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Update (July 25, 4:39 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from Wise.Payments company Wise will to change its strategy for applying for a charter license with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to one “under a GENIUS Act framework,” the legislation to regulate stablecoins in the country.According to a Thursday notice from Wise, the company plans to submit a new application for a national trust bank charter under a GENIUS Act framework. Investment banking group William Blair said that Wise will likely not shift its position on payment stablecoins with the…
Zach Gilford’s exit from Criminal Minds came as a surprise to some — but could he return in the future? “Me and [showrunner] Erica Messer, we had this idea of a spinoff,” Gilford, 44, teased exclusively to Us. “I would love to do a spinoff. The hard thing unfortunately is it’s a joint studio. It’s Disney and Paramount. It’s kind of hard to convince them to do it.” Gilford wouldn’t mind reprising the complex role of serial killer Elias Voit, who went from committing disturbing crimes to helping out the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. “It’s just convincing them to make…
Passersby on Aba-Owerri Road, Abia State, have found an unidentified body of a man, believed to be in his 50s, that was decomposing in a wheelbarrow. He was supposedly napping in the barrow. The discovery has prompted a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The body was found at Atuma House, opposite St. Paul’s Church at 104 Aba-Owerri Road, Umungasi. By the time of discovery, the remains, according to eyewitnesses, had begun to decompose. Tochukwu Ogbuagu, who shared photographs of the deceased along with a police letter authorising the evacuation of the corpse, reported the incident on Facebook…
What the Senate owes the public now is a reconciliation conducted on the record, following the documents wherever they lead, insulated from political pressure in either direction, and concluded with a finding ordinary citizens can read. The analyst, Ike Onwuachu, made this point in his assessment of the hearing, arguing that the question should be settled by transparent reconciliation, rather than competing narratives, and that reading numbers off a balance sheet without understanding the historical transactions and operational structures behind them is an incomplete exercise. The easiest way to rile Nigeria on the matter of public finance is to throw…
The Benue State Government has commenced investigations into a suspected case of Mpox reported in Konshisha Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ogwuche, disclosed this on Saturday while responding to reports of a suspected case at the Tyokula Achihi residence in Korinya, Konshisha LGA. Ogwuche said the ministry immediately activated its surveillance system in line with established public health protocols and deployed officials to the area. In a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi, the commissioner urged residents not to jump to conclusions whenever skin rashes and fever occur, noting…
Ransom Canyon showrunner April Blair teased her vision for season 3 — including more potential cast shakeups. “[There will] definitely [be] new faces,” Blair exclusively told Us. “I definitely want to learn more about Lucas and Kit’s parents. I feel like we’ve never really talked about that.” Blair wanted to expand Lucas’ (Garrett Wareing) story, adding, “I really want to bring someone new to the canvas so that Lucas can have his own new experience and new love and just someone fun to shake things up.” Outside of the Russell family, Blair hoped for more musical acts. “Maybe we bring…
Barely two days after a PREMIUM TIMES report detailed how Binyerem Ukaire, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, withheld essential payment files for agencies under her purview, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched a formal investigation. The funds, approved by President Bola Tinubu, were intended to support the operations of several key agencies: the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), National Orientation Agency (NOA), and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Controversy Sources familiar with the…
Indeed, few figures in Nigeria’s politics have cut through the noise quite like Senator Adeola, who epitomises industrial grit and now stands as a quiet model of renewal. What makes Adeola remarkable is not the flash of his campaigns or the polish of his rhetoric, but the steady, almost old-fashioned wisdom that marked him long before he ever sought higher office. Voters didn’t just elect him to his previous and current political offices. They adore the version of leadership he genuinely represents: thoughtful, substantive, and rooted in lived experience, rather than ideology. In some obvious ways, the whole episode is…
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has urged traditional rulers and community leaders to thoroughly vet individuals seeking to acquire farmlands in rural communities to prevent drug cartels from establishing clandestine laboratories. Marwa said the appeal became necessary following the recent discovery of industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratories allegedly operated by a Nigerian-Mexican drug cartel in the forests of Ogun and Oyo states. A statement issued on Saturday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Marwa made the call at the 10th Akinale Day celebration and the first coronation anniversary of…
Criminal Minds is filming season 20 — but not every cast member is coming back after a shocking exit. Criminal Minds, which premiered in 2005, follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit. The crime drama explores different fictional cases and shows how behavioral analysis helps the team locate their unknown subjects. The original Criminal Minds series was revived by Paramount+ after its initial conclusion in 2020. Criminal Minds: Evolution brought back most of the cast with Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster reprising…
