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The Democratic Leadership Alliance has thrown its presidential ticket open to all parts of the country ahead of the 2027 general election, distancing itself from the zoning arrangement adopted by some political parties. Speaking at the party’s maiden national convention in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Chairman, Samuel Memeh, said the decision was aimed at promoting national unity and ensuring that competence, rather than regional considerations, determines leadership emergence within the party. The DLA, one of the newly registered political parties preparing for the 2027 polls, said it deliberately refused to restrict its presidential ticket to the South despite ongoing…

World record holder, Tobi Amusan, has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing African Athletics Championships after storming to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles final on Wednesday, PUNCH Online reports. Her compatriot and US-based hurdler, Adaobi Tabugbo, also finished third in the event to win her first individual medal for Nigeria, while Ashley Miller prevented the Nigerians from securing a 1-2 finish. The official time for the final had yet to be released as of press time, as the organisers had been battling a series of challenges, including a dysfunctional timing system, absence of live results, incomplete results…

Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls “Instants,” which are ephemeral photos that you can’t edit and that you can only share with your close friends or followers that follow you back. Instants are available globally beginning on Wednesday as a feature in the inbox in the Instagram app and as a separate app that’s now in testing in select countries.To access Instants from the Instagram app, go to your DM inbox and look in the bottom-right corner for an icon or a stack of photos. After you post…

Fidelity International, a global asset manager with about $1 trillion in client assets, has launched a tokenized liquidity fund assessed by Moody’s Ratings.The new Fidelity USD Digital Liquidity Fund (FILQ) is issued on blockchain infrastructure linked to Chainlink and was launched through Sygnum Bank’s tokenization platform.According to Sygnum, the fund received a AAA-mf assessment from Moody’s Ratings, a designation used for money market funds that signals strong credit quality and liquidity.“This marks an important milestone in the evolution of capital markets, demonstrating how tokenized liquidity products can bring high-quality, yield-bearing liquidity on-chain in a regulated and scalable way,” said Fatmire…

Macaulay Culkin is still navigating the death of his Home Alone movie mother, Catherine O’Hara, after her death earlier this year. “When Catherine passed away in January, that hit me,” Culkin, 45, told The Gentleman’s Journal in a new cover story. “That hit me pretty good ’cause, you know, it was just too soon. And I felt that we had unfinished business.” He continued, “I definitely feel like I had unfinished business with her, you know? I feel like I owed her a favor — and I don’t like having an outstanding debt.” O’Hara died in January at the age…

Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas and one of his predecessors, Jolly Nyame, on Tuesday, resolved their disagreements over the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Taraba North Senatorial District. Mr Nyame disclosed this after paying an unscheduled visit to Governor Kefas at the TY Danjuma House in Jalingo, a meeting that surprised political actors in the state. The reconciliation follows weeks of strain between the two APC leaders over the party’s senatorial nomination. Mr Nyame had indicated interest in succeeding Shuaibu Lau, who is seeking a fourth term in 2027, but later accused the party of denying him an…

President Bola Tinubu says the growing economic relationship between Nigeria and France must now translate into tangible development outcomes, as trade between both countries reached $4.7 billion in 2025. The president made the remarks while welcoming the outcome of the 10th France-Nigeria Business Council Meeting held during the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the president said Nigeria’s position as the leading destination for French investment in sub-Saharan Africa shows that the partnership between both countries has acquired significant economic importance. He added that the next phase of the relationship should focus on…

Maduka Okoye has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an Italian court permanently dropped the betting-related fraud investigation involving the Super Eagles goalkeeper, ending months of uncertainty surrounding the Udinese Calcio shot-stopper. The Nigerian international, who has enjoyed an impressive season in Serie A, had previously been investigated in connection with an alleged betting scandal that temporarily disrupted his campaign in Italy. The case had cast doubt on the future of the 26-year-old goalkeeper, despite his growing importance at Udinese and within the Nigerian national team setup. Okoye was sidelined for six league matches earlier in the season, missing fixtures…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, have commenced investigations into the cause of a fire outbreak involving a gas pipeline along Agege Motor Road in Lagos. Emergency responders were able to successfully contain the blaze after distress alerts were received through the state’s emergency hotlines. According to reports, LASEMA immediately activated a full emergency response operation, with its Eagle Response Team arriving at the Ile Zik area in Agege at about 3:13 a.m., where officials discovered that an NNPCL gas pipeline had been engulfed by fire. Authorities said the exact cause…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has cleared the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dennis Guwor and 45 others for the Assembly election primaries. The party announced this after a two-day screening of aspirants at the APC Secretariat in Asaba. The screening committee released the result in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Uche Uzochukwu, and Secretary, Dr Chiedozie Nwafor, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Asaba, on Wednesday. According to the committee, 82 aspirants appeared before the panel ahead of the party’s primary election. It disclosed that 46 aspirants sailed…