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The UK is the latest country to follow Australia in implementing a total social media ban for children under 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. The ban, which could take effect from early next year, will be joined by wider measures that will also prevent children from talking to strangers in online games, livestreaming, or using sexual or romantic chatbots.“Do we truly believe that social media creates a happy environment for our children? Do we truly believe that it’s a place where they can feel safe?” Starmer asked during a press conference announcing the policy. “I don’t think I…

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Armed bandits on Sunday killed a farmer in Kasuwar Magani, a village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victim, Baba Bala, popularly known within the community as Sarkin Daji, was reportedly ambushed and killed on his farm. Mansur Ibrahim, a resident of the area, told PREMIUM TIMES that the deceased has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites. He said the community was unsettled, with residents lamenting escalating insecurity in the LGA. “This is just one out of many incidents. Residents are calling on the authorities to prioritise the security of lives and property and put…

Amad Diallo came off the bench to score a dramatic late winner as Côte d’Ivoire secured Africa’s first victory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Ecuador on Sunday. Following South Africa’s 2-0 defeat to hosts Mexico and Morocco’s impressive 1-1 draw against Brazil, the Elephants carried the continent’s hopes of recording a first win at the expanded tournament. The breakthrough finally arrived in the 90th minute when Manchester United winger Diallo finished from inside the penalty area after a surging run and assist from Wilfried Singo. The goal capped a closely contested encounter in…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a forthcoming total ban on social media for children under 16, saying that such platforms are “making children unhappy”. Starmer said that the government “will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16”, warning that these platforms are “exposing them to content that is dangerous” and “designed to be addictive”. The government said the ban will “include platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X” but not messaging services such as WhatsApp. He added he hoped to pass the regulation by late December and for the ban to…

No fewer than 11 people, including a pregnant woman and six children, were feared dead when a boat conveying them from a burial ceremony capsized on the River Benue in the Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a local source who simply identified himself as Daniel, the incident occurred on Saturday night. Daniel told journalists in a telephone interview on Sunday that the victims were returning to the Daududawadawa community, an island settlement behind the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering Barracks located in the North Bank area of the state capital. The local source said that…

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is suspicious of him. Oshiomhole made the remarks on the Sunday edition of MIC ON PODCAST, amid growing tensions within the Senate following the controversy generated by his recent comments on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The former Edo State governor said Akpabio harbours an unfounded bias against him despite his contributions to the ruling All Progressives Congress and President Bola Tinubu’s electoral victory. He said, “Don’t forget that I was a founding governor of the APC and Deputy DG of Bola Tinubu Campaign…

Oil prices tumbled, and stocks soared on Monday after the United States and Iran said they had reached a deal to end their war that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending a wave of relief through global markets. The two sides confirmed an announcement from mediator Pakistan, with a signing ceremony set to take place in Switzerland on June 19, bringing an end to three months of conflict that has sent energy prices soaring and revived fears of another inflation spike. The Strait — a vital maritime chokepoint through which roughly 20 per cent of the world’s crude oil…

French football legend Thierry Henry has clarified comments he made about a pair of Nigerian Super Eagles shorts worn by popular American streamer IShowSpeed during the United States’ opening match against Paraguay, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The incident occurred during the United States’ 4-1 victory over Paraguay at Los Angeles Stadium, where Henry was working as a pundit. During the broadcast, IShowSpeed appeared wearing Nigerian Super Eagles shorts underneath a USA jersey, prompting Henry to jokingly describe the outfit as “bad luck.” Coincidentally, the remark came moments after Paraguay pulled a goal back to reduce the deficit from 3-0. Many…

Aztec Connect, a deprecated decentralized finance platform, was drained of around $2.1 million in crypto on Sunday after an attacker exploited its verification function.Aztec Labs posted to X on Sunday that it was “investigating a potential exploit affecting Aztec Connect,” adding that around $2.1 million was transferred from the platform’s smart contract, which did not affect users or assets on the current Aztec network.The exploit is the latest in the $44 million worth of crypto that has been stolen so far this month from at least 12 other exploits, according to DeFiLlama. A private key compromise on the Humanity Protocol has…