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Education stakeholders on Wednesday raised concerns over the growing insecurity in schools across the country, urging governments at all levels to take urgent steps to protect teachers and students from attacks, abductions and other forms of violence. An estimated 603 students and teachers have been kidnapped in seven mass abductions across schools in Nigeria between March 2024 and May 2026 under President Bola Tinubu, despite the N145bn Safe Schools Initiative. The stakeholders spoke during a panel session in Lagos. Among those who spoke were the Lagos State Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Gbenga Ayetoba; the Lagos State President…
A group of Senate Republicans has urged US financial regulators to clarify the capital standards for companies engaged in crypto activities.Senator Cynthia Lummis said on Thursday that she led the group in sending a letter on May 27 to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Miki Bowman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Travis Hill, and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould.The letter commended the agencies’ guidance in March that clarified the capital treatment of tokenized securities, but urged them “to build on that progress to move towards a clear and fair capital treatment for on-balance sheet treatment of digital assets.”Current…
OnlyFans star Lena the Plug denied that she filed for divorce from her husband, podcaster Adam22. “I’m here to address the chaos,” Lena, 35, announced in a video message via X on Thursday, June 4. “Last month, I went to check my mail and I had all of this rejected paperwork from a courthouse. Somebody has been trying to file for divorce on my behalf.” Per documents obtained by Us Weekly, Lena (real name Lena Nersesian) seemingly filed for divorce on her 35th birthday on Monday, June 1, citing April 15 as the official date of separation in court documents. It…
Some All Progressives Congress (APC) faithfuls and political support groups in Eti-Osa Constituency I in Lagos State have asked President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the party to intervene in the dispute over the party’s House of Assembly ticket for the constituency ahead of the 2027 general election. The appeal followed the publication of the Lagos APC’s list of successful candidates for the House of Representatives and Lagos State House of Assembly elections, which named Saheed Bankole as the party’s candidate for Eti-Osa Constituency I. According to results announced after the primary held in Ajah, the incumbent lawmaker and…
What began as a brutal terrorist attack on communities in Odeni Gida Ward of Udege Development Area, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has now evolved into something even more disturbing – the apparent occupation of deserted communities by the very attackers accused of forcing residents out. Months after coordinated attacks left more than 80 people dead across several communities, survivors say the pain has not ended. Homes were burnt, food stores looted, farms abandoned, and properties worth hundreds of millions destroyed. Yet, beyond the bloodshed and displacement, many residents now fear there may be a deliberate effort to…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has said that more than 50% of its candidates for the 2027 general elections emerged through consensus. Featuring in an interview on Arise Television on Thursday, the national spokesman of the party, Osa Director, said a lot of people are working hard to sabotage the party’s efforts by alleging that the NDC is no different from other political parties. Director reaffirmed the party’s commitment to ensuring a transparent and all-inclusive democratic process. “Over 50% of NDC candidates emerged through consensus. The NDC is a party which is going to conduct itself in such a way…
Former Real Madrid and Argentina legend, Angel Di Maria, has said that the time of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is over in terms of the rivalry that existed for over a decade. He said while rating the chances of the football greats winning the 2026 Ballon d’Or after the FIFA World Cup. Both superstars are set for their sixth appearance in the World Cup, which will be held across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Argentina and Portugal are among the contenders expected to win the trophy. However, only one of these teams will progress beyond the quarter-finals, with…
The University of Port Harcourt has approved the appointment of Professor Princewill Chike as the 10th Vice Chancellor of the institution. Chike was the Rivers State Commissioner for Health during the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike. He will succeed the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, whose tenure will elapse on July 13. Georgewill, who is the 9th VC of UNIPORT, will preside over his last convocation ceremony scheduled for Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, 2026. The university, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, said Chike’s appointment was approved by the institution’s governing council following…
A 28-year-old Congolese man, Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering a UK-based Nigerian student, Uchenna Okirie, following a fatal stabbing at a shared accommodation in Norwich, England. This was contained in a statement obtained from the website of Norfolk Police on Thursday, which stated that Katabana was found guilty by a jury at Norwich Crown Court on Wednesday after an 11-day trial. PUNCH Metro had reported in November 2025 that Katabana was arraigned before Norwich Crown Court for allegedly stabbing Okirie, described as a former postgraduate student at the University of East Anglia, to death at a residential…
From the inception of the Third Republic Democratic governance in 1999, when Chief Olusegun Obasanjo assumed office as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there was the creation of an office known as Special Adviser to the President on Aviation. The occupant of that office was an aircraft pilot, Captain Shehu Iyal. He operated in that capacity as Special Adviser to the President on Aviation from the President Obasanjo regime to President Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan. This has since changed since the advent of the All Progressives…
