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Fresh details have emerged on the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and two Chinese firms, Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited and Xingcheng (Fuzhou) Industrial Park Operation and Management Co. Ltd, for collaboration through a potential Technical Equity Partnership to support the completion and operation of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. It was gathered exclusively on Sunday that the new arrangement is neither a contract award nor a fresh spending commitment, amid growing public scrutiny over the state-owned refineries. The clarification followed increasing public debate and speculation surrounding the agreement signed by NNPC with…

FIFA has announced an 11-member Technical Study Group for the 2026 World Cup, with former players and coaches set to analyse matches and decide the winners of major individual awards during the tournament. The panel was unveiled on Monday during a virtual media briefing monitored by The Nation ahead of the competition, which begins next month at Estadio Azteca. The group will be led by FIFA Senior Football Expert Pascal Zuberbühler and includes former Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta, ex-Germany striker and coach Jürgen Klinsmann, Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill, former Ghana coach Otto Addo, Costa Rica legend Paulo Wanchope…

The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, has said female candidates have outnumbered their male counterparts in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Dangut disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing at the council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos. The 2026 WASSCE commenced on April 21 with practical papers and will end on June 19. According to Dangut, 1,001,072 candidates, representing 51.08 per cent of the total enrolment, are female, while 958,564 candidates, representing 48.92 per cent, are male. He said the figures reflected a rise in female…

My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge, and also just one of my very closest friends.I mention that because Joanna just left that lofty perch at The Journal to start her own media company called New Things. She’s starting with her new book about AI, called I Am Not a Robot, which is out this week on May 12th.You’ll hear us reference the fact that she…

Circle Internet Group agreed to sell 740 million ARC tokens for $222 million in a private placement led by a16z Crypto, valuing the Arc blockchain network at $3 billion on a fully diluted basis.The New York Stock Exchange-listed issuer of the USDC stablecoin disclosed the token presale Monday alongside its first-quarter 2026 results, which showed higher revenue and reserve income but lower net income.The round was led by a16z Crypto and backed by a consortium including BlackRock, Apollo Funds, ARK Invest, Bullish, General Catalyst, Haun Ventures, Intercontinental Exchange, IDG Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace, SBI Group and Standard Chartered…

Katt Williams was not afraid to go there during Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart. Williams, 54, cracked a joke about comedian and actor Kevin Hart attending Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ parties during the live comedy special in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 10. “Just because Kevin went to Diddy parties does not mean he did something wrong,” Williams quipped, adding, “The fact he gets all quiet when you bring it up … that means he did something wrong.” Diddy is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence following his 2025 conviction on two counts of transportation for prostitution. He was also…

Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Sunday shot dead an undergraduate said to be of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and injured three others in a violent attack. The attack reportedly occurred at about 6 p.m. along the Benin-Lagos Road, directly in front of the university’s main gate. Witnesses said the deceased, identified simply as Alexander, was driving a Mercedes-Benz GLK out of the campus with two other occupants when masked gunmen in another unregistered white GLK Mercedes-Benz intercepted them. According to witness accounts, the attackers immediately opened fire on the vehicle at close range, targeting the driver’s side before…

The Rivers State Police Command has imposed restrictions on tricycle (Keke) movement in parts of Port Harcourt following rising cases of the notorious “one chance” robbery syndicate in the state. The directive was announced on Monday, May 11, 2026, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, as part of fresh security measures to curb street crimes targeting commuters. According to the Command, intelligence reports linked several robbery and abduction incidents to suspects operating with tricycles along major routes within the metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the development,…

A former National Assembly candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Dr Emmanuel Ezeh, has dismissed speculations of a zoning crisis within the Labour Party in Ebonyi, describing such narratives as politically motivated attempts aimed at importing “old political traditions” into what he termed a progressive political movement. He noted that zoning arrangements have done little to deepen democratic governance in the country, adding that Nigerians are increasingly demanding issue-based politics and credible leadership capable of delivering democratic dividends. Eze maintained that the Labour Party was founded on principles of inclusiveness, accountability and merit, warning that attempts to reduce internal political…

Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a 50-year-old truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, from Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, for unlawful possession of minerals valued at N2.4 million. Bawa was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin after he was found guilty of the charge preferred against him by the EFCC. The convict was the driver of a truck used in conveying minerals allegedly purchased without a licence by a Chinese national, Gang Deng, who was earlier convicted and…