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Following mounting security concerns in the Southwest zone, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke said he has activated layers of the state’s security architecture to protect schools and communities. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, Adeleke noted that the approach brings together the state’s formal service commanders with grassroots paramilitary and hunter groups to form a defensive front against banditry. Adeleke wrote, “In the past few days, I have held extensive security consultations with stakeholders across the state, formal and informal, to strengthen our collective preparedness against emerging threats. “We began at the grassroots: hunters, OPC, Agbekoya, Amotekun and…

A former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a full-scale investigation into the alleged leak of information from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Continuous Voter Registration database, arguing that the electoral body’s latest explanation has raised more questions than answers. Atiku said INEC’s admission that voter information was accessed using valid official credentials and subsequently released without authorisation has shifted the controversy from speculation about external hacking to concerns over internal compromise and possible political interference. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the…

Napoli forward Romelu Lukaku scored on his first international appearance in more than a year as Belgium beat Croatia 2-0 on Tuesday in Rijeka in a World Cup friendly. Lukaku found the net in the 96th minute, having been missing since September 2025 due to injury, in the Red Devils’ penultimate match before their tournament opener against Egypt on June 15. The 33-year-old has played just 64 minutes for his club this season due to a hip niggle. Croatia, World Cup semi-finalists in 2022, and a strong side including captain Luka Modric wearing a mask due to injury, end their…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a “voluntary framework” for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they’re released “to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.”The order says the US AI industry has succeeded in part “because we refuse to stifle this innovation with overly burdensome regulation,” but that it also recognizes new AI capabilities come with security risks. Accordingly, it directs several federal agencies to come up with a framework to “assess the advanced cyber capabilities of AI models” before they’re released to the public. Companies would…

Bitcoin (BTC) losses passed 6% after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as a cascade of liquidations gathered pace.Key points:Bitcoin falls below $67,000 for the first time since the first week of April as losses pile on.Liquidations hit $1.25 billion over 24 hours as analysis sees the mid-$50,000 range returning.BTC/USD appears to repeat a bear flag breakdown from earlier in the year.BTC price dives to $66,950 in liquidation cascadeData from TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping as low as $66,948 on Bitstamp.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThat level marked the pair’s lowest since April 5, erasing months of gains as 24-hour cross-crypto liquidations hit $1.25…

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s It Ends With Us legal battle isn’t completely over just yet. On Monday, June 1, attorneys for both parties met in a New York City courtroom to discuss Lively’s desire to seek damages from the actor after their case was settled out of court. Neither Lively, 38, nor Baldoni, 42, were present for the hearing. The Associated Press reported that U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman did not make an official ruling after the hour-long hearing. Hours before the 2026 Met Gala on May 4, news broke that Lively and Baldoni had reached a settlement…

Former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disagreed over a witness subpoenaed to appear in the former governor’s trial. The development occurred before Judge Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC is prosecuting Mr Lamido on alleged money laundering involving N1.35 billion. The former governor is being tried alongside his two sons – Aminu and Mustapha; Aminu Wada Abubakar and their companies – Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd. The defendants, through their lawyer, Joe Agi, a Senior…

The Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has called out skitmaker Nasboi for allegedly using his platform to spread fear. He was reacting to a clip of turbaned men with sophisticated weapons shooting at a military base, which the actor tweeted on Tuesday. This is the second time in a week that a presidential aide has called out a Nigerian celebrity. Last Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, called for the prosecution of activist Martins Otse, otherwise known as VeryDarkMan, accusing him of disseminating a fake audio…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced that all athletes seeking to represent the country at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, must compete at the national trials scheduled for later this month in Lagos. The federation said the trials will hold from 20 to 22 June at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Sports Complex, where athletes will battle for places on Team Nigeria ahead of the Games. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the chairman of the AFN Media Committee, Maxwell Kumoye, the federation described the event as a crucial stage in Nigeria’s preparations for…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has responded to the unauthorized access and display of information from its Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, database. INEC’s response comes in light of a story currently circulating on social media and in various media outlets regarding the alleged unauthorized access to the Commission’s CVR database, as well as the subsequent publication of information concerning a candidate in the recent primaries of a political party in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. It is worth noting that Nollywood veteran Emeka Ike criticized Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for disclosing his…