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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the presidential ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is dead on arrival. Wike said Makinde’s decision to join the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, in pursuit of his presidential ambition would fail. This comes as Makinde declared his intention to run for the presidency on the platform of APM in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday. Makinde’s declaration followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between Makinde’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and APM. However, Wike maintained that Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has never…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kano has arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of vandalising railway materials linked to the Federal Government’s Kaduna-Kano railway project. According to a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, the suspect, Sani Ismail, from Kuya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was arrested in Kiru Local Government Area of Kano State after intelligence reports led operatives to him. The statement said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect vandalised and removed eleven rail line clips installed on the new standard gauge railway project currently under construction…

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has insisted he is more interested in winning matches than trying to outscore Manchester City. Arteta, speaking to reporters on Thursday, said goal difference settling the Premier League title race will be secondary. Manchester City thrashed Crystal Palace 3-0 on Wednesday, a result that saw their goal difference increase to +43, one more than Arsenal’s. In the last two matches, City will play Bournemouth and Aston Villa, while the Gunners play Burnley and Palace. Arteta said: “First we have to earn the right to win the game. Obviously if you can make a difference with more goals,…

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project has announced the closure of 30 contaminated sites in Ogoniland, Rivers State, while investigations have commenced on 18 high-risk polluted locations in residential communities. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja ahead of the organisation’s high-level conference on donor facilitation and diplomatic support scheduled for May 26, 2026. Zabbey explained that the United Nations Environment Programme had initially investigated 65 contaminated sites in Ogoniland and recommended remediation for the affected areas. He, however, noted that not all polluted locations in the area were captured in…

A Nigerian medical doctor based in the United States of America, identified simply as Afolabi, narrowly escaped death after a mob attacked him over a false kidnapping allegation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, according to findings by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, occurred on Monday around 2:30 pm at the 2nd Powerline area, Ologuneru, along the Eleyele–Ido Road in Ido Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the mob had already set the victim’s Lexus RX 330 SUV ablaze before the arrival of police operatives. Two girls, identified as Deborah, 15, and Rebecca, 12, who were found…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election under the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement. The governor made this known at a rally held at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital, amid a growing political realignment in the state involving factions of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 general elections. “I, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, Excellency, announce my candidacy for the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said. Makinde had earlier led the Taminu Turaki faction of the PDP in Oyo State to sign…

Nigerian professionals and salary earners have been urged to move beyond dependence on monthly pay cheques and focus on converting their income into long-term assets capable of generating sustainable wealth.  The call was made in Lagos recently at the third edition of the Game of Money Conference convened by financial educator and media personality Tope Mark-Odigie, where business executives, bankers, investors and human resource professionals stressed the importance of disciplined investing, financial planning and intentional wealth creation amid Nigeria’s economic pressures. The 2026 edition of the conference, themed ‘How to Build Wealth on a Salary’, focused specifically on helping salary…

The World Boxing Association (WBA) has granted approval for Oleksandr Usyk to defend his “Super” heavyweight title against former kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven in a bout scheduled for May 23 in Egypt. As reported by BBC Sport on Thursday, the fight is set to take place at the iconic Pyramids of Giza, marking a rare crossover contest between boxing and kickboxing elites at the heavyweight level. While the WBA confirmed the fight as a title defence for Usyk, it clarified that Verhoeven will not be eligible to win the belt due to his current lack of ranking within the organisation.…

AMD is bringing its FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to older graphics cards. In an announcement on X, Jack Huynh, AMD’s head of computing and graphics, says FSR 4.1 will roll out to RDNA 3 GPUs in July, followed by a launch on RDNA 2 chips in early 2027.This summer’s update will allow Radeon RX 7000-series chip owners to access AMD’s upscaling tech across more than 300 supported games, including Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 6, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. FSR 4.1’s broader expansion next year will allow the tech to expand to more devices running RDNA 2 architecture, like the Steam Deck.AMD…

The next major evolution of gaming may come from a rapidly growing digital universe where AI agents and humans coexist, compete, collaborate, learn, earn, and evolve together in real time. That world is called Clawville.Built as an open-world 3D MMORPG designed specifically for both AI agents and human players, Clawville is positioning itself as one of the most ambitious intersections of gaming, artificial intelligence, culture, and decentralized technology currently emerging in crypto.“At a time when the AI sector is exploding and autonomous agents are becoming one of the hottest narratives in technology,” began John, co-founder of Clawville “Clawville is pushing…