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The Senate on Thursday approved the 2025 and 2026 budgets of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), authorising a total expenditure of ₦403.1 billion for the two fiscal years. The upper chamber approved ₦170.10 billion for the 2025 budget and ₦233.96 billion for the 2026 fiscal year. The budgets were passed at the Committee of Supply, where most senators endorsed them through voice votes. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the passage of the budgets after the voting. The approval followed the consideration of a report presented by the senator representing Oyo Central, Yunus Akintunde, on behalf of the Chairman…
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed that he is suing Al Jazeera in the United Kingdom over what he described as the selective editing of his interview on the broadcaster’s ‘Head to Head’ programme hosted by Mehdi Hasan. Speaking on The Morayo Show, aired on MAP Studios on Thursday, Mr Bwala said he instructed his lawyers in England to institute legal proceedings after the broadcaster declined his request to issue a public apology despite apologising to him privately. According to the presidential aide, only about 49 minutes of his 90-minute interview were eventually…
France ended Morocco’s dream of reaching back-to-back semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup on Thursday with a clinical 2-0 victory. While the Atlas Lions were caged, the French team marched into the semi-finals for the third consecutive edition of the tournament. Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé scored second-half goals to settle a tense quarter-final, bringing an end to Morocco’s remarkable campaign in North America. The Atlas Lions had reached the last eight as the only African team still standing after Egypt’s Round of 16 exit and hoped to build on their historic semi-final appearance at the 2022 World Cup in…
A few hours after checking into a hotel in New York City, David Streever woke up to a call from the front desk saying someone was looking for him.Streever had just landed on a return trip from Finland, where he’d vacationed with his daughter. Though Streever didn’t know it yet, while he’d been away, agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had shown up to his home in Rochester and spoken to his wife. They dropped off a “WARNING NOTICE,” which informed Streever that ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is “responsible for enforcing crimes against the United States,”…
Paul Grewal, who has served as Coinbase’s chief legal officer since 2020, announced that he would transition to an advisory role at the exchange starting on July 31.In a Thursday X thread and LinkedIn post, Grewal said Coinbase’s legal vice presidents Molly Abraham and Ryan VanGrack would step into new roles as general counsel and vice chair, respectively, following his departure at the end of the month. Abraham said that she would “take the helm” at the exchange’s legal team. Source: Paul GrewalWhoever steps into Grewal’s shoes as the exchange’s next chief legal officer would likely have significant influence over…
Vicki Gunvalson’s daughter, Briana Culberson, wasn’t thrilled about her mom’s decision to return to The Real Housewives of Orange County. “Briana said, ‘No, Mom. The show has never been good for you. You’ve always lost relationships,’” Vicki, 64, said during a recent panel discussion celebrating the RHOC season 20 premiere. Before the Bravo hit’s return on Thursday, June 9, Vicki told Us Weekly that Briana’s concerns extended to the reality star’s relationship with boyfriend Michael Smith, whom she began dating in 2022. “My daughter is very protective over me, and she just said, ‘Please don’t ruin this relationship by putting…
Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has urged President Bola Tinubu to sustain the military offensive against terrorists and bandits, expressing confidence that they would be defeated through a coordinated national effort. Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this while speaking with State House Correspondents on Thursday, after meeting President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said sustained military operations had intensified pressure on criminal groups, with several bandit leaders eliminated and some commanders surrendering. “There has been a lot of pressure recently on bandits in the North-west, the North-east, and elsewhere. ” Some…
Sony is bringing back the RX10 superzoom camera after a nearly nine-year gap between models. The newly announced RX10 V retains the same 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 25x zoom lens of its last two predecessors, but it has lots of upgrades elsewhere. The new 20.1-megapixel 1-inch-type sensor is a stacked design, allowing up to 30fps continuous burst shooting without any blackout (up from the last-gen’s 24fps). That’s a nice improvement for a camera aimed at action, sports, and wildlife photography, but it will come at a steep cost of $2,299.99 when the camera launches in early August.The RX10 IV…
White House officials claimed that they had “not received names” in response to requests to Senate Democrats for potential commissioners to two US financial regulatory agencies.In a Thursday letter to US Senate majority leader John Thune and minority leader Chuck Schumer, White House officials said that they had already solicited names from Senate Democrats for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The leadership panels of both financial agencies are understaffed, with only Republican members nominated and confirmed by the Senate.The letter came in response to a June 10 request from 12 Senate Democrats over…
Virgin River‘s future on Netflix has been called into question but is the show actually ending? Netflix’s Head of UCAN Scripted Series Jinny Howe was asked about the show’s future, to which she told Deadline on Wednesday, July 8, “All I’m going to say is the fans of this show are going to continue to get what they want as long as they want, and we are being very thoughtful about how to make sure we are both serving but protecting the fandom.” Concern about Virgin River came after it became the longest-running original scripted show on Netflix, which is currently…
