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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ogun State Command, has arrested 210 suspects for offences ranging from vandalism to fraud and illegal mining in the last one and a half years. The State Commandant, Mrs Remilekun Ekundayo, disclosed this during a familiarisation visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun Council in Abeokuta on Wednesday. Ekundayo also stated that the command had recovered over N23 million in fraud-related cases for victims and resolved over 1,700 disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms during the period under review. The state commandant stated that the command had continued to embark…
Shooting Stars Chairman, Hon Taiwo Lekan Salami, says that his team will fight to secure a continental this season. The Oluyole Warriors currently occupy fourth position on the league table. Shooting Stars will do battle with Barau FC in their next league fixture in Ibadan this weekend. Salami expressed optimism in his team’s ability to secure the needed points to achieve their target. “We will keep working hard, we will keep believing. We are hopeful of getting another victory in the clash against Barau FC,” Salami told the club’s media. “We will go to Minna in our last match against…
Anambra State has been selected as a pilot for the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan (2026–2030), positioning it as a model for grassroots HIV response in Nigeria. The development was announced during a strategic advocacy visit by the Executive Director/Project Manager of the Anambra State AIDS Control Agency, Nkem Okeke, to the National Agency for the Control of AIDS headquarters in Abuja. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, Okeke said the move reinforced Anambra’s commitment to advancing Nigeria’s HIV response, highlighting the need for sustained collaboration across government, civil society, and development partners to ensure efficiency, accountability,…
Some gunmen have reportedly abducted a Fulani herdsman based in Ijebu Jesa, Osun State, identified as Yahaya Sulaiman. The abductors, it was learnt, have demanded a sum of N70m ransom before his release. Sources in Ijebu Jesa, who preferred anonymity for security reasons, told our correspondent that the incident occurred at about 9 pm on Monday. A security source in the town further told PUNCH Online on Wednesday that Sulaiman must have been targeted by the perpetrators. He added that the gunmen asked for his whereabouts from a particular resident of the neighbourhood where the abduction took place before he…
The National Chairman of the Accord Party, Prof. Christopher Imumolen, has endorsed Abia State governor, Alex Otti, for a second term in office, assuring that the Accord Party will work with him to make his reelection a reality. Professor Imumolen made this endorsement and assurance public on Wednesday when he led members of his National Working Committee of the Accord Party in a private courtesy visit to Governor Otti at the governor’s Nvosi home town, noting that Otti has performed exceptionally well and deserves to be supported. According to him, after the meeting, “for me, development is beyond party line.…
Former FC Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Piqué has been handed a two-month suspension by the Spanish football federation following a confrontation with a referee. Piqué, who retired from professional football in 2022 and is now co-owner of FC Andorra, was involved in the incident after his side’s 1-0 defeat to Albacete Balompié last week. As reported by BBC Sport on Wednesday, according to referee Alonso de Ena Wolf’s report, the former defender made threatening remarks after the match, allegedly telling the official to “leave with an escort so nobody attacks you” and adding that “in another country they would…
It feels like not a day goes by at the moment without some Xbox news, and today is no different. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just announced that Xbox owners will get a new boot up sound and animation on May 13th. The console boot animation is the new Xbox logo, complete with a slight twist on the existing boot-up sound.Microsoft first revealed its new Xbox logo last month, and the company has already released Xbox dynamic backgrounds of the logo, as well as profile pictures for Xbox fans to use. The new Xbox logo has a more glassy look, and…
A Republican US House of Representatives member running for reelection has won his party’s primary after crypto-affiliated groups contributed more than $500,000 in supportive media buys.Representative James Baird won Tuesday’s Republican primary for Indiana House District 4 with more than 60% of the vote, beating challenger Craig Haggard and others. Beginning with his first term, in January 2019, Baird consistently supported legislation considered favorable to the crypto industry, including the GENIUS stablecoin act and the market structure bill, the CLARITY Act.Source: NBC NewsAccording to filings with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Defend American Jobs political action committee (PAC)…
Wes Anderson is one of the most consistent directors of his generation — you know what to expect from each of his pictures, and they are all more or less pretty good. But he knocked it out of the park with Asteroid City, a loopy, Looney Tunes-inspired comedy that sneakily transforms into a moving meditation on art and the universal human need to tell stories. At a young astronomers’ convention in the titular desert city, a UFO suddenly appears and takes a meteorite from a crater in the town’s center. This amazing extraterrestrial first contact makes national news, resulting in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that it has waived screening requirements for President Bola Tinubu, who is seeking a second term in office on the party’s platform. APC spokesperson Felix Morka announced this in a statement he posted on X on Wednesday evening. Mr Morka said the decision was reached by the National Working Committee of the party at its meeting on Wednesday. “This decision was made pursuant to the powers conferred on the NWC under Article 13.4 (xiii) and (xiv) of the Constitution of APC to organise and supervise the Party’s primaries and, in special circumstances, grant…
