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Victoria Okoro, the estranged wife of Francis Obila, son of the deputy governor of Ebonyi State, has lamented alleged eight-week separation from her two infants. In a long Facebook post on Monday, Ms Okoro appealed that she should be allowed access to her children again. The young mother said she and her husband separated on 21 June when their second child was barely three months old, while their first child was a year and six months. She said, out of respect for individuals connected to the family issues and hope that peace would prevail, she had remained silent for the…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old suspected armed robber, Chima Ogumba, and recovered a pump-action gun and 50 live cartridges from him in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. Ikenga said operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, arrested Ogumba on the morning of August 17, 2026, following an operation in the area. According to him, the operatives searched the suspect and recovered a pump-action gun and 50 live cartridges, adding that Ogumba could not provide a satisfactory explanation for…
Starting today, AI chats in Firefox’s Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat responses through a partnership with Exa. Smart Window can also now automatically suggest tab groups and show visual previews of pages you previously visited when you search your browsing history using natural language.I saw a live demo that showed how the Smart Window AI could sort through selected links in your browsing history to pull up “running shoes I looked at last week,” and pop up images pulled from the sites browsed previously. The suggested groups of…
Hayden Panettiere‘s former fiancé, Wladimir Klitschko, is speaking out for the first time about her shocking death. “Our family is going through a time of profound shock and grief,” Klitschko, 50, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, August 18, alongside a throwback photo of him, Panettiere and their daughter, Kaya. “The announcement of Hayden’s tragic death saddens me deeply. She left this world far too soon. Hayden was, although no longer my partner, an important part of my life and the mother of our daughter, Kaya.” “She built an incredible career through immense talent, while also facing the darker sides of…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has threatened to demolish houses built on or obstructing designated water channels. Mr Wike spoke on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja where he argued that the structures are contributing to flooding in the Nigerian capital and must be removed to restore proper drainage. His remarks came after some parts of Abuja were flooded following a heavy rain on Saturday. Residents of Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Lokogoma and some other areas were caught up in the flood while cars were submerged by the flood. The flooding validated the prediction made…
May & Baker Nigeria Plc has dissociated itself from the ‘M&B Equity Stake’ investment scheme, noting that the purported investment opportunity is fraudulent and unauthorised by the company. The company disclosed this in a regulatory filing signed by Adetoun Abiru, Secretary of Marina Nominees Limited, on Tuesday, urging the investing public to disregard promotional materials that promise daily or guaranteed returns for the equity stake. This followed the circulation of “fraudulent materials” through social media, messaging applications and other online platforms, purporting to offer an investment opportunity described as an “M&B Equity Stake.” “The company hereby unequivocally dissociates itself, its…
The PBAT Door-To-Door Movement, Southwest, will on Wednesday commence its campaign for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections with a 3,000-man Posterity Walk in Lagos. The walk, scheduled to take place at the Lagos Television premises in Agidingbi, Ikeja, is expected to bring together supporters, stakeholders and other residents from across the Southwest as the group begins its grassroots mobilisation for Tinubu’s second term. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Zonal Secretary of the movement, Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, said the event was intended to demonstrate the group’s support for the President while mobilising voters…
Comcast is bringing Wi-Fi motion sensing to millions of routers that are already in customers’ homes, turning the devices into activity monitors. A new update to the Xfinity Internet app, arriving today, August 18th, enables the feature on compatible Xfinity routers at no extra cost.Announced as part of its new Xfinity Shield service, WiFi Motion can monitor activity in your home and send you notifications, similar to a standalone motion sensor. It works by detecting disruptions in the Wi-Fi signal between the Xfinity gateway and any Wi-Fi-connected device, giving you some insight into what’s happening in your home without buying…
MoonPay has integrated Cash App Pay as a payment option for cryptocurrency purchases, allowing eligible US customers to fund transactions using their Cash App balances.The crypto payments company said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph Tuesday that Cash App Pay is now available through MoonPay’s own checkout and with select partners, including Trust Wallet, Bitcoin.com, MetaMask, Moonshot, Ledger, BitPay, Uniswap, Tangem, LOBSTR and Edge.The integration lets customers use their Cash App balance to buy crypto directly through MoonPay without switching between apps or completing a separate login.MoonPay now supports payment integrations with Cash App, PayPal and Venmo, having added PayPal…
Justin Chatwin, who starred alongside Hayden Panettiere in her final movie, said the actress appeared to be “struggling” on set. “Hayden seemed different when I met her this time than when I met her in the early years,” the Shameless alum, 43, told People in an interview on Monday, August 17, recalling how he first met Panettiere during her stint on the hit show Heroes in the mid-2000s before reuniting on Sleepwalker, which was released in January. Chatwin continued, “I could tell she was struggling, and I was like, ‘I don’t think it’s this movie.’ There’s a handful of women…
