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Immutable Games’ Web3 trading card game Gods Unchained is now listed on the Epic Games Store and is available to its 230 million customers, according to a June 21 announcement.Gods Unchained is a collectible trading card game similar to Hearthstone or Magic: The Gathering Arena but with cards players can own and trade. Each card is represented by a nonfungible token (NFT) on the Ethereum layer-2 network Immutable X. The game was released in June 2019 and grew its player base over the next… Read the full article here

The 2023 BET Awards — also known as Culture’s Biggest Night — kicks off on Sunday, June 25. “We are thrilled to be back in L.A. for BET Awards 2023 and to celebrate a huge cultural milestone — the 50th anniversary of hip-hop,” BET’s EVP of specials, music programming and music strategy, Connie Orlando, said in an April statement. The 23rd annual awards show, which will take place in Los Angeles, will highlight the contributions that hip-hop has made to the… Read the full article here

The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has directed Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), to continue as the commission’s chief executive pending the constitution of a new board by President Bola Tinubu. Mr Tinubu, two days ago, dissolved the boards of all federal parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies. “In view of this development and until such a time new boards are constituted, the Chief Executive… Read the full article here

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, said that it plans an upward salaries review for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kasim Shettima, governors, judiciary officers and other political office holders. According to NAN, the Chairman of RMAFC, Alhaji Muhammadu Shehu, disclosed this at the presentation of reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi. However, Shehu did not state the… Read the full article here

Bendel Insurance defeated 10-man Rangers 1-0 to win the 2023 Federation Cup trophy at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Wednesday night. Imade Osehenkhoe scored the winning goal from the spot late in the first half. It was the Benin Arsenal’s fourth Federation Cup title and their first in 43 years. Insurance carved out the first real opportunity of the game in the 16th minute, but Deputy Echeta’s deflected shot went off target. Eight minutes later, Rangers replied with a chance of… Read the full article here

The war in Sudan, which has shown “how quickly hard-won gains towards peace can be wiped out”, must not distract attention from the risks facing South Sudan, the UN envoy to the country warned on Tuesday. After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan plunged into a civil war that left almost 400,000 people dead and millions displaced between 2013 and 2018. A peace agreement signed in 2018 provided for the principle of… Read the full article here

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, engaged the General Counsel and Legal Advisers’ Forum of the Mid and Downstream Operators in the oil sector on the seamless implementation of fuel subsidy removal and other aspects of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. Officials of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority met with the legal counsels of the oil and gas industry in Abuja, where participants discussed measures required for the smooth… Read the full article here

If you wonder why debutant senator and ex-governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari, desperately wanted to be Senate President, look no further than the emergence of Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker, House of Representatives and Jibrin Barau of Kano North senatorial district as Deputy Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The back-and-forth between the northern Nigerian political establishment and southern Nigeria is probably a struggle between conservative… Read the full article here

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Farmers and other residents of the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State are currently living in fear as bandits, who have once been tamed, have returned to the communities with more deadly missions, PETER DADA writes On June 10, 2023, members of the Ondo State Executive Council led by the Acting Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and the bishop and members of the Ondo Catholic Diocese, together with some other stakeholders, held a memorial service in Owo town, the… Read the full article here