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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers in Ibadan, the state capital. Public Relations Officer of the command, Olayinka Ayanlade reveled this in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday. Ayanlade named the three suspects as Abdulrahman Rasheed, Biodun Fatai and Muiz Salawudeen. The command said it also intercepted an unregistered tricycle, als known as “Keke Maruwa” that was used to carry the three suspects. Ayanlade also disclosed that one locally fabricated single-barrel gun, modified into a short arm suitable for concealment was recovered from the suspects. He said the suspects are currently in…

Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen has named the two Nigerian players he spoke with to join the Turkish Super Lig champions amid the ongoing January transfer window. Osimhen wants his Super Eagles teammates Ademola Lookman and Raphael Onyedika to consider making the move to Galatasaray this year amid the ongoing January transfer window. “I spoke with [Raphael Onyedika] and [Ademola] Lookman. I explained Galatasaray and Turkey to them in detail, how wonderful a club Galatasaray is, how beautiful a country Turkey is,” Osimhen said as quoted by Habersarikirmizi. “It would be very good for our club, for the players, and for…

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has rejected moves to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Bola Tinubu’s running mate ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that such a step would amount to a grave political miscalculation. The forum’s position was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, following reports that some persons within the ruling party were pushing for Shettima’s replacement. The speculation was fuelled after the vice president’s photograph was omitted from a banner bearing images of APC leaders in the North-East during the party’s zonal public hearing…

The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday said it had recovered 26 stolen cows, valued at an estimated N6,250,000. PUNCH Metro learnt that two suspected cattle rustlers, Abu Muhammed and Aliu Bello, in Iresaadu, Surulere Local Government Area of the state, were arrested for the crime. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, said in a statement issued in Ibadan, the state capital, that the suspects were arrested following a swift response to a report received at the Iresaadu Division of the state command. Ayanlade explained that preliminary investigations revealed the suspects were attempting to conceal the stolen cattle…

Now, Canada was amongst the first to hear the wake-up call, leading us to fundamentally shift our strategic posture. Canadians know that our old comfortable assumptions that our geography and alliance memberships automatically conferred prosperity and security – that assumption is no longer valid. And our new approach rests on what Alexander Stubb, the President of Finland, has termed “value-based realism”. Or, to put another way, we aim to be both principled and pragmatic – principled in our commitment to fundamental values, sovereignty, territorial integrity, the prohibition of the use of force, except when consistent with the UN Charter, and…

One of the leading downstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited, has launched its flagship fully synthetic lubricant, PIBREUM SN-9000 5W-30, as part of efforts to deepen its presence in Nigeria’s lubricants market and offer motorists enhanced engine performance and protection. The product, which was officially introduced to the market earlier this month, is designed to perform optimally across diverse driving conditions and terrains in Nigeria. According to a statement by the company, the fully synthetic lubricant delivers enhanced engine cleanliness, improved fuel efficiency and superior protection against wear, even under extreme temperatures and heavy-duty…

Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen has revealed his long-standing admiration for Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone after the Spanish side held the Turkish champions to a 1–1 draw in their penultimate group stage match of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen returned straight into the starting line-up for Galatasaray, barely a week after returning from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The striker was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes but could not prevent the potentially damaging draw, which has now put Galatasaray’s progress in the UEFA Champions League in doubt ahead…

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is pressing OpenAI about its move to bring ads to ChatGPT, and is asking several other companies whether they have similar plans. In letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, and xAI, Markey writes that embedding ads into AI chatbots “raises significant concerns for consumer protection, privacy, and the safety of young users.”OpenAI will start testing ads for free ChatGPT users in the coming weeks, and they’ll appear in the form of “sponsored” products and services at the bottom of conversations with the chatbot. The company says it will surface ads relevant…

Network activity on the Ethereum mainnet has now surpassed that on layer-2 scaling blockchains as gas fees remain low, though it may not all be organic users.Token Terminal said on Thursday that there has been a “return to mainnet,” with daily active addresses on Ethereum outranking all leading layer-2s.A recent spike in active addresses closed in on 1 million per day, with Etherscan showing that active addresses surged to around 1.3 million on Jan. 16 but have since settled to around 945,000 daily active addresses.The figure is higher than all layer-2 blockchains, including the popular networks Arbitrum One, Base Chain…

A Texas influencer is behind bars, charged with sexually assaulting a “very young child” and filming the abuse, according to court documents shared with Us Weekly. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the allegations against Victor Corey Paillet III, 40 — known on social media by the handles “Kandy Red” and “Kandy Red Bread.” The social media influencer is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and promotion of child pornography, which are both first-degree felonies. Investigators said the alleged sexual assault happened on Friday, January 16. The child’s mother spoke to FOX 26 and ABC 13 on the…