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Youth groups across Kwara State say the emergence of the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, as the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the 2027 election has reshaped the political future of the state. The groups said Danladi’s emergence had brought a younger generation of politicians into the centre of the state’s governorship contest, describing his political experience and legislative leadership as significant factors ahead of the election. Their position was contained in a joint statement issued on Sunday by the Kwara North Integrity Youth Forum, Ilorin Emirate Dynamic Youths and Kwara South Young Professionals…

Donna Mills is showing there’s now slowing down when it comes to staying fit. The former Knots Landing star, 85, revealed the rigorous routine that keeps her in tip-top shape weeks after launching her OnlyFans account. Mills told Fox News in a new interview published on Saturday, September 5, that she builds her abs by doing cardio and reps including 100 sit-ups a day, 50 leg lifts and stretching. “I have a ballet barre in my little gym,” she added. “And ride the bike for about 45 minutes or an hour. I play tennis five times a week sometimes. And…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the death of Basit Kolade, who was allegedly attacked by a mob in the Lagos Island area of the state. PUNCH Metro reported on Monday that the incident happened weeks before Kolade’s wedding. The spokesperson for the command, Abimbola Adebisi, in a statement on Sunday, stated that the incident occurred around 10:40 pm on Wednesday, September 2, on Freeman Street, Lagos Island. According to her, Kolade was travelling with his spouse in a black Lexus Jeep when a motorcycle allegedly collided with the vehicle from behind. Adebisi said…

China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip. What’s so special about that? After five years of development, Arm now has an AI gaming graphics accelerator inside its GPU.By following Nvidia’s playbook, Arm-powered phones are about to have PC-like technologies to make games run faster, at higher resolution, with advanced lighting techniques, all without using more power than they do today. The jagged edges you see…

Chris “CT” Tamburello‘s estranged wife, Catalina White, subtly shaded her ex after he debuted his romance with Traitors costar Phaedra Parks. “I genuinely wish Chris well in whatever relationship or career he chooses to pursue. I’m not interested in commenting on whether his new relationship is real, for publicity, or anything in between,” White told Us in a statement on Monday, September 7. “What I would like is for him to put the same energy into ending our marriage that he’s putting into publicly promoting his new relationship.” Tamburello and White tied the knot in October 2024 and separated earlier…

London-based FTSE Russell, which produces and markets stock market indices globally, has included 6 Nigerian stocks among its list of 50 most liquid frontier market stocks, according to a market disclosure dated 4 September. FTSE Frontier 50 Index, which monitors the performance of the 50 most liquid stocks from the 26 frontier markets covered by the organisation, admitted mega-cap Nigerian stocks including First HoldCo, Dangote Cement, MTN Nigeria, Aradel Holdings, Guaranty Trust Holding Company and Zenith Bank, the list seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Monday showed. The equities opened the week on Monday with market values of ₦6.8 trillion, ₦17.4…

Tension briefly gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis on Monday as youths protesting the continued remand of an Islamic cleric, Dahiru Mai Barewa, clashed with security personnel. The protesters, who demanded Mai Barewa’s release, reportedly blocked some roads and staged demonstrations in parts of the city before security operatives intervened to restore order. The protest followed a court order directing the re-arrest and remand of Mai Barewa, who is facing allegations of issuing death threats against Islamic scholars, Sheikh Musa Ayyuba Lukuwa and Malam Murtala Bello Assada. The development has drawn attention in Sokoto because of the religious dimension of the…

Pala Negara has announced the tragic death of her newborn son. “Creating life with the love of my life has been the most profound healing journey I could have never imagined being written into our journey,” the model wrote via Instagram on Sunday, September 6. “Growing life for nearly 10 months, growing our family, falling so deeply in love in a union that was always destined to be, falling in love with the life we have created for our family, birthing life, and then birthing death has been incomprehensible.” The former Ex on the Beach star added that her “body…

Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election by a wider margin than he secured in 2023. Mr Olayinka said his principal, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would help Mr Tinubu secure more votes in the election. He stated this when he appeared on TVC’s Breakfast programme on Monday. “The reason this election of 2027 will be a one-way election is because of the president’s performance in terms of national development and his political performance; this election…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has linked Chinese counterfeiters now living in Nigeria to the proliferation of fake goods, worsening the production, distribution and sale of adulterated, harmful and unwholesome products. NAFDAC Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Martins Iluyomade, responding to The PUNCH in Lagos on Monday, said recent investigations found Chinese counterfeiters, previously operating externally, have set up plants and logistics channels inside the country. He said, “Before, to fake a product, you needed to go to China to bring it. Now, you don’t need to go. They are here (in Nigeria) with us.…