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Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA have killed two suspected Lakurawa terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition during an operation in the Sabarumawa axis of Kebbi State. The operation, conducted on June 27, followed intelligence that the group was planning an attack on the Sabarumawa community. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Media Information Officer of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt.-Col. Aliyu Danja. Danja said troops of the Chief of Army Staff Intervention Battalion 7 swiftly mobilised to the area and laid a tactical ambush along the terrorists’ suspected route…
The mother of the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, Alhaja Sidikat Basiru, has died. Her death was announced in a statement signed and released by the Osun State APC Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, and obtained on Sunday in Osogbo. The Osun APC expressed heartfelt condolences to Senator Basiru and his family over the passing of their beloved mother. The party described her death as a painful loss not only to the family but also to all who knew and benefited from her exemplary life. In the statement signed by Olabisi, the APC…
Africa will have a record nine representatives in the knockout stage of the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup. Algeria and DR Congo are the latest teams from the continent to seal their last-32 ticket at the ongoing competition following their last group stage matches on Sunday. They joined Morocco, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Cabo Verde, Senegal and Ghana, who had previously confirmed their places in the Round of 32. DR Congo qualified after their first victory, 3-1 over Uzbekistan in Atlanta. The result earned the Leopards four points and took them to the top of the eight best third-placed…
Love Island USA‘s Aftersun hosts Ciara Miller and Tefi Pessoa finally clarified what “French fries” meant after the code word was used to describe a sex act. During the Saturday, June 27, episode of the show, Tefi asked what Trinity Tatum meant by that phrase before mimicking a manual sex act with her hand. Ciara confirmed she was right, adding, “French fry — two fingers.” The Sunday, June 21, episode briefly showed Kenzie and Corbin hooking up in bed. The next morning, Trinity said she heard someone performing “French fries,” which sounded “too wet” to just be a kiss. In…
South Africa heads into Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Round of 32 clash against Canada chasing yet another piece of history, with head coach Hugo Broos insisting that the team’s remarkable rise has been built as much on trust and unity as on tactical discipline. Bafana Bafana have already broken new ground by reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time, having recovered from an opening 2-0 defeat to co-hosts Mexico. A hard-fought draw against the Czech Republic was followed by a memorable 1-0 victory over South Korea, courtesy of Thapelo Maseko’s winner, to seal second place…
Former Oyo State Deputy Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Iyiola Oladokun, has disclosed that he was so sickly as a toddler that people advised his late mother, Mrs Alice Oladokun, to abandon him. Oladokun said that instead of yielding to the advice, his mother nurtured him with love and compassion until adulthood. The former deputy governor recalled fond memories of his mother, who died at the age of 101, while speaking with journalists shortly after her burial in Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, on Saturday. “She was everything to me. When I was a toddler, I was so sickly,…
Former Super Eagles captain Segun Odegbami says he is genuinely excited about the next generation of Nigerian footballers being assembled by head coach Eric Chelle, insisting that the Super Eagles would have been among the most dangerous sides at the 2026 FIFA World Cup had they qualified. Writing in his column, Odegbami was direct about the scale of what Nigeria missed. “I am missing Nigeria at the ongoing World Cup,” he wrote. “If Nigeria had managed, somehow, to qualify and to be participating, the Super Eagles, under Eric Chelle, and with the increasing number of gifted Nigerian players caught in…
The Congress of University Academics says its advocacy for uninterrupted academic activities and constructive engagement has strengthened stability in Nigeria’s university system since 2023. CONUA President, Prof. Niyi Sumonu, stated this in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Sumonu, an Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said the union had consistently promoted industrial harmony across public universities. He said that although the union was officially recognised in 2023, it had already made meaningful contributions to addressing challenges confronting the university system. According to him, one of CONUA’s major…
Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale, said he hopes Strategy will sell at least $3 billion in Bitcoin to cover most of the company’s cash obligations for the next two years.In a Saturday X post, Pandl argued that the move may restore market confidence in the company’s capital structure.Contrary to his hopes, Pandl said he expects a 50-basis-point increase to the dividend rate on Strategy’s preferred stock, STRC, adding roughly $100 million in annual obligations over two years. Pandl added that this scenario “probably does not help market confidence.”Strategy faces an annual preferred dividend obligation of approximately $1.2 billion,…
Vanderpump Rules alum Tom Sandoval broke his silence amid his legal dispute with ex-girlfriend Victoria Lee Robinson and her father. On Saturday, June 27, Sandoval, 42, and Robinson, 33, were both in the company of police at the Los Angeles area residence they both shared as they separately removed items from the home. During one heated moment captured by TMZ, a woman — presumed to be Robinson — could be heard telling Sandoval, “I f***ing hate you. Just like all of your ex-girlfriends, nobody likes you.” (Sandoval previously had a contentious breakup with Ariana Madix after he confessed to cheating…
