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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has said its investigation into the derailment of a train operating along the Warri-Itakpe rail corridor has progressed with the retrieval of critical evidence and the completion of key on-site investigative activities. The NSIB disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday following the accident that occurred on Monday, June 8, 2026. According to the bureau, its Director-General, Capt Alex Badeh Jr., led the investigation team to the accident scene shortly after notification of the incident to commence inquiries into the cause of the derailment. The statement noted that Badeh was accompanied by the Managing…

Across South America, a legion of pint-sized Kylians and Neymars will be following the fortunes of the stars to whom they owe their names when the World Cup kicks off on Thursday. But in a year’s time, depending on which players shine, expectant parents may be leaning towards Lamine (Yamal, Spain), Ousmane (Dembele, France), Harry (Kane, England) or Vitinha (Portugal). In Ecuador, which is taking part in its fifth World Cup, the most popular footballers’ names are not those of local stars such as Kendry Paez or Willian Pacho, a two-time Champions League winner with Paris Saint-Germain. Instead, it is…

Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, on Wednesday, appeared on stage for the FIFA World Cup countdown concert in a customised outfit honouring the pupils and teachers recently abducted in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Turning his highly anticipated pre-tournament performance into an advocacy showcase, Davido spotlighted the security crisis in Nigeria, demanding immediate government action for the victims who remain in captivity. Davido wears custom “Bring Them Home” jacket for World Cup countdown performance. Credit: X| DurkioWiz In a viral backstage video clip, Davido wore a black leather jacket adorned with green circular buttons.…

An artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researcher claims to have jailbroken Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Fable 5, within just 48 hours of it being launched. “Pliny the Liberator,” a well-known figure in the AI community, said on Wednesday he “liberated” Fable 5, launched on Tuesday as a safety-tuned version of the more powerful Mythos model that Anthropic said was too dangerous to release widely.He used various techniques, including a jailbroken version of Opus 4.8, to bypass the built-in safeguards that Anthropic installed on the model to prevent users from asking it for potentially harmful information, such as drug-making formulas or hacking…

Rider Strong admitted he was “never close” with Boy Meets World costar Ben Savage before their ongoing estrangement. “Ben refused to do the [rewatch] podcast [‘Pod Meets World’], but we still communicated with him, still on friendly terms, we thought. But he unfollowed us on Instagram and blocked our phone numbers,” Strong, 46, explained in the new documentary Doc Meets World. “I feel sorry that he’s missing out on the experience that Danielle [Fishel] and Will [Friedle] and I are having.” The duo played best friends Shawn Hunter and Corey Matthews, respectively, for seven seasons of Boy Meets World from…

For one month, the world will speak a common language: football. From the bustling streets of Lagos and Casablanca to the cafés of Buenos Aires, the boulevards of Paris and the plazas of Mexico City, billions of people will become part of the same conversation. They will celebrate together, argue together, dream together and suffer together. The FIFA World Cup is back, not just back, but transformed. The 2026 edition, hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico, is the most ambitious World Cup in history. It is the first to feature 48 teams. The first to be staged…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered the grounding of a privately operated aircraft, and suspended the operator’s Permit for Non-Commercial Flight (PNCF) after it landed on a roadway near Asaba, before departing the area without regulatory clearance. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in the Ogwashi-Uku area, close to Asaba Airport. In a statement by its director of public affairs and consumer protection, Michael Achimugu, the aviation industry regulator said preliminary information showed the aircraft encountered difficulties during an attempt to land at Asaba Airport, and subsequently executed a missed approach. “Reports from officials at the scene indicate…

The Director-General of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Usman Aliyu, has said the private sector remains critical to strengthening healthcare systems and reducing Nigeria’s cancer burden. Mr Aliyu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at a two-day Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Building Programme organised by Innova Healthcare Nigeria Ltd., themed “Innova Healthcare Nigeria – Bringing the Total Oncology Solution.” He said meaningful progress in cancer control requires strategic partnerships, innovation, and sustained investment across the cancer care continuum, adding that collaboration is essential to improving access to quality treatment nationwide. The NICRAT boss described the engagement…

Popular actor Alex Ekubo’s final journey home began in Lagos on Wednesday, as scores of entertainers attended his service of songs. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the family announced burial arrangements for the actor, who died at 40 after battling advanced metastatic kidney cancer. His colleagues, friends, and dignitaries filled The Monarch Event Centre for the service of song, dressed in white as requested by the Ekubo family in the burial arrangements. Attendees included Funke Akindele, Kate Henshaw, Chioma Akpotha, Ebele Okaro, Nancy Isime, Ruth Kadiri, Nkechi Blessing, Stan Nze, Blessing Obasi, Ik Ogbonna, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, singer Chike, and socialite…

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, in Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand of popular social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Blessing Okoro, fondly called Blessing CEO, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the commencement of her trial on September 24, 2026. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Okoro on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery, possession of false documents, fraudulent conversion and retention of proceeds of alleged unlawful activities amounting to N13m. At the proceedings, EFCC counsel, H.U. Kofanaisa, informed the court that the anti-graft agency had…