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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…

Super Eagles head coach, Éric Chelle has handed late invitations to Genk full-back Christian Akpan,and Banik Ostrava ace Abdullahi Bewene for his team’s upcoming friendlies against Poland, and Portugal. Akpan recently featured for Genk in a UEFA Europa League playoffs. The 21-year-old was a regular for Genk’s second team this season. Bewene earned his invitation after an impressive season with Baník Ostrava in Czech Fortuna Chance Liga. A number of first team players, including Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen, and Alhassan Yusuf have pulled out of the friendlies. The Super Eagles will face Poland on Wednesday, before facing Portugal a week…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Monday exchanged verbal missiles over the conduct of the African Democratic Congress presidential primaries, which produced Atiku as the winner. Atiku had last week polled a total of 1,846,370 votes to beat former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi and businessman-politician Mohammed Hayatu-Deen to the ADC presidential ticket, with the duo garnering 504,117 and 177,120 votes respectively. Lawal, until recently, was a chieftain of the ADC and a key opposition figure in the broad coalition against President Bola Tinubu in 2027. While announcing his resignation…