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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott came together to celebrate daughter Stella as she graduates from high school. According to photos obtained by People, the exes sat next to each other as they watched Stella, 18, receive her diploma on Thursday, June 11. Spelling, 53, and McDermott, 59, were also all smiles as they posed for photos with their daughter. One day before Stella’s graduation, both Spelling and McDermott paid tribute to their eldest daughter in honor of her birthday. “My baby is 18 today … She will always be my Buggy. In this one lifetime so far we have loved,…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday said the recent abductions of schoolchildren in Oyo and Borno states had cast a shadow over Nigeria’s 2026 Democracy Day celebrations, declaring that his administration would show “no mercy” to terrorists, kidnappers and other violent criminals. In his Democracy Day address, the president said the mood of the nation had been dampened by the kidnapping of the children (and their teachers), but assured Nigerians that the government remained hopeful of securing their safe return. Suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded four schools in Borno and Oyo states and kidnapped 88 students and teachers. The attacks in…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday acknowledged that this year’s Democracy Day celebrations were overshadowed by the continued captivity of schoolchildren abducted in Oyo and Borno states, even as he reaffirmed his administration’s resolve to secure their safe return and strengthen Nigeria’s overall security architecture. “Though this year’s mood is dampened by the abduction of our children in Oyo and Borno, we remain hopeful for their safe return,” the President said during his national address to mark Nigeria’s 27th Democracy Day celebration, his fourth since assuming office in 2023. He said, “Democracy without security is a mirage. That is why this…
The operatives of the Obalende Division of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully foiled a coordinated conspiracy to kidnap a Chinese national and arrested two principal suspects, Chinedu Onwuemena, aged 41 years, and Jimoh Ojo, aged 37 years, in connection with a planned N50,000,000 ransom demand. The spokesperson for the state police command, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Babaseyi said that the suspects were arrested on June 9, 2026, at about 5:30pm, following credible and actionable intelligence received by the divisional police officer indicating an imminent kidnapping plot along the Ijebu-Ode/Odogbolu Expressway corridor. He stated,…
There is something quietly revealing about a Nigerian bank stepping back from its profit focus to confront a crucial challenge: the lack of honest, open communication within its walls—and the risk this silence poses to its future. Two weeks ago, I sat with senior managers at a Nigerian bank for a feedback session. We were not discussing interest rates, currency instability, recapitalisation, regulatory pressure, or digital disruption. The focus was more basic, yet harder: giving and receiving truth without fear, ego, humiliation, or paralysis. An internal review revealed sobering news. The bank’s growth and productivity lag due to internal issues:…
Sports e-commerce and chat application Leaguebook has launched a new campaign aimed at helping football fans navigate the chaotic final stretch of FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket sales, as the 48-team tournament kicks off across Canada, Mexico and the United States. The “Squad Up to Score” campaign, announced on Thursday, introduces a group-buying feature that allows fans to pool resources and purchase match tickets and official team merchandise together through the app’s built-in community chat engine — a direct response to the frustration that has accompanied the tournament’s complex primary ticket release process. With reseller prices fluctuating wildly and millions…
Crypto exchange Coinbase has launched a tool that allows artificial intelligence agents to make payments and trade crypto on behalf of users, as crypto companies look to ride a wave of interest in AI.Coinbase said Thursday that it is launching Coinbase for Agents, which will allow AI models like ChatGPT and Claude to connect with a user’s exchange account and be prompted to make trades or execute strategies.AI agents can also make payments using Coinbase’s AI payments protocol x402, allowing the bots to pay for data services to gather information for carrying out trading strategies without human intervention.Crypto companies have…
Mirrorball champs or not, Dancing With the Stars has featured some impeccable professional dancers in the years since the ABC competition series premiered in 2005. Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are among the talent who have lit up the ballroom. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Both Derek and his sister Julianne Hough, however, are perhaps two of the biggest names to come out of the show. After winning six mirrorball trophies, Derek became a DWTS judge in 2020. He also married DWTS troupe dancer Hayley Erbert in 2023, and two years later, the pair welcomed their first baby —…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has approved a cash grant of N1 million each for all Imo indigenes evacuated from South Africa, while telecommunications company MTN announced a support package of N100,000 and N50,000 worth of airtime for every Nigerian repatriated in the first batch of the Federal Government’s evacuation exercise. The interventions were announced on Wednesday as the first batch of 258 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Cargo Terminal), Lagos, aboard a specially chartered Air Peace flight. The returnees, comprising men, women and children, are the first among more than 1,000…
South Korea got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start by beating the Czech Republic 2-1 Thursday after finally converting some of the many chances they created. Until the 80th-minute mark it seemed that the Czechs would punish the Koreans’ wastefulness, but substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu scored the decisive goal in a Guadalajara stadium that was far from full. Son Heung-min’s Koreans had dominated the first half but were unable to find the net. The former Tottenham star blasted one effort over the bar before making a driving run to his left and evading two Czech defenders only to…
