federal university in Anambra State, is popularly known as UNIZIK. The UNIZIK spokesman, Aloysius Attah, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Odinye, a professor, was physically assaulted and stripped on 15 August by some angry students over an alleged attempt to sexually molest a female student of the university sexually. At the time of the report, his identity had not been…

A 30-year-old man, Olukanyinsola Odebode, has been sentenced to 12 years for raping one woman and sexually assaulting another while on bail in the United Kingdom. Odebode, of Gainsborough Road, Cefn Golau, Tredegar, had previously been found guilty at trial of one count of rape and two counts of assault by penetration before he returned to Swansea Crown Court for sentencing. PUNCH Metro learnt this from a news report published by Wales Online on Monday. The offences were committed between June 2024 and September 2025. Odebode sexually assaulted and raped one woman in the Gwent Police area before he was…

AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani are officially married after the couple crowdfunded their wedding. “I married the love of my life yesterday. And it’s real; it wasn’t a dream,” McCord, 39, said in an Instagram video on Sunday, August 23, as she recorded herself in bed next to Cipriani, 38. “There’s love. There’s a grace upon my being. Every moment of this creation, of this ceremony, every moment of ritual, every stolen glance, until we could just stand there holding hands, looking in each other’s eyes for a frozen moment that held the current of infinity.” The 90210 alum called…