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The Democratic Republic of Congo has criticised the cancellation of its scheduled friendly match against Chile in Spain over concerns linked to the Ebola outbreak in the African country. The match was due to be played on June 9 in La Linea de la Concepcion, southern Spain, but local authorities called it off on public health grounds. Mayor of La Linea de la Concepcion, Juan Franco, announced that he had signed a decree banning the match following a recommendation from local health officials. According to Franco, a report from the town’s health service advised against staging the fixture because of…
In between beef tallow fries, raw milk, and vaccine denialism, Make America Healthy Again figureheads have set their sights on another slice of life: our clothing.“The MAHA movement doesn’t stop with what we EAT — It’s also about what we WEAR,” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in a post on X in late May. “For decades, America offshored textile jobs and allowed foreign synthetic, plastic-based materials to take over the clothing market.” Rollins went on Fox News to promote a new Department of Agriculture campaign dubbed “the Great American Cotton Plan,” an initiative that promises subsidies for American cotton…
Zcash developers and researchers are discussing whether a new shielded pool could help restore supply verification confidence after a recently patched Orchard vulnerability.Shielded Labs, an independent Swiss-based Zcash support organization, said in a security update on Friday that it is exploring a proposed network upgrade that would deploy a new shielded pool and enforce “turnstile accounting” on coins moving from Orchard, giving users a clearer way to verify the integrity of funds moving out of the pool.The group said the proposal is still subject to further explanation and community review. Shielded Labs said it plans to publish a follow-up post…
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An official of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nkemakolam Ukandu, has sued the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, and the National Judicial Council (NJC), alleging bias, abuse of judicial powers and disobedience to court orders in connection with the reassignment of a suit challenging the party’s leadership. According to court documents shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday, Mr Ukandu, filed the suit as ADC’s National Welfare Secretary at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday (4 June). He joined Judge Peter Lifu, who was recently assigned to hear the leadership dispute suit involving the party’s…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has commenced a large-scale enforcement operation targeting motorists using illegally tinted vehicles, concealed number plates and unregistered vehicles as part of efforts to combat crime in Abuja. Commissioner of Police for the FCT, Ahmed Sanusi, announced the development during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja. According to Sanusi, the exercise was prompted by the growing use of vehicles with obscured identities by criminal elements involved in various offences across the territory. He noted that intelligence gathered by the command showed that vehicles with tinted windows, hidden number plates and improper registration are increasingly being…
The former spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Umar Sani, on Friday described Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as the Chairman of a one-man governor’s forum. Sani made the remark against the backdrop of Makinde’s alliance with the Alliance Peoples Movement, APM. Makinde, who had announced that a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in alliance with APM, also declared his presidential ambition under the platform. However, Sani said Makinde has not officially announced his defection from the PDP to APM despite the alliance. Featuring on TVC New’s FireWorks, Sani said: “Seyi Makinde is a important member of our…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilesa, Osun State has sentenced two men, Damilare Oladunjoye and Azeez Ibironke to one year in prison for stealing iron rods from a federal road construction site along the Ilesa-Ibadan Expressway. The duo were found guilty by Magistrate Adedokun Ayeni of Magistrate Court II, Ilesa Division, after being arraigned on charges bordering on theft. According to the Osun State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps in a statement obtained by DAILY POST on Friday, the suspects were arrested during a routine midnight patrol conducted by operatives on Monday along the Ilesa-Ibadan Expressway. The Corps, in a statement by…
Samuel Chukwueze has arrived the Super Eagles camp in Lisbon ahead of the international friendly against Portugal, DAILY POST reports. Chukwueze’s arrival brought the number of players in camp to 22. The 27-year-old was absent from the Super Eagles’ recent fixtures, including the Unity Cup and the friendly against Poland, following the death of his mother and her subsequent burial. The winger is expected to be part of the team’s training session later tonight. The Super Eagles arrived Leiria for the international friendly on Thursday night. Éric Chelle’s side will face Portugal at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria next week Wednesday.
Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Scotland captain Andy Robertson on a free transfer following his departure from Liverpool. As reported by BBC Sport on Friday, the 32-year-old left-back will officially join Spurs on July 1 after the expiration of his contract at Liverpool, bringing an end to a highly successful seven-year spell at Anfield. Robertson had previously announced that he would leave Liverpool this summer, allowing Tottenham to secure the experienced defender without a transfer fee. The North London club had attempted to sign Robertson during the January transfer window when Thomas Frank was in charge. Although an…
