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Jerry O’Connell isn’t afraid of a little perspiration. The actor candidly shared his appreciation for wife Rebecca Romijn’s body odor in an interview on the “Thanks Dad With Ego Nwodim” podcast on Monday, June 29. Romijn, 53, came up in the conversation as O’Connell, 52, and Saturday Night Live alum Nwodim, 38, discussed antiperspirants, with the actor sharing that he prefers spray deodorants over roll-ons. O’Connell then admitted, “I have to tell you, my wife, Rebecca Romijn, rubs crystals under her arms. And I’m here to tell everyone it doesn’t work … the crystals under the arms doesn’t work.” Related:…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Tuesday, set 13 October for hearing of an application seeking special protection for an alleged 14-year-old rape victim being prepared to testify against an Abuja-based pastor accused of sexually assaulting her. Judge Modupe Osho-Adebiyi, who is keen about promptly concluding the trial, said she would hear the application on 13 October and immediately rule on it. She said the trial may commence that day, after her ruling. Mr Isah, the founder and General Overseer of Prophetic Voice of Fire Ministry International, Gwagwalada, Abuja, is standing trial on eight counts…

The question is no longer whether a minister has attracted criticism or praise. Public office has always attracted both. The more consequential inquiry is whether the institutions responsible for protecting life are becoming stronger, whether they inspire greater public confidence than before, and whether the ordinary experience of seeking healthcare is steadily improving… Those are the questions worth asking. They are also the standards against which Nigeria’s present reforms should be judged. “How should a nation judge the performance of its health sector?” Public life has an odd way of allowing the loudest questions to eclipse the most important ones.…

Remember the Ghanaian self-acclaimed prophet, Evans “Ebo Noah” Eshun? He’s back in the news after six months, this time claiming the torrential rains that wreaked havoc in parts of Accra and other areas on Monday are vindication of his earlier flood prophecy. The BBC reported that at least 13 people have died in Ghana’s capital, Accra, with residents counting their losses as floodwaters ravage homes, roads and businesses. Police had arrested Ebo Noah, and an Adentan Circuit Court in Accra remanded him in custody, after he predicted that the world would end due to continuous rainfall lasting three years, beginning…

The Chancellor of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Tuesday charged staff and other stakeholders of the institution to up their games to ensure it ranked among the 50 topmost universities in the globe. Babalola, who celebrated the latest ranking of the institution as among the top 100 universities in the world, said that his sights were still on greater achievements for the ivory tower. The ABUAD founder, represented by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Smaranda Olarinde, spoke at a press conference on the 2026 Higher Education Sustainability Impact Rating in Ado Ekiti. In the 2026 Times…

To this day, we have yet to see a quantum computer conclusively perform a single useful task. Existing machines are simply too small and error-ridden to solve commercially relevant problems. That hasn’t stopped Donald Trump’s science adviser from promising a “quantum computer powerful enough for scientific discovery by 2028” and Trump from issuing a new executive order to speed up the US quantum computing industry in its competition with China, both on June 22nd.Companies drive the hype, too. In June, Microsoft announced a new quantum computing chip named Majorana 2. It claimed the chip was a hardware advancement that accelerates…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy won support from some Wall Street analysts after unveiling a new capital framework, but the changes also sparked debate over the company’s long-term Bitcoin strategy and sustainability.Benchmark Equity Research on Monday reiterated its Buy rating on Strategy’s Class A stock MSTR and maintained a 12-month price target of $570, according to a report reviewed by Cointelegraph.Strategy’s common Class A stock, MSTR, rose 12.6% to about $92.70 on Monday, while its STRC preferred shares climbed 12.2% to around $83.70, according to TradingView and Yahoo Finance.However, both stocks edged lower in premarket activity on Tuesday as some investors and…

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More than 50 Nigerian companies have commenced the adoption of global sustainability reporting standards ahead of the country’s 2028 mandatory implementation deadline, as the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria says transparency has become the new currency for investment, competitiveness and access to finance. This was as the council warned Nigerian companies that fail to embrace sustainability reporting risk losing access to international capital, export markets and strategic partnerships as investors increasingly demand transparency beyond traditional financial statements. Speaking at the 5th Annual Nigeria Employers’ Summit organised by the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association in Abuja on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary and…

MetaMask, a self-custodial wallet developed by Consensys, is launching a new product that it says lets users earn yield on its MetaMask USD (mUSD) stablecoin and spend it via a card exclusively on the Monad blockchain.The company on Tuesday announced the launch of Money Account, a product it says offers up to 4% variable annual percentage yield (APY) on eligible stablecoin deposits in supported jurisdictions.“Your balance earns the moment you add funds, and you can spend the moment you need to,” Consensys CEO Joe Lubin said in a statement seen by Cointelegraph.The launch comes amid ongoing debate over yield-bearing stablecoin…