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FormerSecretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has denied receiving money from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. Featuring in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Lawal said if he needed money, he would call President Bola Tinubu to get it. He was reacting to allegations by the supporters of former Vice-President Atiku that he took money from Hayatu-Deen. “If I need money now, I’ll call President Tinubu, and I’ll get it before I get home. “Hayatu-Deen has no money to give. Tell me who was there when he gave me the money. Maybe…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has formally announced Princess Damilola Sonayon-James as the deputy governorship candidate to run alongside Dr Obafemi Hamzat in the 2027 Lagos State governorship election. The announcement was made on Monday by the Lagos State APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, who said the decision followed extensive consultations within the party. Sonayon-James’ nomination had earlier received the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu and the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, the apex decision-making body of the APC in Lagos State. Her emergence comes as Hamzat’s governorship bid continues to attract support from various interest groups, including labour organisations, transport unions, religious groups…
The death of a senior officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Lumi Elisha Gwamis, has thrown residents of Boi District in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State into mourning. DAILY POST reports that Gwamis, 44, was the eldest son of a former executive chairman of Bogoro LGA, Hon. Elisha Tula Gwamis. Reports circulating within the community alleged that the deceased had been battling depression and anxiety before his death, with some residents suggesting he died by suicide. Speaking during a condolence visit on Monday, the deceased’s father, Hon. Elisha Tula Gwamis, described the incident as shocking and painful.…
Terem Moffi is determined to help Nigeria secure a win against Portugal, DAILY POST reports. The Super Eagles will be up against Portugal in an international friendly at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria on Wednesday. It will be the second meeting between both countries, with Portugal claiming a 4-0 victory in their first friendly four years ago. Moffi has scored twice in his last two matches for the Super Eagles. The 26-year-old is conversant with Portuguese football having spent the second half of the 2025/26 season on loan with FC Porto. The 26-year-old promised to help the Super Eagles…
A governorship aspirant of the African Democratic Congress in Jigawa State, Bashir Adamu, has rejected the outcome of the party’s primary election and petitioned the State Election Appeal Committee to nullify the exercise over alleged irregularities. Adamu, a former member of the House of Representatives who represented Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/Yankwashi Federal Constituency, accused party officials of bias, interference and complicity in acts of thuggery, insisting that the process that produced Senator Sabo Muhammad Nakudu as the party’s governorship candidate was flawed. Arewa PUNCH reports that the ADC recently conducted primary elections nationwide to elect candidates for various positions ahead of the 2027…
No matter the extent of modernisation and technological/digital advancement the world is experiencing, many of us still write letters. The media or channels might have changed, yet we still have cause to communicate through letters. Today we are revisiting the tender world of informal letters from the perspective of its don’ts. While this is of general relevance, the lesson is particularly important for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates who will be sitting the English exam on Wednesday. Ordinarily, informal letters are relatively easy to write. They are the ones we pen to loved ones: family members,…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has pushed back against claims that the country’s transmission network is the major obstacle to improved electricity supply, insisting that the national grid currently has the capacity to wheel 8,700 megawatts of electricity, far above the highest power ever generated and delivered to it. Speaking at a four-day Parliamentary and Stakeholders’ Engagement Summit on Power Sector Reforms in Nigeria, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, on Monday in Lagos, said available industry data showed that transmission was not the primary constraint in the country’s electricity value chain. Abdulaziz argued that…
Beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund at the Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, have threatened to stage a peaceful protest over the delayed refund of school fees paid before receiving support under the student loan scheme. The students, who issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the President of the Students’ Representative Council, Kabir Danyaya, accused the union leadership of failing to provide updates or take visible steps towards resolving the issue. In a statement made available to journalists, the aggrieved students expressed frustration over what they described as months of silence on the matter. “For months now, there has been…
Every year, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference gives us a first look at what’s coming next to the company’s many operating systems. But missing from today’s keynote, apart from a single graphic listing all current Apple OSes next to a big “27,” was any mention of tvOS.The whole structure of this year’s WWDC was different, with features delineating the presentation structure instead of sections for each OS update. But there were still major mentions for macOS 27, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27. They’re getting Siri AI, customizable transparency options for Liquid Glass, and some new child safety features. Even visionOS was…
MetaMask launched a self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet that allows artificial intelligence agents to transact across decentralized finance protocols within user-defined spending and security controls.Users can connect the Agent Wallet to AI agent frameworks and authorize software agents to operate within protocol allowlists. The wallet is compatible with frameworks including OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw and Hermes, according to MetaMask.MetaMask said transactions initiated by AI agents are screened through transaction simulation, threat detection and MEV protection systems before execution. Transactions flagged as malicious or outside a user’s predefined rules require manual approval.Source: MetaMask The wallet supports token swaps, perpetual futures trading, prediction…
