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No fewer than 17 people, including seven visitors who had travelled for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, were reportedly killed when bandits attacked Dangulbi community in Tureta Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Residents said the attackers, numbering in the hundreds and riding on motorcycles, invaded the community on Sunday morning, firing indiscriminately, looting shops and forcing villagers to flee into nearby forests. According to local sources, the assailants were believed to have moved from Bagega village in Zamfara State through Barayar Zaki in Bukkuyum Local Government Area before spending the night in Gizazza village ahead of the attack. A resident, who…

The Anambra State Ministry of Health has directed all proprietors and operators of mortuaries in the state to register their facilities and renew expired licences in line with the Public Health Law of the state. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the directive was contained in a public notice issued by the Director of Medical Services, Dr Chukwulobelu Ugochukwu, on behalf of the Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, on Monday. According to the notice, all mortuaries currently operating in the state but not registered with the Directorate of Medical Services are required to immediately commence the registration process.…

There are moments when development conversations stop sounding like routine government engagements and begin to reflect something more deliberate and structural. The recent rail strategy co-creation sessions organised by the South West Development Commission felt very much like such a moment. What stood out was the repeated emphasis on preparation, institutional readiness and the need for government to understand infrastructure not merely as construction, but as a long-term economic system requiring coordination, commercial logic and strategic planning. Across the engagements held on May 19, following earlier discussions on May 18 and culminating in an extensive rail corridor inspection tour on…

Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi has declared himself fit and ready for Nigeria’s June friendlies against Poland and Portugal, handing Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle a welcome boost ahead of what promises to be the most demanding tests of his reign, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Iwobi had been a fitness concern after sustaining a hamstring injury against Brentford in April, but the 30-year-old recovered to start Fulham’s final two Premier League matches and has confirmed he is in good shape for the international window. “I’m grateful to be back fit after injury,” Iwobi said on the Alexander Yaa Digg podcast. “I…

Koladaisi University, Ibadan, has bagged the National Universities Commission’s full accreditation for health science programmes including Nursing Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology. The approval was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adeniyi Olatunbosun (SAN). A statement issued by the university’s Registrar, Haruna Adetu, said the feat came following the recent accreditation exercise conducted by the NUC across Nigerian universities. The NUC, in the letter signed by Abraham Chundusu on behalf of the Executive Secretary, stated that the accreditation exercise was conducted in line with the provisions of Section 10(1) of the…

Binance has launched US equities trading for eligible users and plans to add tokenized stocks as part of a broader push to expand beyond crypto.Users will be able to trade more than 7,000 stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with zero commission, buy fractional shares from $5 and access select equities on a 24/5 basis, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.The exchange said it is also planning to introduce tokenized stocks as part of its vision for a “multi-asset financial super app.” The move puts Binance more directly in competition with Coinbase and other platforms trying to bring stocks, ETFs,…

Former IndyCar driver Ricky Treadway has died following a motorcycle accident. He was 56. According to multiple reports, Treadway was involved in a motorcycle accident prior to his death. Further information regarding the accident was not made available at the time of publication. Treadway, who raced in the 2001 and 2002 seasons, was the son of 1997 Indianapolis 500-winning team owner Fred Treadway. He competed in but did not finish the 2002 Indianapolis 500 after being involved in a crash with fellow driver Tony Kanaan on the track. “The Indy 500 start was the highlight of Treadway’s INDYCAR SERIES career,…

Veteran actress Idowu “Iya Rainbow” Phillips and the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) have joined growing calls for the release of abducted teachers and pupils in Oyo State. PREMIUM TIMES reported that entertainers had, in recent days, demanded the immediate release of the victims and condemned the worsening insecurity across the country under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Gunmen abducted about 32 people from Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele; Primary School, Esiele; and Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, all located in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. One of the victims, a mathematics teacher, Michael…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, of peddling substance-induced fabricated lies. Atiku said Lawal’s verbal vituperation and the “utter rubbish churned out” would have been better ignored as the ranting of a “man high on substance,” but for the overriding need to set the record straight. In a statement by his media office, Atiku explained that while Lawal has the right to resign from the ADC and is free to do so because political parties are voluntary associations of people, he is not entitled…

National Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Yusuf Dantalle, has advised Nigerians to elect who they want and reject what he described as “peanut or that evil called vote buying. According to him, vote buying has become one of Nigeria’s greatest threats to democracy, warning against the exchange of their future for immediate financial inducement. Dantalle spoke on Monday during an interview on Frontline, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese Ijebu, monitored by our correspondent in Abeokuta. He said, “Elect who you want. Reject peanuts or that evil…