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President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, across the federation to conduct primary election wherever consensus fails. The president made this call in a statement by his Special Assistant on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday. He charged all participants in the primaries, as contestants or voters to keep the peace and be ready to play as sportsmen and women in the overall interest of the party and the country. According to him, the party cannot afford rancorous conduct or the debasement of the nation’s democracy and party unity. “Election is an…
The Yobe State Police Command says its operatives have arrested 23 suspects in coordinated raids and intelligence-led operations across the state. The Command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. According to the Command, on May 14, 2026, at about noon, operatives attached to Tarmuwa Division, in collaboration with local vigilante members, carried out a major raid operation at Tashan Fulani Village, Tarmuwa LGA. It added that during the operation, four suspects were arrested while in possession of various exhibits, including two and a half bundles of dry leaves suspected to be Indian…
Former Inter Milan striker, Obinna Nsofor, has urged Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen to leave the Turkish Super Lig champions in the summer transfer window. The former West Ham United star insisted that the Nigerian international has done enough for Galatasaray. Osimhen has won back-to-back Turkish Super Lig titles since joining Galatasaray from Napoli. He has been linked with a move away from the Yellow and Reds to join top clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United. “Victor Osimhen has done enough at Galatasaray. If he truly wants to become the best striker in the world, then he…
The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily maintained mail access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. The court extended its stay of a lower court order that would have halted nationwide mail delivery of the drug. A panel of the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ordered a halt to mail access to mifepristone, which is used in the majority of abortions in the United States. But that ruling now remains on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether it wants to hear the case. Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the decision…
Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that he almost lost his position last year due to the alleged involvement of actor-turned-politician Desmond Elliot in the political crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly during the speakership tussle involving Mudashiru Obasa. Speaking in a video widely circulating on social media on Thursday, Gbajabiamila narrated how Tinubu summoned him to his residence in Abuja at the height of the Obasa impeachment saga. According to the CoS, the president confronted him over intelligence reports linking Elliot, who represents Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos State House…
Guinness Nigeria Plc has reaffirmed its focus on sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and corporate transparency following a media engagement session held in Lagos. During the engagement, the company highlighted milestones recorded since the start of its strategic reset initiative, including improved profitability, stronger shareholder returns, and a stronger balance sheet. Guinness Nigeria Plc reported net sales of N730.8bn for the 18 months ended December 2025 and a net profit of N41.2bn. The company also stated that first-quarter 2026 net profit rose by 47.9 per cent to N10.4bn. The company added that its share price had appreciated significantly since September 2024,…
sports stakeholders have called on the National Sports Commission to reinstate volleyball and handball in the 2026 National Sports Festival, warning that their exclusion from the Enugu Games threatens to reverse years of progress in both sports and push athletes into idleness, The PUNCH reports. The NSC recently confirmed 20 sports for the Coal City Games, scheduled for Enugu State, following a meeting between its Director General, Bukola Olopade, and states’ Directors of Sports in Abuja, with volleyball and handball conspicuously absent. The commission said the reduction was in line with decisions taken at the last National Council on Sports…
Singer Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has led tributes to Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo, following his death at the age of 40 after a battle with advanced metastatic kidney cancer. Ekubo’s family confirmed that he passed away on Monday, May 11, 2026, at Evercare Hospital in Lagos and requested privacy as they mourn the late actor. In his tribute on Thursday through his Facebook account, Kcee said “we are all guilty,” noting that people are often “too good at eulogies… and too late with love,” as appreciation is frequently expressed only after death. He questioned why people reserve their…
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Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked — from a distance — like a little league trophy. It was not. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.” It’s a commemoration OpenAI employees bought for research scientist Josh Achiam, who testified yesterday.How exactly did this come up in a trial about nonprofit contract law? Allegedly, when Elon Musk was leaving OpenAI, he talked about wanting to race ahead of Google. Achiam, who worked on AI safety, asked if that was…
