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The Sahara Group Foundation has expanded its waste-to-wealth initiative to Northern Nigeria with the commissioning of a new Sahara Go Recycling Hub in Masaka, Nasarawa State. The foundation said in a statement on Sunday that the facility, delivered in partnership with the Nasarawa State Waste Management Authority, represented a major step in extending structured recycling access to communities in the northern part of the country while advancing sustainable waste management practices. According to the foundation, the Sahara Go Recycling Initiative converts waste management into opportunity by helping to divert recyclable materials from landfills, improve environmental awareness and create income opportunities…

StarTimes Nigeria has announced comprehensive live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026, bringing all 104 matches of football’s biggest tournament to viewers across the country from June 11 to July 19, 2026. Speaking on the initiative, StarTimes Nigeria Marketing Director, Oke Umurhohwo, said the company’s goal is to ensure that every Nigerian football fan can enjoy the tournament regardless of location or income level. “The FIFA World Cup is more than just football; it is a shared experience that unites families, friends, viewing centres, and communities,” Umurhohwo said. “At StarTimes, we are proud to broadcast all 104 matches live…

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s polytechnic education sector have decried what they described as persistent discriminatory admission policies and systemic neglect of polytechnics. For the 2026 admissions, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board sets the minimum baseline for university admissions at 150, while polytechnics and colleges of education are pegged lower, at 100. They warned that the trend is discouraging enrolment, depriving the country of critical technical manpower and undermining efforts to drive industrial development. The concerns were raised at the maiden International Conference of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti Chapter, held virtually. The event brought together academics,…

iOS 27 has only been out for a few hours, and I’ve been messing around with the developer beta on my iPhone 16 Pro. I was most interested in trying out the new Siri AI, but unfortunately, I’m still on Apple’s waitlist for that. In the meantime, I’ve been poking around a bunch of features that aren’t about AI and found a lot that I’m happy with — even though this doesn’t seem to be as big of an update as in previous years, the fit and finish throughout the operating system is already great to see.Here are a few…

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the US, becoming the third major AI company this year to set up plans for a Wall Street debut.OpenAI posted to X on Monday that it filed confidential paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, but had not decided when it would launch to the public.“We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it,” the company wrote. “We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company.”It comes…

After Karen Read was found not guilty of killing her boyfriend John O’Keefe in 2022, she filed a sweeping lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department — and the court filing puts two former officers at the center of the story: Michael Proctor and Sean Goode. Read filed the suit in Bristol Superior Court on June 4, 2026, alleging that her trials exposed “an [embedded] culture of bigotry, misogyny, systemic failures, and institutional rot at the very core of both organizations.” While neither Proctor nor Goode is named as a defendant, dozens of their text messages are…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, swore in Joseph Tegbe as the new Minister of Power and Sola Enikanolaiye as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The short event took place at the Presidential Villa in the presence of the ministers’ spouses and senior government officials. Following the resignations of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to further their political careers, the president nominated the two new ministers, who the Senate duly cleared on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The new Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, born in Ibadan, Oyo State, is…

Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, says the Senate Committee on Constitution Review will present its final report on the proposed creation of state police to the red chamber for consideration and approval before the end of the week. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja, on Monday, Bamidele said the move is part of the National Assembly’s efforts to address the country’s insecurity challenges. The lawmaker, who is the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, stated that once the National Assembly approves the proposal, it will be transmitted to the 36 State Houses of Assembly for ratification. “We came to…

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday paid a visit to the 2027 African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State visited Atiku at his residence in Abuja. At the residence was a chieftain of the ADC and veteran Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, and other dignitaries. DAILY POST reports that the details of the visit was yet to be made public as at the time of this publication. Amaechi contested the ADC’s presidential primary with Atiku and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. While the former Vice President emerged victorious, Amaechi came second. Hayatu-Deen finished third. Amaechi and…

The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a transnational criminal syndicate allegedly involved in staging fake kidnappings to extort ransom from relatives both home and abroad, leading to the arrest of eight foreign nationals in Agbado area of the state.The suspects were arrested during an intelligence led operation by operatives attached to the Ifo Divisional Headquarters following a reported kidnapping case that later turned out to be a coordinated staged abduction scheme.The arrested suspects  Zakaria Zawadogo (34, Burkina Faso), Cheik El-Mehdi (23, Mauritania), Suren Neta (25, Ivory Coast), Koffi Breno (36, Ivory Coast), Gondo Treso (32, Ivory Coast), Kunuji Ezekiel…