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Before Taylor Parker was convicted of killing her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, she acted as a supportive mother during a phone call with her daughter while she was in prison. In a newly released prison phone call shared by TMZ on Sunday, June 28, Parker 33, spoke to Emersyn and her mother, Shona Prior, as if she hadn’t been accused of a horrific fetal abduction crime. During the call, Emersyn told Parker that she was standing near a campfire and the two discussed a storm that took place the night before. Emersyn then shared that she received sapphire and diamond…
A bus conductor allegedly stabbed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) during a traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Monday. The agency’s General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed the incident in a statement, saying the attack occurred after a LASTMA patrol team stopped a Volkswagen commercial bus for allegedly obstructing traffic along the busy market corridor towards Abule-Egba. According to him, the driver resisted the enforcement exercise before the situation escalated. “The officer was carrying out his statutory responsibility of ensuring unobstructed vehicular movement and maintaining order on Lagos roadways. “The driver…
IT is shocking that, despite the unspeakable atrocities committed by terrorists and bandits across Nigeria, some political leaders and opinion moulders still advocate negotiation, amnesty and reconciliation with mass murderers. This is wrong, dangerous and morally indefensible. The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, reportedly said recently that if elected President, he would negotiate with bandits who genuinely wished to surrender and embrace peace. He added that hardened insurgents who refused peace would face decisive military action. While Obi’s distinction between repentant and unrepentant terrorists may appear pragmatic, it raises a troubling question:…
Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to “protect artists” and “inform listeners.” Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-generated with an icon. But starting today those tracks will no longer be monetizable. “Tidal’s priority is ensuring royalties go to original works directly produced, written, and performed by people. We will therefore not knowingly attribute royalties to music we identify as wholly AI-generated,” the company’s announcement reads.The platform didn’t specify what tools it’s using to identify AI-generated music, but…
Bitcoin (BTC) trades at an important inflection point as retail investors are selling, big institutions are in a hold despite the discounted valuation and the market is paused at $60,300—awaiting the next significant move. The situation reveals two very different investor groups making opposite bets.Retail investors sell, TradFi watchesThe general mood is fearful, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sitting at 36 out of 100, indicating fear but not total panic. This number masks a sharp divide. In June alone, investors pulled $4.4 billion from US spot Bitcoin ETFs—the worst month this year. At the same time, Strategy continues…
A decision has finally been reached about the S.W.A.T. spinoff after offscreen cast drama over exclusion. S.W.A.T. Exiles will premiere September 25 on Starz after distributor Sony Pictures Television closed a deal for the U.S. rights, according to Deadline. The outlet noted that Sony Pictures TV is using a windowing strategy for S.W.A.T. Exiles in the U.S. — with Starz getting the first window. The studio is reportedly in second-window conversations with Netflix after the original series started streaming there three years ago. S.W.A.T., which premiered on CBS in 2017, followed a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team named…
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has listed some of the proposed changes to the law and operations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the proposed changes were approved at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday. While some of these changes require amendment to the NYSC Act, others are simply administrative changes. In a post on his X handle, the minister explained that the reform began last year through “a broad-based, multi-stakeholder review involving the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, the Federal Ministry of Education and the Office of the Special…
Professor Abiodun Adeniyi First, the village referred to here is the original place, easily identified as your ancestral resting place. It is the place parents told you that you hail from. It could be a place of birth, a place where you grew up from childhood, and where you heard that your forefathers are from. It is also the place where you probably did not grow up, but where your parents, or guardian, refer to as their ancestral home, a place where they originated before inhabiting a new place after migration. This village has nothing to do with geography, location, or size.…
The police command in Kogi has launched an investigation into the death of a nursery and primary school teacher in Ugbamaka. The deceased, identified as Maryam Usman, 30, reportedly died after an alleged assault linked to a disciplinary action. The Police Public Relations Officer, Afusat Saliu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja. Ms Saliu said the incident was reported at the Olamaboro Divisional Headquarters on June 25. According to her, the teacher was allegedly attacked for disciplining a pupil at Brains Minds Nursery and Primary School. She said preliminary investigations revealed that Abdullahi Ishaka and two women…
South African authorities have begun the deportation process of former Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, Chidimma Adetshina, after officers arrested her in Cape Town in June for allegedly residing in the country illegally. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the development plunged the 25-year-old model into fresh legal trouble barely two years after her Nigerian heritage sparked fierce public scrutiny and backlash when she entered the Miss South Africa 2024 pageant. Ms Adetshina, who was born in Soweto to a Nigerian Igbo father and a Mozambican mother, had advanced to the Top 30 of the Miss SA competition before the backlash intensified. Miss…
