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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…

Union Bank of Nigeria has bagged the Best SME Growth Banking Initiatives Award for 2025, reaffirming its reputation as a premier supporter of local commerce. The accolade was presented by the Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria at the Nigeria National SME Business Awards recently held in Lagos. The award recognises the Bank’s strategic leadership in advancing the growth and resilience of small and medium-sized enterprises through a differentiated suite of solutions designed to enable business expansion and long-term value creation. Receiving the award on behalf of the bank, Head of the SME Segment at Union Bank, Ayokunnumi Abraham,…

The Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency has announced plans to enrol no fewer than 6,000 tuberculosis patients into its vulnerable healthcare scheme as part of a renewed effort to improve access to treatment and reduce the burden of the disease across the state. The Executive Secretary of KSCHMA, Dr. Rahila Mukhtar, made the disclosure on Wednesday during an advocacy visit by the Kano TB Network and the Society for Child Support and Economic Empowerment, led by its Coordinator, Sunusi Hashim. “We have a plan to enrol 6,000 TB patients into our vulnerable healthcare scheme to improve access to treatment…

Former Super Eagles winger John Utaka has advised Victor Osimhen to join Real Madrid if popular coach José Mourinho eventually gets the Los Blancos job and requests his signature, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen is currently ending his second season at Galatasaray and has helped the club secure their 26th league title this season, scoring 15 goals and providing five assists in 22 league appearances. The striker has been the subject of transfer interest in the last three summer transfer windows, and it was recently reported that Mourinho’s link to the Madrid job could also spark Los Blancos’ interest in…

I remember a time when Alienware refused to make a thinner laptop — the company didn’t want to compromise on its builds. But today, Dell is slapping the Alienware name on a piece of hardware that sounds utterly watered down. It’s partly RAMageddon’s fault.Even with a last-gen, entry-level Nvidia RTX 4050 graphics chip, you’ll pay $1,299 and up. (In some markets the laptop will start with an RTX 3050 — a five-year old chip!) An RTX 5050 will cost you $1,459 or more, and a mid-range RTX 5060 model costs $1,849 and up.For that kind of money you could easily…

The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a joint initiative backed by Tether, Tron and blockchain analytics company TRM Labs, says it has helped freeze more than $450 million in assets linked to suspected criminal activity since its launch in 2024. The group said in a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph that it has worked with law enforcement agencies across 23 jurisdictions to target funds tied to alleged drug trafficking, exchange hacks, North Korea-linked activity, terrorist financing and violent “wrench” attacks, including kidnappings and extortion. The unit focuses on Tether’s USDT stablecoin activity on the Tron blockchain and says it has been…

Madonna, Shakira and BTS are set to headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show in July. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association announced the news late Wednesday, May 13, in an Instagram post. The 2026 World Cup final is set to take place on Sunday, July 19, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. “A FIFA World Cup first, the Halftime Show supports the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, a landmark initiative working to raise $100 USD million to expand access to quality education and football for children around the world,” FIFA said in its Instagram post. “Throughout the…

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has unveiled a N100 billion Development Trust Fund to drive infrastructural development and transform the institution into a financially self-sustaining university. At the unveiling on Wednesday in Benin, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Edoba Omoregie, said the initiative was conceived by the management and modelled after similar ones in leading global institutions. He explained that the initiative was designed to address infrastructural challenges and strengthen the university’s long-term financial sustainability. The vice chancellor said the university planned to use the fund for project construction, including a student hostel, a five-star hotel with conference facilities,…

Local government employees in Benue State, on Thursday began a two-week warning strike over unpaid wages, delayed promotions, and unresolved pension remittances, disrupting operations across all 23 local government councils in the state. The strike came after the expiration of an earlier 14-day ultimatum and a further seven working days’ notice issued to Governor Hyacinth Alia’s administration by the Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). In a notice dated May 13, 2026, and endorsed by the State President, Joshua Adah Adiniya, alongside the State Secretary, Aseneshi Musa Yusuf, the union accused the state government of neglecting…

An All Progressives Congress chieftain and former executive secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, has explained why Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing the Abia South Senatorial District, will not return to the red chamber in 2027. He disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.  According to Ikonne, Abaribe’s constituents in Abia State have resolved that he should not be re-elected in 2027, having spent almost 20 years in the Senate without any “developmental projects in the district to show for the long stay.”  “Senator Abaribe is already coming back home. This is 20 years in the Senate,…