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The Democratic Leadership Alliance has refunded N10 million nomination fee paid by its former presidential aspirant, Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, following her withdrawal from the party’s 2027 presidential race. Busari-Akinnadeju disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Akure. She said the party refunded N10.8 million, adding that an outstanding N1.2 million was yet to be paid. The politician resigned from the party on May 28 after accusing its leadership of imposing a consensus presidential candidate in violation of the Electoral Act. She said, “I want to say that the Democratic Leadership Alliance has refunded the presidential…
British actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72. BBC reports on Friday that his family confirmed that he died of complications from pneumonia, surrounded by relatives. Head rose to international fame for his role as Rupert Giles in the supernatural teen drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the late 1990s. He later appeared in several popular productions, including the sketch comedy Little Britain, where he had a recurring role, and the BBC fantasy series Merlin, where he played King Uther Pendragon. He…
The Oyo State Government has expressed deep concern and sympathy for students, parents and guardians affected by the delays experienced during the ongoing 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, conducted by the West African Examinations Council. This was conveyed in a statement on Friday, issued by the Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan. The statement said the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olusegun Olayiwola, conveyed the government’s displeasure over the avoidable stress, anxiety and risks to which candidates have been exposed as a result of the late commencement of some examination papers, contrary to the approved WAEC…
We’re now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang made that clearer than anyone this week, when he described a completely new way of using our laptops — and a completely new kind of laptop made to support it. It’s all very interesting, but it raises the same question we have around so many AI products: Does anyone actually want this?On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David run through a…
Strategy’s sale of 32 Bitcoin shouldn’t have mattered. The company still holds hundreds of thousands of BTC, and the transaction barely moved the needle on its balance sheet. Yet the market reaction was swift, exposing how much of the Bitcoin treasury trade had been built on a simple assumption: companies buy Bitcoin… and they never sell it.Elsewhere in crypto this week, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon escalated his fight against the industry’s preferred market structure bill and a French Bitcoin treasury company pushed the limits of capital formation by asking shareholders to approve a massive $122 billion fundraising mandate.Strategy’s Bitcoin sale…
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has restricted the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, between 10:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. across the state as part of efforts to strengthen security and combat criminal activities. The governor announced the measure on Friday while addressing the public in a video on the state’s security situation and efforts to secure the release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from their schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. Mr Makinde said the decision formed part of additional security measures being introduced to enhance public safety in the state. “Consequently, the operations…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that although Nigeria is not fully prepared for a possible Ebola outbreak, the country still has the capacity to contain the virus if it enters. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, made this known on Friday during a press briefing in Lagos amid renewed concerns over Ebola cases reported in parts of East Africa. He admitted that Nigeria’s preparedness is not at 100 per cent but stressed that existing systems can still halt the spread of the disease if detected early. He said it is not possible for any…
Former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi, has said that nobody should trust the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s system for voter registration. Amadi made the assertion on Friday when he featured in an interview on News Central Television. He was reacting to the failure of INEC to electronically transmit election results, which he said would have made the exercise transparent. “With all the issues around BVAS malfunctioning, which many people think was internal sabotage by INEC itself not to transmit the election result, do you expect the first item on the agenda of any opposition political party…
Six travellers abducted by kidnappers have been rescued by troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) along the Hawan Kibo–Rafin Sanyin road in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday when suspected kidnappers reportedly intercepted a vehicle conveying passengers from Lafia, Nasarawa State, to Jos, Plateau State. The Media Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven, Captain Polycarp Oteh, who confirmed the incident, explained that troops of Sector 6 Operation Enduring Peace immediately responded to a distress call and successfully rescued six of the abducted victims. Upon arrival at the scene, he said,…
