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The House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Library, Research and Documentation has threatened to recommend sanctions against the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Abubakar Sulaiman, over his alleged participation in the 2026 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Kwara State while still occupying his public office. The committee also accused Mr Sulaiman of disregarding the parliament after he failed to honour three invitations to appear before it and respond to the allegations against him. The committee chairman, Yusuf Galambi, stated this on Tuesday during an investigative hearing on the need to preserve…

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected drug dealers and recovered 5,676 pieces of assorted illicit substances in an intelligence-led operation across the state. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Police Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Command, SP Shi’isu Adam, on Wednesday in Dutse, the state capital. According to the PPRO, the raid on the suspects was part of renewed efforts to curb drug trafficking and protect residents from the dangers associated with substance abuse. He stated that “The suspects were arrested during coordinated raids carried out by police operatives based on…

Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits — and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it’s expanding who can use those tools today ahead of a full launch later this year.The company calls the suite of tools “Rules Hub,” and the tools let mods decide what rules should be automatically enforced and what should happen when a rule is triggered. Rules Hub relies on LLMs to evaluate “whether a post or comment matches the intent of a rule,” which “allows Rules…

Payment processor Mastercard and stablecoin orchestration network Borderless will run a new pilot project to explore how Mastercard’s Crypto Credential standards-based framework can bring greater trust to cross-border stablecoin payments.The pilot will test how Mastercard’s framework can address the challenge of providing assurance signals that participants can incorporate into their approval, compliance and risk processes, they said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.Mastercard’s framework uses common standards and assurance signals to help bring certainty to blockchain transactions. The pilot will seek out new governance signals that can reduce friction in cross-border stablecoin payments.Compliance remains one of the biggest friction points…

From Jennifer Lopez to the Hemsworth brothers to Elisabeth Moss, Hallmark leads are shooting for the stars when it comes to potential celebrities they want to see join the network. Us got a chance to speak with a handful of Hallmark’s fan-favorite stars on Tuesday, August 4, at a red carpet event for Hallmark Channel’s 25th Birthday at The 92nd Street Y, New York. During the exclusive interviews, Alison Sweeney, Ashley Williams, Holly Robinson Peete, Wes Brown, Autumn Reeser, Niall Matter, Victor Webster, Rachel Boston, Nikki DeLoach, Andrew Walker, Erin Cahill and Kimberley Sustad weighed in on their first roles…

The police in Anambra State have arrested and detained a female spiritualist locally known as ‘Ezenwanyi’ after three children were found dead in her residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred at Umuoduba Village, Ideani, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. This newspaper learnt that a total of four children – aged between 6 and 15 – were found in her shrine when police operatives visited the area on Wednesday, but three of them were confirmed dead. A video clip circulating on Facebook showed the woman leading a team of police officers into her residence…

Some people pass through life leaving footprints. Others leave enduring legacies. As family, friends, associates, former colleagues of Nigerian Breweries Plc and distinguished members of Nigeria’s marketing community gather in Lagos on 8 August to celebrate Tony Agenmonmen on his 70th birthday, they are honouring a man whose life has been defined by excellence, integrity, friendship and a solid commitment to the advancement of the marketing profession. Seventy is a significant milestone. It is an age that invites reflection on a journey of purpose, achievement and service. For Tony, it is also a celebration of a life devoted to building…

The Lagos State Government, FirstBank, and Zenith Bank are among the public- and private-sector institutions supporting the second edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Also supporting the summit are the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Fidelity Bank, Polaris Bank, the Africa Soft Power Group and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The announcement was made on Wednesday by Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG. QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit 2.0 is themed Creativity, Culture and Nigeria’s Next Chapter. It will hold on 11 August, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The summit will bring…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday welcomed the rescue of 308 persons abducted in separate attacks in Kwara and Niger states, describing the operation as the largest single-day rescue mission ever carried out by Nigeria’s security agencies. The President also directed security agencies to immediately strengthen early warning mechanisms to prevent future mass abductions. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said 163 of those rescued were abducted from Woro Community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, while 145 others were kidnapped in a separate attack in Niger…

Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk’s healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we’re calling the whole thing SpaceX.Look, what we have here, by revenue, is primarily a telecom company and a company that rents compute, according to SpaceX’s first quarterly earnings statement as a public company. The space sector of the business didn’t break a billion dollars this quarter and contributed only a touch over 10 percent of the company’s revenue. SpaceX remains its own biggest customer. There just aren’t enough other people who want its rockets. And,…