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Nasarawa United technical adviser, Mbwas Mangut, says his team will not give up on their target of securing a continental place. The Solid Miners suffered a setback in their push for a continental spot with a 2–1 defeat to Shooting Stars in Ibadan. Nasarawa United dropped to seventh position on the league table following the defeat. They have two matches left to achieve their objective. Mangut assured that they will fight with purpose until the end of the season. “Like I said before, the league is still open to teams in the top six positions,” Mangut told the club’s media.…
The Anambra State chapter of the Social Democratic Party said it is set to receive no fewer than 23 aspirants who have defected from the embattled African Democratic Congress. The Anambra State Chairman of the SDP, Prince Chinedu Ekwunife, stated this on Monday shortly after the party’s state congress held at the state secretariat in Awka. Ekwunife said the SDP has been reinvigorated by its new leadership, adding that the party has commenced the establishment and activation of local government and ward structures across all 326 wards in the 21 local government areas of the state as part of its…
National Leader of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Seriake Dickson, has defended the legitimacy of the party’s registration, dismissing allegations of irregularities and urging Nigerians to ignore what he described as propaganda. Dickson, a former Bayelsa State governor, in a X post on Monday said the party’s formation was the result of a long-standing process dating back to 2017, contrary to claims that it was recently granted recognition without due procedure. “For the record, the annexures show that we initiated the registration process for the NDC as far back as 2017 and that INEC granted approval at that time before the…
Mikel Arteta expects Arsenal to play like “beasts” against Atletico Madrid as they aim to reach the Champions League final for the first time since 2006. Arteta’s side earned a 1-1 draw in the semi-final first leg in Madrid last week, putting them in position to finish the job at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. The Gunners have never won the Champions League, with their only final appearance ending in defeat against Barcelona 20 years ago. After losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals in 2025, Arteta said Arsenal are determined to go one step further this time. “We will…
We’ve crossed yet another one of Elon Musk’s self-driving thresholds. Tesla’s fleet of vehicles using the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system has driven over 10 billion miles, according to the company’s updated safety page. That means the company has crossed the line Musk set earlier this year for “safe unsupervised” driving.But Tesla owners did not suddenly wake up today to find their FSD (Supervised) vehicles transformed into FSD (Unsupervised) ones. FSD is still just a Level 2 system that requires a fully attentive human driver behind the wheel to monitor the road and be prepared to take over at any…
Tether’s tokenized gold product, Tether Gold (XAUt), saw reserves expand sharply in the first quarter as investor demand for bullion increased amid macroeconomic uncertainty ahead of the Iran war.In its latest report, Tether said XAUt surpassed $3.3 billion in market capitalization during the first quarter, representing a 36% increase over the period.The company disclosed that 707,741 XAUT tokens were in circulation at the end of the quarter, with each token backed by one troy ounce of physical gold held in reserve.Tether attributed the growth to a broader “flight to hard assets” as investors sought refuge from geopolitical tensions and shifting…
Royal expert Christopher Andersen’s new book reveals the moment Princess Kate Middleton was pushed to her “limits” with brother-in-law Prince Harry. “The damage was done: seeds of doubt concerning the King’s chances for a full recovery had been sown,” Andersen writes in Us Weekly’s exclusive excerpt from Kate! The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen, set to be released on Tuesday, May 5. Anderson is, of course, referring to Harry’s May 2025 interview in which he discussed his ongoing rift with the royal family. “I don’t know how much longer my father has,” Harry said…
A video circulating online on Monday shows students of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) protesting in Calabar, with some vandalising hospital property. The protest followed allegations of poor medical care for six UNICROSS students injured in a fatal road crash along the Calabar–Itu Highway last weekend. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the crash claimed four lives. The injured students were taken to different health facilities, including a General Hospital in Calabar. In the video seen by PREMIUM TIMES, some protesters were destroying a hospital bus, smashing windows, pulling down the facility’s signpost and disrupting activities within the hospital premises.…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Chinese companies to support the completion, operation, and possible expansion of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. In a statement published on its website on Monday, NNPC disclosed that the agreement was signed with Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited and Xinganchen (Fuzhou) Industrial Park Operation and Management Co., Ltd. in Jiaxing City, China, on Thursday, 30 April. “The NNPC Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Chinese companies, Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited and Xinganchen (Fuzhou) Industrial Park Operation and…
Activist lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam, has said there is nothing to celebrate about the reversal of the curfew on Amasiri community by Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru. Idam said the lifting of the curfew would not halt the legal action he has already instituted against the state government. In a statement he signed, Idam said the legal action would continue until the state government pays compensation for the extrajudicial killings carried out by the joint security operation, as well as for the harm, pain, and psychological distress inflicted on innocent members of the Amasiri community. He also called for the reconstruction…
