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The police have arrested 27 suspected thugs in separate operations across Minna, Niger State. The police state command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a crime bulletin issued on Wednesday in Minna. According to him, operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Division conducted sting operations on 4 and 5 July at identified criminal hideouts in Kafintella, Sauka-Kahuta and Building Materials Road, where they arrested 10 suspects. Those arrested were identified as Rabiu Hassan, Musa Zaidu, Hassan Alhassan, Dahiru Mohammad, Abubakar Yahaya, Awwal Muhammad, Sadiq Ahmed, Muhammad Audu, Hassan Usman and Abdulahim Jibril. Mr Abiodun said the suspects were found with dangerous weapons,…

Blockchain security experts are urging crypto protocols to reaudit their smart contracts as AI tooling is making it easier for hackers to identify vulnerabilities more quickly than ever before. “Our data argues for continuous review rather than a one-time audit,” TRM Labs head of policy Ari Redbord told Cointelegraph, adding that “attack techniques are moving faster than a single audit from launch day can account for.”“An audit built for last year’s attack patterns leaves a protocol exposed to this year’s as bad actors are changing up.”CertiK reported Monday that hackers stole another $1.32 billion in the first half of 2026 and…

Matt Lauer was spotted on a rare outing with girlfriend Shamin Abas five months after Brooke Nevils released her memoir including allegations against him. According to photos obtained by People on Wednesday, July 8, Lauer, 68, and Abas, 56, spent the 4th of July weekend in the Hamptons. The couple attended Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s annual holiday party. Lauer rocked a white button up shirt, tan blazer and sunglasses for the occasion. Abas, for her part, donned an orange tropical sundress. She completed the look with sunglasses and a statement necklace. The last time Lauer and Abas were seen in…

A chief magistrates’ court in Katsina on Wednesday remanded a university lecturer, Bashir Kurfi, in police custody for alleged defamation and injurious falsehood against the state government. The charge arose from Mr Kurfi’s claims that the Katsina State Government sponsored some bandit leaders to the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage. Mr Kurfi, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him before Chief Magistrate Zaharaddeen Soro. According to the First Information Report presented before the court, the defendant allegedly made the remarks during an interview on Trust TV on 24 June. The prosecution argued…

US Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has urged Senate leaders to ensure that crypto developer protections stay in the crypto market structure legislation that lawmakers are looking to pass ahead of the midterms.Wyden told Senate Minority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer to preserve a section of the CLARITY Act known as the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), according to a letter shared by Crypto in America podcast co-founder Eleanor Terrett on Wednesday.“Developers who make and release software that allows people to manage their own digital assets — and, critically, where the developer does not control user assets…

Lindsay Hubbard’s “Hot Hubbs Summer” is officially heating up after Summer House received a 2026 Emmy Awards nomination. “I screamed, I didn’t cry but I got chills, and I ran a lap around my apartment,” Lindsay, 39, exclusively tells Us Weekly after the hit Bravo show earned its first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program after 10 seasons on Wednesday, July 8. “Then I started pacing around on the phone calling everyone.” Lindsay, who has been part of the Hamptons-based series since its 2017 premiere, confesses she couldn’t “contain my excitement for an entire two hours.” (The Emmy nominations were…

Three years after its inauguration, the 10th House of Representatives has emerged as one of the most active, controversial and politically consequential legislative chambers in Nigeria’s democratic history. Led by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, the 360-member House commenced proceedings on 13 June 2023 with promises to deepen legislative reforms, strengthen oversight of the executive and make the legislature more responsive to citizens’ concerns. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu (CREDIT: Ben kalu website) Since then, lawmakers have processed thousands of bills, embarked on ambitious constitutional amendment efforts, approved major economic reforms, and positioned…

The FIFA World Cup 2026 final is set to deliver a spectacle unlike any in the tournament’s history after FIFA and Global Citizen confirmed that global music icon Justin Bieber has joined the star-studded lineup for the inaugural FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show. Bieber will co-headline the groundbreaking performance alongside Madonna, Shakira and South Korean supergroup BTS when the world’s biggest football event reaches its climax on 19 July, at the New York New Jersey Stadium. The historic 11-minute halftime show marks the first time a FIFA World Cup final will feature a Super Bowl-style entertainment performance, bringing together…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup enters its decisive stage on Thursday with Morocco and France renewing their growing rivalry in the first of four mouth-watering quarter-final fixtures across North America. The clash is a repeat of the 2022 World Cup semi-final, where France ended Morocco’s historic run with a 2-0 victory before going on to reach the final. This time, the Atlas Lions return with another opportunity to make history after becoming the first African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals in back-to-back tournaments. Morocco booked their place in the last eight with an impressive 3-0 victory over Canada,…

A crypto user lost nearly $1 million on Wednesday after signing a phishing token approval on Ethereum, according to onchain data. It comes as the industry recorded $366 million in phishing losses in the first half of the year. A Scam Sniffer alert on Thursday revealed a victim lost 999,999 USDt (USDT) to an Ethereum phishing token approval scam. Scammers first tried draining a rounded $1 million via multicalls but failed due to insufficient funds, then succeeded seconds later by pulling the exact remaining balance in follow-up transfers.“The script recalculated and pulled the exact remaining balance,” Scam Sniffer said.Social engineering via…