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A psychologist claimed that Lindsay Clancy described hearing a “male voice” who instructed her to “kill her children and then kill herself” before she killed her three kids in January 2023. After the prosecution rested its case during the trial on Monday, August 17, Clancy’s defense attorney called clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Paul Zeizel to the stand to discuss her mental health struggles on Wednesday, August 19. Zeizel testified that after Clancy, 36, killed her three children, she told her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, that she had heard a voice instructing her to kill them, according to Fox News. “She…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Akwa Ibom State to the Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission (AKSERC). The transfer, contained in an order signed by NERC Chairman Musiliu Oseni and Commissioner for Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, takes effect from 18 August 2026. The order is posted on the commission’s website and its official Facebook page. The order, NERC/2026/087, directs the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) Plc to incorporate a subsidiary for electricity supply and distribution in Akwa Ibom. The development follows the state government’s notification to NERC that…

Participants at the 6th Annual Maritime Writes Project Creative Writing Bootcamp have been advised to use their voices to promote Nigeria’s maritime and port sector as an industry that embraces inclusion. The Port Manager of the Lagos Ports Complex, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr Debo Lawal, made the call at the opening of the 2026 bootcamp at Apapa Port, Lagos, where he served as the Special Guest of Honour. Lawal encouraged participants to maximise the opportunity to highlight the growing participation of women in traditionally male-dominated maritime roles, according to a statement obtained by The PUNCH. The bootcamp, which was themed…

The Google Pixel Watch 5 has, in many ways, been the hardest Pixel Watch to accurately review. Barely anything has changed in terms of hardware. The sizes are the same, the chips and battery got an itty-bitty boost, and there’s a new pyrite satin case finish. Instead, the big updates are all software-related: This year’s watch gets ambitious new health features that expand on the overhauled Google Health app and its AI coach introduced with the Fitbit Air earlier this year.The only problem is those health updates aren’t here. The watch’s most interesting new features — blood pressure and insulin…

Luigi Mangione read a book about himself in jail before confessing to shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a fellow inmate. Linus Fu shared in a new interview that he developed a “really good relationship” with Mangione, 28, while behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where they both read author John H. Richardson‘s 2025 biography, Luigi: The Making and the Meaning. “He’d check my progress all the time,” Fu, 32, told Courthouse News on Tuesday, August 18. “He said, ‘What page are you on right now?’” Fu recalled asking Mangione whether the information about…

Over 200 students of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, have sued the university, its vice-chancellor, the registrar and President Bola Tinubu over their removal from the Faculty of Law and transfer to their former faculties and departments. The students, numbering 214, filed the suit on 12 August at the Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding N5 billion in damages. In the suit, they argued that their admission letters, payment of prescribed fees, course registration, examinations and JAMB regularisation created “valid, binding, and subsisting legal contracts” between them and the university. They also argued that Vice-Chancellor Offiong Offiong, could…

Residents of Karanla community, a rural settlement in the Mowe area of Ogun State, have appealed to the state government to fix the community road, saying the poor condition has hindered movement and affected their livelihoods. FILE: Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun The residents who spoke with PUNCH Metro during a visit to the community on Monday said the roads had been neglected for more than 20 years. PUNCH Metro correspondent who visited the community observed residents and motorcycle operators struggling to navigate the deteriorated road, with some portions covered in dust and uneven surfaces. They said the situation becomes…

HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its carrying case. But the brand’s latest trick might be its riskiest: it’s attempting to sneak a drone past the FCC.In December 2025, the US government banned future foreign drones from reaching our shores, and HoverAir’s floating Aqua drone was one of the first casualties. But this time, brand owner Zero Zero Robotics might have found a loophole: its latest $750 Versa drone isn’t a drone, it claims, but rather a DJI Pocket-style mini steadycam…

[Update 12:50 UTC, Aug. 19: Adds background on FASB, proposed disclosure requirements and the US regulatory framework for stablecoins.]The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed guidance outlining when companies may classify certain stablecoins as cash equivalents under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. On Tuesday, the FASB said the proposed Accounting Standards Update would add illustrative examples to the current definition, addressing inconsistent treatment of digital assets such as stablecoins. The definition itself would remain unchanged. The proposal says a qualifying digital asset would need an on-demand contractual redemption right, a direct redemption right with its issuer for a…

Below Deck Mediterranean star Nathan Gallagher was arrested on domestic violence charges in Australia late last year, Us can confirm. Gallagher was charged with “assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentionally chok[ing] a person without consent and common assault” in December 2025, according to a police memo. (Rolling Stone was first to report the news.) Per the New South Wales Police statement, Gallagher was arrested on December 27, 2025, following an alleged incident that took place after the Christmas holiday. He was charged after allegedly assaulting an unidentified 29-year-woman at a Sydney-area apartment building. While there were no reports of any injuries…