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The Christian Association of Nigeria, South-West region, has decried the spate of insecurity in many parts of the country, calling on governments and other stakeholders to act decisively on the matter. To this end, the group called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in the country. This was contained in a statement issued by the CAN Chairman in the South-West, Bishop Barnabas Akin-Akinsanya. The statement was made available to our correspondent in Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday. According to the statement, the group expressed profound concern and deep anguish over the alarming escalation of…

Former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, on Sunday commended the Nigerian military for securing the freedom of 360 women and children abducted from Ngoshe community in Borno State. The victims, who had been in captivity since March, regained their freedom on Saturday. The release comes three months after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a military base in Ngoshe on March 4, burning operational vehicles, dispersing security personnel, killing several people and abducting scores of residents. President of the Borno South Youth Alliance, Samaila Kaigama, confirmed the development to PUNCH Online on Sunday. Previous reports from April 10 indicated that BOSYA…

The Nigeria Customs Service has intensified efforts to strengthen international cooperation and trade relations, hosting ambassadors, high commissioners and heads of diplomatic missions in Abuja as part of moves to deepen partnerships aimed at boosting trade facilitation, border security and economic growth. The strategic engagement, which took place on June 3 at the rooftop of the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, brought together members of the diplomatic corps, senior government officials, security chiefs and top Customs management personnel. According to a statement issued by the Service on Sunday, the event formed part of ongoing efforts by the NCS…

Harry Kane’s 79th international goal edged England to a 1-0 win over New Zealand as the Three Lions’ World Cup preparations got off to an underwhelming start in the Florida heat on Saturday. Kane flicked in Djed Spence’s cross in first-half stoppage time as England laboured to victory against a side 81 places below them in the world rankings. New Zealand were thrashed 4-0 by Haiti on Wednesday, but Thomas Tuchel’s men found clear-cut chances far harder to come by in their first experience of the brutal conditions Stateside. Tuchel named two entirely different sides for each half, but there…

Tamunosoye Karibi-George, representing Bayelsa State, has been crowned Miss World Nigeria 2026. The 26-year-old, from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, emerged winner among 20 finalists in a competition themed “Pride, Power, and Purpose.” She was crowned on Saturday night at a grand finale held at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. She will represent Nigeria at the 73rd Miss World Festival, scheduled to hold in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from August 9 to September 5, 2026. Silverbird Group founder and former lawmaker representing Bayelsa East, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, who announced and celebrated the win, described Karibi-George as “more than…

The 2026 XPS 14 is the best premium laptop we’ve seen from Dell in a while, with incredible build quality in a thin machine and good performance thanks to Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” chips. A bonus: Dell killed its lame “Premium Plus” naming scheme. XPS is so back!I can’t believe how much of a turnaround this new model is from the XPS 13 I reviewed last year, which at the time was set to be the line’s depressing swan song. The new XPS has improved in just about every way, with an actual physical F-row, better speakers,…

Bitcoin (BTC) threatens to “purge further” as realized losses in the 2026 bear market fail to beat records.Key points:Bitcoin realized losses have not yet surpassed the 2022 total despite market cap being higher.History suggests that a fresh round of capitulation should occur before a bear-market bottom appears.Retail investor conviction is still “remarkably high” despite new macro lows.Bitcoin bear market bottom may need “a few more months”New data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that investor capitulation has not yet matched the levels of the 2022 bear market.“Realized losses are calculated in USD, so logic would dictate that with similar behavior,…

The summer of 2026 began with a baffling animated adaptation of the classic English class novel Animal Farm, George Orwell‘s critique of totalitarianism. Why distributor Angel Studios thought today’s children would be interested in a creepy-looking CGI animal movie about proletariat rebellion is a true mystery (they could just watch Chicken Run, after all), and across-the-board negative reviews quickly put that sickly Animal to sleep. One positive result from that film’s disastrous release is that it got Watch With Us thinking about some of the weirdest children’s movies of all time. From a deranged Wizard of Oz sequel to a…

The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State has dismissed reports of an imminent terrorist attack and mass abduction of students in the institution. The UNN spokesperson, Agha Inya, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday. A report which surfaced online last week claimed that some terrorists were planning to launch a deadly attack on the Nsukka campus of the UNN and also abduct several university students. No security intelligence Mr Inya said in the statement that there is “no credible security intelligence or verified threat” to the university that supports the…

Wema Bank has temporarily blocked communication on its account X, citing the need to protect customers from fraudulent activities and account impersonation. The lender disclosed the suspension of its engagements on X in a post on Sunday, urging customers to halt interactions with its ‘Wema’ and ‘Alat’ accounts on the platform until further notice. Alat is the lender’s digital banking platform. Wema Bank noted that its routine checks and security sweeps showed a surge in the rate at which customers are becoming vulnerable to ‘scam accounts’ and fraudsters with fake accounts on X. “As part of our ongoing efforts to…