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The Edo State Government has denied reports that it banned Afrobeats star David “Davido” Adeleke from entering or performing in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kassim Afegbua, denied the reports in a statement on Friday after Kassy Chukwu, the Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to Governor Monday Okpebholo, said Davido should not expect to perform in the state for the rest of the governor’s tenure. In a Thursday video published on YouTube by Peniel TV International, Benin City, Chukwu went further, saying Davido should be beaten if he were seen in the state. His comments further…

The senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Saliu Mustapha, has expressed confidence that he would defeat Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in the 2027 election for the district’s Senate seat. Mustapha made the assertion during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, monitored by our correspondent on Friday, hours after the Senior Special Assistant on Communications to the Governor, Ibraheem Abdullateef, dismissed claims surrounding the political rift between the two men. Asked whether he could defeat the governor in the event of a contest for the Kwara Central senatorial seat, Mustapha said the outcome would be clear shortly after voting…

I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC’s drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa — a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform it into a drone — has already stopped taking US orders just three days after its Indiegogo debut, and may be forced to abandon shipping plans in the US.HoverAir is now telling backers it’s only shipping its camera to the US, not the piece that turns it into a drone, “due to a few remaining logistics updates with the Flight Kit.” But those “logistics” may actually be a euphemism for…

A woman in Kentucky has been accused of sending threats to the daycare she worked at in an attempt to trigger a lockdown so that she and the children could stay inside during a heat wave. Kayla Mae Canler was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree terroristic threatening and one count of making a false report that generates an emergency response. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that deputies responded to a report of violent threats against a daycare facility on August 13. After the deputies made sure the facility was secure, investigators set…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has approved the promotion of 7,472 personnel comprising 2,134 Officers and 5,338 Marshals, in a major career progression exercise designed to reward merit, strengthen professionalism and inject renewed energy into the Corps’ leadership and operational structure. The promotion, which forms part of the Corps’ continuing commitment to human capital development, recognises the dedication, competence, discipline and years of service of personnel who have distinguished themselves in the discharge of their responsibilities to the nation. The elevation of the affected personnel is therefore not merely a change in rank, but a renewed call to greater…

Dangote Group, the empire of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, has offered a 30 per cent holding in its proposed 700,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery to nations in East Africa, the region where the mega crude-processing plant is to be located, Bloomberg reported Friday. Kenya, where the new refinery will be sited at the southeastern coastal town of Lamu, will take a 10 per cent stake estimated at around half a trillion dollars, David Ndii, a top economic adviser of President Ruto, told Bloomberg. “The total for the region is about $1.5 billion. I don’t actually see a challenge in doing…

Major League Soccer fined Inter Miami’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi an undisclosed amount on Friday for slapping Philadelphia’s Quinn Sullivan on the back of the neck in the clubs’ 2-2 draw on Wednesday. The league’s disciplinary committee said it had levied the fine “for violating the league’s policy regarding hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent.” Miami’s Ian Fray was fined an undisclosed amount for the same infraction. It was late in stoppage time of a testy contest when Messi approached the center circle to confront Sullivan while the ball was in play in another area of the field. After…

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen expects Bitcoin to remain broadly around current levels through the end of the year despite its recent surge, citing interest rates and broader macroeconomic conditions as key factors shaping the cryptocurrency’s outlook.Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets podcast, Chen said predicting whether Bitcoin (BTC) will finish the year above or below $70,000 is difficult, pointing to the possibility of higher interest rates as one factor that could pressure prices.Cointelegraph host interviews Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. Source: Trade Secrets“If any of that happens, the price should go down, at least theoretically,” Chen said, adding that BTC has become…

Former Late Late Show With James Corden bandleader Reggie Watts has denied having any responsibility for the suicide of his ex-girlfriend Katherine Early McCollough. Rolling Stone published a lengthy investigative report on Thursday, August 20, about McCollough’s death at age 36 in Peru last March. The outlet interviewed Katherine’s younger sister, Colleen McCollough, and multiple friends who suggested that she developed an addiction to ketamine and experienced a mental health crisis once she started dating Watts, 54. “I feel very strongly that the sister that I knew before this relationship would still be here if she had never met him,”…

Senator Saliu Mustapha of the Kwara Central District has picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the district, hours after resigning from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mustapha received the PDP senatorial ticket on Friday from the party’s Kwara State Chairman, Issa Bawa, formally making him the party’s candidate for the Kwara Central senatorial election in 2027. The development follows his resignation from the APC amid a prolonged crisis within the ruling party in Kwara State. Mustapha had run for the APC governorship ticket. Still, the party decided to give the ticket to the state’s northern senatorial district, eventually…