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The Taminu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticised the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over his recent advice to former president Goodluck Jonathan on next year’s general elections. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the PDP said Keyamo lacks the moral authority to advise Jonathan. DAILY POST reports that Keyamo had asked the ex-president to shelve the idea of running for president in 2027. Recall that the factional PDP had affirmed Jonathan as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The party said it was rather ironic that Keyamo, a man who built his public…

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a man, Abdulrahman Lawal Raji, to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding a buyer of N26 million under the guise of supplying a Toyota Hilux vehicle. Justice Ismail Ijelu delivered the judgment on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, after finding Raji guilty of obtaining money by false pretence. A statement by EFCC said the convict was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 9, 2023, on an amended two-count charge. According to the anti-graft agency, Raji collected N26 million from a petitioner,…

Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, has said that Nigeria has “a lot of good players” to rely on, despite the absence of star forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman ahead of the team’s international friendly against Poland on Wednesday. Chelle had already confirmed that Osimhen and Lookman will miss the encounter. The Malian stated this after Nigeria’s 3-0 victory over Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup tournament in London at the weekend. Speaking during his pre-match press conference in Warsaw on Tuesday, Chelle said, “I have made a few decisions that I wouldn’t like to elaborate on publicly.…

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested an accountant accused of masterminding a burglary in Maryland, Lagos, in which property worth about ₦150 million was stolen. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Lagos. Jimoh said the suspect had been on the run since July 2025 and was arrested on Monday while attempting to re-enter Nigeria from Canada. According to him, the arrest followed months of collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol). He said the case began…

Fresh crisis has erupted in the Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress as a former member of the National Assembly, Uche Nwole, accused powerful interests within the party of hijacking its structure and manipulating the outcome of its primary elections. Nwole raised the allegations on Tuesday in a petition submitted to the party’s national leadership in Abuja, warning that the development could undermine the NDC’s prospects ahead of the 2027 general elections. The former lawmaker, who addressed journalists in Abuja, said he joined the NDC because of its vision, manifesto and leadership. He also expressed confidence in the…

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has announced that he is undergoing treatment for cancer, revealing the news in a social media statement while requesting privacy for his family. The former Liverpool and Celtic striker said the diagnosis was initially intended to remain private, but was made public after an unintended social media post. As reported by BBC Sport on Tuesday, Dalgish was quoted as saying, “I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well,” Dalglish wrote He explained that the announcement was not planned and expressed regret that the situation had become public.…

Intel couldn’t catch a break. Layoffs. Shakedowns. Crashing CPUs torpedoing its reputation, sending desktop gamers fleeing to AMD. Apple and Qualcomm pushing Intel out of multiple flagship laptops. A gaming graphics card going MIA. But its Panther Lake laptop chip, the first on its all-important 18A process, turned out excellent — and a handheld version might make Intel the leader in portable gaming chips.On Monday, I spent two hours with an MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus handheld atop Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme. I walked away thinking that next-gen handhelds have finally arrived. The true leap in performance and…

New reporting from Bitwise suggests that Bitcoin’s (BTC) undervaluation could expand if investors’ concerns over sovereign debt deepen. The asset management firm said that mounting pressure in global bond markets and rising government debt levels could strengthen Bitcoin’s role as a hedge against macroeconomic risks, with one valuation model suggesting a theoretical fair value of $224,000. Debt market turmoil may support Bitcoin in the long-term Bitwise pointed to mounting pressure across the global bond markets. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates governments and companies will need to borrow roughly $29 trillion in 2026, up 17% from 2024 and nearly…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and State Security Service (SSS) have launched separate investigations into alleged unauthorised access to the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database, following a social media post by the spokesperson to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lere Olayinka, which appeared to show details from the commission’s voter registration records. INEC spokesperson, Mohammed Haruna, said preliminary findings from its audit trail had enabled investigators to identify the user account through which the information was accessed. Mr Haruna reassured Nigerians that there was no evidence of an external cyberattack on its systems. “Preliminary findings from the…