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The South-West Development Commission has given its newly inaugurated Action Committee on TransComs a 180-day mandate to deliver a rural transformation programme from concept to execution of pilot projects and lay the groundwork for regional scale-up. The committee will be co-led by the MD/CEO, Dr Charles Akinola, and Prof Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Programme Director of the Foundation for Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development, the technical partner of SWDC on the initiative. It was inaugurated at the close of the TransComs co-creation roundtable held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State, over the weekend. SWDC MD/CEO Akinola said, “The…

Pep Guardiola expects Manchester City striker Omar Marmoush to have a key role in the closing stages of the English season. City have four games left this campaign, including the FA Cup final, in a busy 12-day spell that could yet see them finish with a domestic treble following their League Cup success. Such is City’s squad strength, Egypt forward Marmoush has made just seven Premier League starts this season, but he proved his worth with a goal off the bench in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat of Brentford. City manager Guardiola now hopes Marmoush and other fringe players can step up…

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on Monday announced that the Federal Government has retained 16 years as the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Alausa made the announcement during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja, noting that the decision followed extensive consultations and policy reviews involving key education stakeholders. According to him, the policy was designed to strike a balance between academic readiness and inclusivity in Nigeria’s tertiary education system. “Following extensive consultations and policy reviews, the government has maintained sixteen (16) years as the minimum age for admission into…

Venmo is starting to test a big redesign of its app, and as part of the changes, it will be implementing a major new privacy measure: the onboarding process for new users will set their posts to only be viewable by their friends by default instead of being public.It’s a notable update for a platform that has struggled with privacy in the past. In 2021, BuzzFeed News tracked down President Joe Biden’s Venmo account and the accounts of people in his inner circle because Venmo, at the time, had no way to keep your Venmo contacts private. It fixed that…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in fighting form as $80,000 support survives a volatile weekly close.Key points:Bitcoin preserves the potential for upside continuation as one trader pencils in $85,000 for the coming days.Consolidation is also a popular prediction as BTC/USD surfs CME futures gaps and grabs liquidity.The US-Iran war continues to provide snap market turbulence across crypto and risk assets.Buyer commitment to BTC leads analysis to forecast a longer-term uptrend.Two Bitcoin price metrics are about to deliver their first “golden cross” in nearly three years.Latest BTC price targets include $85,000Bitcoin saw classic end-of-week volatility thanks to geopolitical developments as…

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s company Artists Equity is the subject of a lawsuit alleging defamation against two Miami law enforcement officials who inspired its film The Rip. According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, published on Saturday, May 9, Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, two police officers from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, are suing the actors’ production company over their depictions in the Netflix movie, created by Artists Equity and released on January 16. As the outlet pointed out, Smith and Santana are not mentioned or referenced to by name in the film, however the lawsuit alleges that performances…

President Bola Tinubu arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, in the early hours of Monday to participate in the highly anticipated Africa Forward Summit. The president’s aircraft touched down at approximately 00:18 a.m. local time. President Tinubu was received on arrival by Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, the High Commissioner of Kenya in Nigeria, Isaac Parashina, alongside senior Kenyan government officials and members of Nigeria’s diplomatic mission in Kenya. The Africa/France Summit will be co-hosted by President Williams Ruto of Kenya and French President Emmanuel Macron. President Tinubu’s participation in the summit underscores…

The Nigerian Air Force has released footage of airstrikes carried out in Kusasu, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, showing suspected bandits attempting to cross a river, with a canoe seen arriving at the gathering point. DAILY POST earlier reported that the incident followed an air operation on Sunday in Guradnayi, a settlement near Kusasu, where an unspecified number of civilians were reportedly killed in the strike. Local sources said the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, with eyewitnesses estimating that at least 12 people lost their lives in a single residence. “It happened around 5 a.m.,” said Auta Awododo,…

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has extended the sale of its nomination forms for the 2027 general elections by one week. The decision was announced in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by the party’s Secretary-General, Ogini Olaposi.Olaposi explained that the extension followed a directive from the party’s Board of Trustees to the National Working Committee, which was approved by the party’s founder, Boniface Aniebonam.According to him, the move became necessary due to a delay by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in uploading the logo of the party’s recognised leadership. “The extension is to give room for the resolution…

At least 12 people were killed on Sunday after bandits launched coordinated attacks on communities in Mazoji Ward of Katsina State. Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed this in a post on X, saying the attacks occurred in Matazu Local Government Area. According to the post, “Two people were killed in Dugul; one person was killed in Hayin Nomau.” Bakatsine also stated that “nine people were killed in Salihawar Maruji/Salihawa Saminu”. He added that “the attacks have left families devastated and communities in fear, once again exposing the deepening insecurity across rural communities in the state”. Neither the state government nor the…