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Controversial Nigerian singer, Speed Darlington, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid following the economic situation of the country. The singer publicly criticised second term ambition in a video shared on his Instagram page on Wednesday. While questioning the president’s achievement since he assumed office in 2023, Darlington lamented the government policy failure, structural failure, economic miscalculation, and worsening insecurity. Darlington further stated that a second term under Tinubu administration would be “hell fire” for Nigerians. ‘’You are here breaking your neck to become the next President of Nigeria but you’re not qualified to be President again. From your first…

Paris Saint-Germain will face Arsenal in the final of this year’s Champions League final. The Ligue 1 champions were held to a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. Despite most pundits and fans expecting a similar game to the 5-4 last week, it was a tight affair between the two teams. Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring, firing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s low cross past Manuel Neuer within the opening five minutes. In the dying minutes, Harry Kane fired in the equalizer, but it was too little and too late for the Bundesliga champions. PSG, who are the current holders,…

The Senate has assured health sector stakeholders that President Bola Tinubu will assent to the National Health Act Amendment Bill seeking to increase the Basic Health Care Provision Fund from one per cent to two per cent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary), Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja during a visit by a coalition of health sector stakeholders who commended the Senate for passing the bill. The amendment is aimed at strengthening primary healthcare services across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas and improving access to…

Human rights organisation, Amnesty International has condemned the killing of five people by armed political thugs in Kano on Tuesday, describing the incident as part of what it called the biggest surge in political violence in recent years. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the rights organisation said it is also investigating allegations linking some prominent Kano politicians and government officials to the sponsorship of armed groups allegedly involved in the attack. The organisation said it had reviewed video footage showing armed men moving in a mob, chasing fleeing victims who were later cornered, subdued, and killed on the streets.…

Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, has officially picked up her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the Ogun West Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, setting the stage for an early contest ahead of the 2027 general elections. This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Wednesday, stating that her endorsement into the race comes amid growing political realignments within the Ogun APC, following the party’s recent endorsement of Governor Dapo Abiodun as a consensus candidate for the Ogun East senatorial ticket. A copy of Salako-Oyedele’s APC nomination…

Inter Lagos responded to their opening defeat at the Nigeria National League Super 4 with a controlled 2-0 victory over Ranchers Bees in Ikenne on Wednesday evening, boosting their chances of a strong finish in the competition, PUNCH Online reports. Having both suffered a narrow 1-0 loss in their first match on Monday, both teams entered the encounter under pressure to deliver a positive result or face fading title hopes, and the Lagosians did so with a disciplined and clinical display. The first half proved evenly balanced, with both sides struggling to create clear-cut chances. Inter Lagos and Ranchers Bees…

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said lawmakers working towards passage of a digital asset market structure bill likely need to meet three conditions before the chamber could vote on the legislation.Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami on Wednesday, Gillibrand said she considered addressing consumer protection, illicit finance, and ethics provisions essential before any potential vote on the CLARITY Act. She said that if Congress were to consider those issues, as well as combine the draft of the market structure bill with the version already passed in the Senate Agriculture Committee and ensure ethics language, lawmakers could have a vote “before…

Travis Kelce is all about self-improvement — and trying to impress his fiancée, Taylor Swift. “I feel like Taylor has expanded your [palate],” Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, began on the Wednesday, May 6, episode of their “New Heights” podcast, referring to his sibling’s once-picky eating habits. Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, chimed in to add that Travis, 36, has been “more adventurous with food” ever since he started dating Swift, also 36, in 2023. “Yeah, I’m trying to act like more of a man when I’m around her,” Travis quipped. “[I am] eating foods I haven’t tried before. Yes!” Related: Jason…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the federal government for what it described as an attempt to “whitewash” the country’s economic realities with favourable GDP figures, insisting that millions of Nigerians are grappling with worsening hardship. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party said it was inappropriate for the government to celebrate economic statistics while citizens face rising hunger, poverty, and declining purchasing power. “The reality of the Nigerian economy is not what is written in government presentations. The reality is what Nigerians confront every day in markets, on farms, in factories,…

Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has formally declared his involvement in the political campaign for the re-election of his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, ahead of the August poll in the state. In a post on his X page on Wednesday, the singer announced that he had been inaugurated as part of the Imole Youth Mobilisation Campaign Council and had also picked up a membership card of the Accord Party in the state. “Yesterday I officially inaugurated the IMOLE YOUTH MOBILIZATION campaign council and also collected my membership card for the ACCORD PARTY in OSUN STATE…