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A member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam, has criticised the Nigeria Police over the handling of an incident involving a local government worker in Egbedore local government council area. In a statement on Monday, Bamidele Salam, who represents Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency in the condemned the alleged harassment, detention and public humiliation of one Taiwo Adebayo, an administrative staff member of the council. Salam described the police involvement as unconstitutional. DAILY POST gathered that Adebayo was allegedly caught sneaking out with files containing documents from the local government secretariat. It was also gathered…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Alisha Yesufu has warned the 2023 presidential of the Labour Party, Peter Obi not to deputize any presidential candidate in the 2027 election. In a video currently making the rounds on social media, Aisha, a popular socio-political activist vowed that she would work against any presidential ticket that has Obi as vice. According to her, the former Anambra State governor is the best among the aspirants and should be given the presidential ticket. She said, “I’m giving you people my word. If Peter Obi emerges as a running mate to anyone, I…

The Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, did not honour a police invitation on Monday in connection with allegations of multiple rape and other offences that could disrupt public order. DAILY POST reports that Okafor was requested to report to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, before the Deputy Commissioner of Police overseeing SCID by 10:00 a.m. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, stated in a Sunday briefing that the Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, had mandated a thorough investigation into complaints lodged against the cleric. The allegations reportedly involve sexual…

Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, has refused to escalate the angry clash with Victor Osimhen during a 4-0 defeat of Mozambique in the last 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday night. Both players got on the score sheet in the first half, which Lookman providing the two assists for Osimhen’s goals. Osimhen and Lookman were involved in a tense exchange after the Atalanta man seemed to take a shot instead of passing the ball. Few minutes later, Osimhen stopped running in attack and asked head coach, Eric Chelle to take him off. “I don’t think that…

Nigeria has emerged as the fifth-best English-speaking country in Africa, according to the 2025 Education First English Proficiency Index cited by PUNCH Online on EF’s website on Monday. The report, compiled by global education leader EF, assessed English skills across 123 countries and regions, using data from 2.2 million test takers. This year’s edition also included, for the first time, speaking and writing skills, measured using artificial intelligence technology developed by EF’s education technology arm. English, Nigeria’s official language, remains central to education, governance, media, and business, helping the country maintain strong proficiency levels. On the African continent, Nigeria trails…

Five children have lost their lives, while one other sustained injuries, following the collapse of a fence in the Bulumkutu area of Maiduguri, Borno State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 8pm on Sunday. Confirming the incident in a telephone interview on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, Nahum Daso, said the injured child was receiving treatment, while an investigation had commenced into the incident. He said, “Yesterday (Sunday), at about 8pm, we received a report through the Divisional Police Officer of the Bulumkutu Division that a fence collapsed on six children.…

A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Akin Oke, has urged party leaders and members to bury their differences and work together with a renewed sense of unity to reclaim the state in the 2027 governorship election. Oke made the call on Monday while speaking at the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Unity Rally held at the Ogbomoso Town Hall in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of the state. He implored party stakeholders to embrace teamwork in order to dislodge the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the next general election in the state. PUNCH Online reports that APC…

Cameroon coach David Pagou has revealed that Manchester United transfer target Carlos Baleba required “mental recovery” and work on his confidence after arriving in the Indomitable Lions’ camp for the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Baleba was named Man of the Match in Cameroon’s 2-1 round-of-16 victory over South Africa at the Al Medina Stadium in Rabat on Sunday as he began to rediscover his top form, having endured a difficult first half of the Premier League season with Brighton & Hove Albion. In October, Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler challenged Baleba to overcome the “distraction” of…

Nvidia is bringing a new set of G-Sync Pulsar monitors to the market this week that will automatically adjust brightness and color based on the ambient lighting in a room. Much like a modern laptop, these new monitors have a built-in light sensor that measures the brightness and color temperature of an environment to enable a screen to automatically adapt to different times of day.“In bright daylight conditions it increases brightness and shifts to a color that’s cooler in temperature,” says Michael McSorley, product marketing manager at Nvidia, in a briefing with The Verge. “At night, or in darker rooms,…

Crypto and AI-based initial public offerings last year reportedly dragged down the performance of all US public debuts to fall behind the tech-heavy index S&P 500.Shares of all companies that went public last year, not including closed-end funds and blank-check companies, gained 13.9% on a weighted average basis, underperforming the S&P 500’s comparative 16% gain, Bloomberg reported on Monday.Last year saw some of the crypto industry’s biggest players go public as the Trump administration gave Wall Street the confidence to back crypto companies with billions of dollars. However, not every company performed.Bets on artificial intelligence companies were also a gamble,…