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The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested seven suspected bandits in connection with ongoing investigations into criminal activities in Bagudo Local Government Area, including the recent killing of three personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps. According to a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by the command, the arrests were made on June 5 during intelligence-led operations targeting criminal networks operating within the Soda Forest axis and surrounding border communities. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman, the operations were part of intensified efforts to dismantle banditry networks and disrupt the supply chains sustaining criminal…

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday. It was not immediately clear why Artan was barred from entering the US at Miami International Airport, but Somalia is one of several countries on a travel ban list introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration. “Omar Artan is among Africa’s most respected referees and deserves the support of the entire football community,” Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior advisor to Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports…

I hope you have a modern Apple Watch or iPad, because otherwise watchOS 27 and iPadOS 27 won’t run on your device. Apple often drops support for older devices with its latest software updates, but this year it’s culling even more device generations than ever before.Apple is dropping support for four generations of Apple Watch models in watchOS 27. The latest watchOS update will only be available on Apple Watch Series 10 devices and above, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and above, and Apple Watch SE 3. That means if you have a barely three-year-old Apple Watch Series 9 model then…

[Update 18:15 UTC June 8: Adds outcome of Strategy shareholder vote on change in preferred stock dividend payments in sixth paragraph.] Strategy purchased 1,550 Bitcoin for approximately $101.3 million last week, bringing its total holdings to 845,256 BTC.The company paid an average price of $65,332 per Bitcoin for the purchase, according to a Monday 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Strategy’s aggregate Bitcoin holdings were acquired at an average price of $75,680 per BTC, for a total cost of about $63.97 billion.The latest acquisition was funded using proceeds from sales of Class A common stock through the…

General Hospital star Kirsten Storms offered a major update on her “difficult” custody situation with ex-husband Brandon Barash. “I’m sure some of you guys have read the stories online regarding a situation involving something my ex-husband is currently trying to claim,” Storms, 42, wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday, June 7. “Because I did see one story online stating I reported the apartment break-in AFTER he filed something against me in court, I really need to address this entire issue.” Storms previously claimed on social media that her Tennessee apartment had been broken into late last year, uploading footage…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced plans to inaugurate its National Campaign Council for the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election as the ruling party intensifies preparations for the poll. The party said the inauguration will take place on Wednesday at the Kashim Shettima Hall of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. With the official inauguration of the campaign council, the party will begin a more coordinated engagement with party members, community leaders and voters across Ekiti State for the off-cycle election. In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially inaugurated Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Minister of Power and Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The ceremony was held on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and was attended by family members of the appointees, cabinet members and other top government officials. The appointments followed vacancies created by the exit of former Power Minister, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, both of whom resigned to pursue governorship ambitions in their respective states. Following their nomination by President Tinubu, Tegbe and Enikanolaiye were screened and confirmed by the…

Reports have emerged suggesting that former Adamawa State Governor, Bindow Jibrilla, may be considering a return to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the African Democratic Congress, ADC. The claim was made by political commentator Imran Wakili in a post on X on Monday. According to Wakili, indications from political circles in Adamawa State suggest that Bindow could leave the ADC within days amid growing dissatisfaction with recent developments within the party in the state. Wakili further alleged that the former governor feels his years of loyalty to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were taken for granted He wrote: “Whispers making…

As part of its coordinated efforts to flush out bandits and other criminal elements in the state, the Zamfara State Police Command said its operatives have neutralised three bandits in Jangebe community, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A statement by the police spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, said a joint security team comprising operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit of the State Police Command and Civil Security Volunteers, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Muhammad Bello, conducted a coordinated anti-banditry operation in Taza, Wuya and Gwaram villages within the Jangebe Forest axis of…

Denmark midfielder, Christian Eriksen, has spoken for the first time since he collapsed during an international friendly against Ukraine on Sunday night. Footage showed Eriksen grabbing his chest before collapsing in the 65th minute of the encounter. The match was later abandoned, and the player was taken to the hospital. Eriksen has since been released from hospital. He also released a statement. It read: “I want to let everyone know that I am doing well and that I am home with my family. As you can probably imagine, receiving a shock from my ICD has had a major impact on…