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Love Island U.K.’s Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu have split less than one year after they were crowned the winners of the reality dating show. “@ekinsuofficial & I are no longer together,” Davide, 28, announced via his Instagram Story on Thursday, June 29. “I am grateful for the memories and opportunities we shared together and I wish her nothing but the best.” The entrepreneur requested that fans “respect this decision during this difficult time”… Read the full article here

In another major reversal, the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted. In a pair of decisions, the six conservative justices ruled that Harvard, the nation’s oldest private college, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the oldest state university, were illegally discriminating based on race and violating the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Chief… Read the full article here

Retailers of local concoction, ‘Baba Aisha Herbal Medicine’ have either taken off the streets or discontinued the sales of the product, a recent survey by DUBAWA and PREMIUM TIMES shows. This development follows efforts by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) since we published an investigation which exposed the harmful nature of the concoction. In one of its several responses, NAFDAC said it had commenced a nationwide mop-up of the toxic… Read the full article here

President Bola Tinubu has reunited three of his successors as governor of Lagos State. Lagos State has produced Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi Ambode, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governors after Tinubu. Tinubu ruled Lagos State as governor from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, he handed over to the immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who superintended over the state for another eight years. At the expiration of his second tenure, Fashola handed over the baton of the state to… Read the full article here

Former Big Brother Naija Season 7 housemate, Beauty Tukura has stated that despite the toxic nature of her relationship with her colleague, Groovy, her love was genuine. She said that she wasn’t playing games with Groovy, stressing that she is a realist. The reality star stated this during the ‘Level Up’ reunion show episode 8, aired on Thursday night. She said, “[My relationship with Groovy] was real at that time. I was being genuine from start to finish. And that was what it… Read the full article here

Chelsea are not willing to loan Romelu Lukaku out again, the UK Sun reports. This means the Belgium striker faces staying at Stamford Bridge to play under incoming manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Blues signed Lukaku from Inter Milan in the summer of 2021 after he helped the Serie A side clinch the Scudetto. Lukaku failed to light up the Premier League despite his £98million price tag. After giving an explosive interview revealing his desire to return to Inter, the forward was… Read the full article here

French security forces overnight Thursday to Friday arrested 667 people in a third consecutive night of violence sparked by the killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic control, the interior minister announced. “Last night, our police, gendarmes and firefighters again courageously confronted rare violence. In line with my firm instructions, they made 667 arrests,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter. Details later… AFP … Read the full article here

A 33-year-old woman, Olufumilayo Eriolowa, who was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly assaulting a police officer, Olufowobi Nureni, at the Ogombo area of Lagos State, has been freed of all the charges. Eriolowa, who had been remanded in custody since May 17, 2023, was freed by Magistrate M. O. Alao of the Magistrates’ Court in Eti-Osa, Lagos, after the case was struck out. The PUNCH had reported that the state Police Public Relations… Read the full article here

The Chief Executive Officer of LSX Integrated Agro Processing, Leke Oluwatosin has called on the government to explore palm kernel oil processing to boost the sector’s contributions to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. Oluwatosin disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos recently. He also harped on the viability of palm oil and its derivatives value chain in increasing the country’s agriculture revenue. “The choice of oil… Read the full article here

Remo Stars goalkeeper, Kayode Bankole, in this interview with Ebenezer Bajela talks about his delight playing in the CAF Champions League next season, his Super Eagles dream, the improvement in the Nigerian League and more You played a major role in Remo’s success last season. As a young goalkeeper, how do you feel about that? Well, I will like to credit the whole team for the success because football is not an individual game but rather teamwork. But personally, I… Read the full article here