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The revival of the Dagbolu Dry Port ranks prominently among the key economic assets the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji has promised to revive, as part of a comprehensive strategy to reposition the state as a leading investment and industrial destination. According to a statement on Sunday, Oyebamiji disclosed this in Osogbo on Saturday when he received members of the Waterfront Boat Owners and Transporters Association of Nigeria. Oyebamiji, a former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, unveiled his Osun prosperity agenda themed, ‘A Pact for Growth, Inclusion and Lasting Development.’ He described…

Teresa Giudice is leaning on family after her daughter Milania Giudice’s childhood friend Victoria Zardoya died in a tragic accident. “She just lost her best friend,” Teresa, 54, exclusively told Us at the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip 20th Anniversary Event on Tuesday, August 4, while speaking out about how Milania, 20, is coping with grief in the wake of Zardoya’s death. “It’s devastating.” The Real Housewives of New Jersey star added, “I want everybody to pray for the family.” News broke on July 24 that Zardoya died after suffering a fatal fall while exploring the ruins of Fort Dade…

The police in Delta State have foiled a planned kidnapping targeting a pastor and a retired school principal in the Ughelli area of the state. The police spokesman in Delta, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, saying the operations were part of the police’s sustained crackdown on violent crime. Kidnap plot foiled According to Mr Edafe, operatives of the ‘A’ Division, Ughelli, acted on credible intelligence on 31 July after receiving information that Jeremiah Kwane, 26, allegedly attempted to recruit another person into a kidnapping syndicate to abduct a pastor and a retired…

Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector is projected to attract between $30bn and $50bn in fresh offshore investments over the next five years as the country moves to unlock new production capacity through 22 major offshore projects, the Federal Government through its Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, has said. The commission said the anticipated investments, expected between 2026 and 2030, would not only increase crude oil production but also create thousands of jobs, expand critical infrastructure and strengthen Nigeria’s energy security. The Commission Chief Executive of the NUPRC, Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, disclosed this in a keynote address delivered on her behalf…

xAI’s Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a “massive improvement” over Wikipedia, apparently hasn’t been updated since April 24th, according to a report from Lawfare. “As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months,” Lawfare said.Grokipedia launched in v0.1 in October 2025 with an initial batch of 885,000 articles, and is now on v0.2 (released in November 2025) and has more than 6,000,000 total articles, according to grokipedia.com/live. But that live page also has a section titled “Recent changes to…” with a message under it that…

Boerse Stuttgart Digital and institutional crypto trading firm Tradias have completed their merger after clearing the required ownership control procedure, creating a combined digital asset infrastructure unit with about 300 employees.The transaction was first announced in February, when the companies agreed to combine their regulated crypto businesses and expand their services for banks, brokers and other financial institutions across Europe.The merged business will operate under the Boerse Stuttgart Digital name, while Tradias will remain the brand for trading services, according to a Wednesday announcement.The unit will provide trading, custody, staking and tokenization services and will be headquartered in Frankfurt and…

Ariana Grande gushed about her “Petal” music video days after her team announced that she will take a “step back” from the public eye amid intense “scrutiny” of her appearance. “Blooming and firmly planted . . ꕤ,” the pop star, 33, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, August 5, alongside several behind-the-scenes photos from the music video’s set. “I love this video with my entire heart & must express my deepest, endless gratitude to my brilliant collaborators and friends who have brought this song of mine to life with me and who helped tell this story,” Grande continued. “Thank you to…

Following a report published by the Nigerian Tribune and PREMIUM TIMES, the primary TikTok account linked to Elijah Oyebode, a death row inmate at the Ibara Custodial Centre in Abeokuta, has been deleted. The report exposed how the convicted murderer hosted live sessions from the correctional centre against established laws. A check on Tuesday showed that the account @ayola.oluwafu now returns the message: “Couldn’t find this account.” This publication could not ascertain whether the account was deleted by TikTok, by authorities at Ibara Custodial Centre, or by Mr Oyebode himself. The story The investigation revealed that Mr Oyebode had been…

The Nigerian Army has placed a combined N60m bounty on two top leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province, including the group’s governor, Abu Musa Al-Mangawi Baa Shuwa, and his deputy, Muhammad Jidda, after declaring them wanted over their alleged involvement in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad Basin. Their identities were uncovered through forensic analysis of technical devices recovered during a recent military offensive against the terrorist group in the Lake Chad region. The Acting Military Information Officer, Northeast Joint Taskforce Operation Hadin Kai, Capt Muhammed Goni, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. While a N50m bounty…

Crypto analytics platform DefiLlama has integrated Forgd’s market-maker leaderboard, giving users access to data on spreads, market depth, trading volume and uptime. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Forgd said that the dashboard ranks crypto market makers using standardized measures of pricing, depth, reliability and execution quality. The data comes from more than 500 token projects and 35 market-making firms that use Forgd’s tools to monitor liquidity across active engagements, according to the company. The integration allows DefiLlama users to compare market makers across exchanges and assess the liquidity supporting individual tokens. Forgd first launched the leaderboard in May as a tool…