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Kyle Cooke shared his reaction to West Wilson’s Summer House exit — and it’s surprising, to say the least. “It’s unfortunate,” Kyle, 43, said on the Wednesday, June 24, episode of Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast. “It was [only] months ago that I considered him a friend.” Kyle’s Summer House costar Lindsay Hubbard, however, had a more blunt reaction to the news. “I’m fine with it,” she said. Related: West Wilson’s ‘Summer House’ Exit Explained After Amanda Batula Scandal West Wilson’s exit from Summer House isn’t a surprise to a large number of Bravo fans after his controversial relationship with…
The Malala Fund has called for stronger and more intentional engagement of men and boys in advancing girls’ education in Nigeria, saying efforts to improve learning outcomes for girls will remain limited unless harmful gender norms are confronted. The organisation made the call on Wednesday in Abuja during the launch of a report titled “The Potential of Male Engagement and Allyship for Girls’ Education in Nigeria.” The report explores how men and boys can help challenge restrictive social norms, support education policies and create environments that enable girls to enrol in school, stay in school and complete their education. Speaking…
Access Holdings Plc has announced the retirement of Bolaji Agbede as Executive Director, Business Support, effective 30 June, following the expiration of her term. Ms Agbede served the Access Group with distinction for over two decades, making significant contributions to its growth and transformation, the group stated in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Access Holdings said she also contributed to the institutional development of the group across various leadership capacities during her tenure. “The Board expresses its profound appreciation for her dedicated service and exemplary leadership,” the group stated. Access Holdings said Ms Agbede demonstrated exemplary leadership as Acting Group…
Rotimi Amaechi Following the successful conclusion of the opposition African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) presidential primary election, which expectedly threw up former vice President Atiku Abubakar from northern Nigeria as candidate, the party has announced Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, from the south, as his running mate. And for the second time in a row Atiku Abubakar is set to run against the tide of zoning and rotation principle of Nigeria’s apex office between the north and south of the country, at a time that it is generally accepted to be the turn of the south till 2031 after an eight year northern…
Former lawmaker, Senator Ayodele Arise, commends President Tinubu and NASS for passing the State Police Bill, dismissing fears of abuse and highlighting it Read More: https://punchng.com/state-police-ex-lawmaker-commends-tinubu-dismisses-fears-of-abuse/ Read the full article here
The Anambra State Police Command says it has launched a full-scale investigation into an alleged child trafficking ring following the rescue of a 37-year-old female suspect from an angry mob in the Awada area of Obosi. In a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Thursday, the suspect, identified as Anurika Nweme, was intercepted by police operatives attached to the Awada Divisional Headquarters at Divine Mercy Hospital, where eyewitnesses said she had infiltrated on Tuesday. “According to eyewitness accounts, the suspect on the afternoon of 23rd June 2026 allegedly gained access to the hospital premises disguised in attire…
Stakeholders in the banking and auditing sectors have called for the use of technology to strengthen the sector. These stakeholders made the call on Wednesday in Ikoyi, Lagos, during the 6th Quarterly General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria. The event, which was themed ‘Internal Audit Function in the AI Era’, was hosted by the United Bank for Africa. In his keynote address, the Group Managing Director of UBA, Oliver Alawuba, explained that artificial intelligence is no longer a distant conversation, stressing that it is already reshaping how banks serve customers, detect fraud, underwrite…
South Africa beat South Korea 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in their history — an astonishing turnaround after a dismal opening defeat. The Bafana Bafana, playing in a World Cup for the first time since they hosted it in 2010, were widely written off after their 2-0 loss to Group A winners Mexico in the tournament’s curtainraiser. But they battled to a draw against the Czech Republic and came out on top of what was effectively a shootout with South Korea for second place in Monterrey, thanks to Thapelo Maseko’s second-half…
Following the launch of the SL3 in 2024 and last year’s SL3-S that was optimized for speed and capturing fast moving subjects, Leica announced the new SL3-P today delivering some of the best features from both of its predecessors. Like Leica’s previous “P” variants, the new SL3-P lacks the brand’s iconic and recognizable red dot badge on the front but makes up for it with a larger 44-megapixel sensor than last year’s 24-megapixel SL3-S. That’s still less resolution than the 60-megapixel SL3, but Leica’s new camera matches the original’s 8K video capabilities while introducing a new hybrid autofocus system that…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Spark has deployed approximately $150 million in stablecoin liquidity across two Uniswap v4 pools on Ethereum as part of a collaboration aimed at creating shared liquidity and exchange infrastructure for stablecoin issuers.A Spark spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the initial deployment is live in two pools pairing USDS with PayPal USD (PYUSD) and USDT, with USDS serving as the foundation. Spark described the deployment as one of the largest automated market maker (AMM) liquidity migrations in DeFi.“These pools represent the initial deployment of approximately $150 million of liquidity and establish the first phase of the Stablecoin FX…
