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Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the appointment of Yerima Ibn Mahmud as the new Emir of Ngazargamu. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Friday by the Acting Secretary to the State Government, Mohammed Goje. According to the statement, the appointment followed the death of the former Emir of Ngazargamu, Alhaji Tijjani Ibn Saleh Geidam, who died recently in Egypt after a prolonged illness and was buried on Friday in Damaturu. The statement noted that before his appointment, Ibn Mahmud served as the Turakin Ngazargamu for 16 years and was also a member of the…

Two yet-to-be-identified women lost their lives in a fatal hit-and-run accident along the Car Park C area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday evening. The Head of Media for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. According to Akinbiyi, the crash occurred at about 6:31 pm at Car Park C, the outbound section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, when the victims were attempting to cross the highway. He stated that the women were knocked down by a vehicle, which fled the scene immediately after the incident. TRACE, however, noted that…

The Confederation of African Football has described Alex Iwobi as iconic after the Fulham midfielder became only the fourth player to reach 100 appearances for the Super Eagles during Nigeria’s 2-1 friendly defeat to Portugal on Wednesday. Iwobi brought up the milestone at the Estádio Dr Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria, where Nigeria faced Portugal in their final warm-up match before the FIFA World Cup. CAF, reacting to the Super Eagles’ social media post celebrating the achievement, responded simply, “Iwobi? Iconic.” The 30-year-old joins an exclusive group of Nigerians to have reached the landmark, drawing level with former captain Joseph Yobo…

SpaceX is now a publicly traded company.The IPO is historic for many reasons: SpaceX is hoping to raise $75 billion under the ticker symbol SPCX, which would make it the largest public offering in history. The company is controlled by Musk, who also runs Tesla, another trillion-dollar company. The IPO is expected to make Musk, who is set to control 85 percent of the voting shares, the world’s first trillionaire. But retail investors may struggle to buy into this vision, as Bloomberg recently reported that the IPO has attracted demand for more than four times the available shares.The amount is…

The White House removed Ariana Grande’s song “Bye” from a pro-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) TikTok video following her public complaints. As of Friday, June 12, the video no longer has any playable audio, with an onscreen message explaining that “this sound is not available.” Us Weekly previously learned from a source close to Grande that her team was actively looking into how to remove the video from social media as soon as possible. A spokesperson for Grande, 32, confirmed to Us on Thursday, June 11, that the singer responded directly to the White House’s post, writing in the comments section,…

The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, says he and the NDC’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, initially offered activist Aisha Yesufu a House of Representatives ticket, but she rejected it. Mr Dickson disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja amid controversy surrounding the party’s senatorial primaries for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) District. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Ms Yesufu was an aspirant for the FCT Senatorial District primaries of the NDC which she alleged were manipulated against her. But speaking during the press conference shortly after the NDC’s stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja,…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kola Oyewo, has died at the age of 80. His demise was confirmed in an Instagram post on Friday by a younger colleague in the industry, Kunle Afod. He wrote, “Kola Oyewo has taken his final bow. “His remarkable talent, timeless performances, and immense contributions to the Nigerian theatre and film industry will never be forgotten. His legacy will continue to inspire generations to come. “Rest well, sir. Your work lives on. Born on March 27, 1946, in Oba-Ile, Osun State, Oyewo began his acting career in 1964 with the Oyin Adejobi Theatre Group. He later became…

June 12, 2026 10:21 pm Canada’s forward #09 Cyle Larin (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2026 World Cup Group B football match between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Toronto Stadium in Toronto on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP) Co-hosts Canada grabbed a second-half equaliser to draw 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday in the first World Cup finals game ever played on Canadian soil. Cyle Larin got Canada’s goal after Jovo Lukic put Bosnia ahead with a header on 21 minutes in Toronto. Details later… All rights reserved. This material, and other…

SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and raised enough money to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.  He has more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like Ireland, Sweden, or his home country of South Africa (CNN cites the International Monetary Fund saying only 20 countries have economies larger than $1.1 trillion), now linked to the promise of a business based on launching AI datacenters into space. Follow along here for the latest updates. The world’s first trillionaire is…

Crypto data and media company Blockworks has acquired analytics firm Messari for more than $10 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Messari is a crypto research and analytics company backed by investors including Brevan Howard Digital and Point72 Ventures. The company raised $35 million in a Series B funding round in 2022 that valued it at around $300 million.Source: Messari According to The Wall Street Journal, the steep discount reflects both Messari’s recent struggles and broader weakness across the crypto sector.Earlier this year, Messari replaced CEO Eric Turner with Diran Li and reduced headcount as part of a broader…