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The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has reiterated the Command’s commitment to strengthening its partnership with the National Youth Service Corps in Borno State to ensure the scheme continues to deliver on its national mandate. According to a statement released by the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Lieutenant Colonel, Sani… Read the full article here

Five students of Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, who were abducted at the institution’s satellite campus in Emuoha Local Government Area on Tuesday, have regained their freedom. The incident had caused panic among students on the campus, leading to a protest during which they demanded relocation to the main campus. While addressing the protesters on Tuesday, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Isaac… Read the full article here

Cavalli Business and Investment Limited Group has inaugurated a new board of directors as part of its strategy to deepen corporate governance, strengthen its market position and accelerate growth ahead of 2026. The Group Managing Director, Emmanuel Odemayowa, announced the company’s decision during a recent media briefing, describing the transition as a defining moment for the multi-sector enterprise, which operates in real estate,… Read the full article here

William Troost-Ekong opens up about his decision to retire from international football, missing the World Cup, his vision for the future of Nigerian football and more in this interview with UK publication The Standard picked by PETER AKINBO You’ve said your Nigeria journey was beyond even what you could have written. Can you explain what you mean by that? I would dream big, bigger than other people believed in me or thought was possible. But… Read the full article here

Microsoft is finally updating the design of the Run dialog prompt in Windows after more than 30 years. After committing to adding a dark mode to Run, Microsoft is now testing a refreshed design that makes it fit with the aesthetics in Windows 11. X user Phantomofearth discovered the modern Run dialog in the latest preview builds of Windows 11.The overhauled Run prompt looks a lot more like a modern launcher, but it functions exactly as Run always has. The Run command has been part of Windows… Read the full article here

Shortly after the Fusaka network upgrade, the Ethereum network saw a sharp drop in validator participation after a bug in the Prysm consensus client knocked a chunk of votes offline.According to a Thursday Prysm announcement, version v7.0.0 of the client unnecessarily generated old states while processing outdated attestations, a flaw that Prysm core developer Terence Tsao said prevented the nodes from functioning correctly. Developers recommended that users launch the client with the… Read the full article here

Blake Lively claimed Colleen Hoover was “reluctant” to hire a man to direct the film adaptation of It Ends With Us, before eventually agreeing to let Justin Baldoni take the helm. In documents seen by Us Weekly on Thursday, December 4, Lively, 38, and her legal team argued that Hoover, 45, originally planned for a woman to direct the movie. As part of their argument that Baldoni, 41, and his production company Wayfarer “curated a misleading feminist… Read the full article here

Women leaders have called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Special Seats for Women Bill, describing it as a historic opportunity to address decades of underrepresentation in Nigeria’s political system. The call came on Thursday during the Nigerian Women and National Women Leaders Forum, organised by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in collaboration with the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs, with support from the European Union.

Society for Family Health (SFH), a public health organisation, says it will facilitate the enrolment of 1.9 million people living with HIV into the national health insurance system. The Managing Director, Omokhudu Idogho, made the commitment in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Idogho also reaffirmed the organisation’s support to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the next implementation phase, which incorporates comprehensive HIV, Tuberculosis… Read the full article here

Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused foreign powers of backing terrorists in Nigeria. Sheikh Gumi made this allegation during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, claiming that recent patterns of attacks across the country suggest external support for armed groups operating in Nigeria. The Islamic cleric stated that the situation on the ground contradicts earlier signs of improvement in national security. He pointed to the Abuja–Kaduna highway,… Read the full article here