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Spore can find hidden mold behind walls. Indy can detect 16 different kinds of mold. And Buck went through a 1,000-hour training program before ever stepping inside a client’s house. Collectively, they’re taking the meaning of “good boy” to a whole new level. Across the country, specially trained mold detection dogs are becoming one of the most fascinating new tools in the fight against hidden mold — helping homeowners locate contamination without ripping apart drywall or tearing up floors blindly. For dog lovers, it’s another reminder of just how extraordinary canine noses really are. For homeowners, it could mean catching…
The Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a man to two years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of Lithium-bearing ore. Lithium is a key solid mineral on demand internationally for manufacturing of batteries. The trial judge, Abimbola Awogboro, sentenced the truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, a 50-year-old, after finding him guilty on one count of unlawful possession of minerals. According to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the convict was caught with 25 tons of Lithium valued at N2.4 million. Mr Bawa was said to have driven the truck used to convey minerals “allegedly purchased without…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has deposed Joseph Oloyede as the Apetu of Ipetumodu after the monarch’s conviction in the United States over COVID-19 relief funds fraud. Media aide to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, made this known in a statement on Monday. DAILY POST recalls that in August 2025, Oloyede was sentenced to 56 months in prison. The monarch was charged for allegedly defrauding the US government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed why he decided to form an alliance with former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Monday, Kwankwaso said the North is returning to the political approach adopted by Tafawa Balewa and Ahmadu Bello during their time. According to him, during the Second Republic, former President Shehu Shagari also worked closely with leaders from the South East. The former Kano State governor stated that the people of the South East are friends of the North, noting…
Barcelona defender Eric Garcia has revealed how his teammates reacted to the reported altercation involving Real Madrid players Aurelien Tchouameni and Fede Valverde prior to El Clasico. As the highly anticipated clash between the two LaLiga giants approached, Real Madrid found themselves in the spotlight for negative reasons. Reports from Valdebebas claimed that Tchouameni and Valverde were involved in a physical confrontation during a training session. Real Madrid subsequently announced that disciplinary measures would be taken against the two midfielders, while Valverde reportedly suffered a head injury that prevented him from featuring in El Clasico. Alvaro Arbeloa included Tchouameni in…
A 37-year-old Niger State man, Isah Usman, has been arrested for the rape of three boys whose ages are 13, 14, and 15 years. Our correspondent gathered that the act was carried out in his room several times. The incident, it was also learnt happened on April 23 following which Usman, of Angwan Biri Area and who sells honey was accused of forcefully having unnatural carnal knowledge of the young boys after which he would give them N500 each and some honey, while threatening to kill them if they exposed the act to anybody. Arewa PUNCH further gathered that the…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the arrest of a truck driver following a fatal crash that claimed the lives of a pedestrian and a motorcyclist along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of the Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, that the incident occurred along the Iyana-Iba Flyover inward the main gate of Lagos State University on the main carriageway of the expressway. According to Taofiq, the crash involved a heavily loaded bucket truck allegedly travelling at high speed from the Volkswagen…
Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has dismissed suggestions that his exit from the African Democratic Congress has created a damaging split in the opposition. He said he and Atiku Abubakar may yet work together before the 2027 general election. Kwankwaso spoke in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, responding to concerns that his move to the Nigeria Democratic Congress alongside Peter Obi had effectively divided the opposition into two competing blocs ahead of the polls. “Now, we may still work together before the election. I personally, and I think even Obi himself, decided to leave ADC not because…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has faulted the recent agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Chinese firms to revamp and expand the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, describing it as another opaque arrangement amid unresolved questions over past refinery spending. In a statement issued on Sunday, NECA Director-General Adewale Oyerinde said it would be unpatriotic to support another refinery rehabilitation deal without full disclosure on the previous billions of dollars spent on turnaround maintenance projects. The association responded to the Memorandum of Understanding signed on May 4, 2026, between NNPC and Chinese firms, Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited…
OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them. Daybreak uses the Codex Security AI agent that launched in March to create a threat model based on an organization’s code and focus on possible attack paths, validate likely vulnerabilities, and then automate the detection of the higher risk ones.Its launch comes just over a month after rival Anthropic announced Claude Mythos, a security-focused AI model it claimed was too dangerous to publicly release and only shared privately as a part of its own initiative, dubbed Project Glasswing. Still, that didn’t stop at…
