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The All Progressives Grand Alliance has declared lawyer, Chukwudi Oli, as the winner of its House of Representatives primary for the Njikoka/Dunukofia and Anaocha Federal Constituency of Anambra State ahead of the January 16, 2027, general elections. The party’s returning officer for the constituency primary election, Ejimofor Opara, announced the results at the Njikoka Local Government Area headquarters in Abagana on Tuesday night. According to Opara, Oli polled 10,566 votes to defeat other contestants in the primary election. Other candidates included Udoji Chike, who scored 14 votes; Tochukwu John, who secured 2,257 votes; Oha Chisom, who polled 3,418 votes; and…

Confusion and tension gripped the African Democratic Congress in Jigawa State on Wednesday as allegations of irregularities, violence and malpractice forced officials to suspend the collation of primaries for the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship and presidential tickets indefinitely. The Chief Returning Officer, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Zaki Ahmed, who was sent from the ADC national headquarters to oversee the exercise, announced the suspension to journalists at the Tashir Guests Palace in Dutse, the venue of the collation exercise, saying unresolved complaints and irregularities made it impossible to continue. “Results had been received from…

Celtic interim head coach Martin O’Neill has offered little assurance to Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho over his future at the club, admitting he is in no position to make promises given the uncertainty surrounding his own role, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Iheanacho joined the Scottish champions last summer as a free agent after cutting short his stay at Sevilla, and while he struggled with injuries and lost his starting place, he became a popular figure at the club, scoring important goals off the bench as Celtic won the league title and the Scottish Cup, the latter with a decisive…

In the wake of Google expanding its AI verification efforts at I/O, YouTube is now finally going to start taking AI labeling seriously. YouTube has announced that it’s relocating AI disclosures on Shorts and long-form videos to make them easier to spot and will start automatically identifying and labeling AI-generated content on the platform.For regular YouTube videos, the label — which says “AI” next to a recognizable information symbol — will now appear directly below the video player, above the description. Currently, this information is hidden on the videos themselves and can only be viewed by expanding the video description…

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said it will study new adjudication rules for virtual currency and cross-border finance cases as part of a broader push to clarify how courts handle digital economy disputes.“We will conduct in-depth research on the adjudication rules for new cases such as virtual currencies and cross-border finance, formulate judicial interpretations on civil compensation involving insider trading and market manipulation as soon as possible,” said Liu Guixiang, Judicial Committee member of the SPC, during a press conference, reported Chinese news outlet Yicai on Wednesday.The court also plans to study judicial protection rules for artificial intelligence cases and…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Jennifer Lawrence just reminded Us why French-girl style never really goes out of fashion. Her latest New York City outfit centered around one timeless staple (an oversized striped blouse) and somehow made the entire look feel relaxed, polished and impossibly cool all at once. The best news? We tracked down a similar version on Amazon for only $20. On May 18, 2026, in New York City, the actress stepped out wearing the striped button-down with bright red wide-leg pants, suede…

Millwall forward Femi Azeez admitted he is still trying to process the scale of his unforgettable Super Eagles debut after scoring twice in Nigeria’s 2-0 Unity Cup victory over Zimbabwe in London. On a night filled with fresh faces and renewed optimism under Éric Chelle, Azeez emerged as the headline act, delivering a stunning two-goal performance that instantly announced his arrival on the international stage. The forward etched his name into Nigerian football history by becoming the first player in the millennium to score a brace on his Super Eagles debut, a remarkable achievement for a player only recently broken…

The Presidency on Wednesday vowed to prosecute Nigerian social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as Verydarkman, VDM, for allegedly sharing fake audio of President Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST reports that a post by an X user, @Pious_minister showed when an AI generated audio of the President was played in VDM’s video. The audio captured Tinubu’s voice, saying that the insecurity in Nigeria would continue because Nigerians didn’t vote for him in 2023. Reacting, Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga in a post on his official X handle, said the VDM would be made to face the full weight of the law.…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ibrahim Wala, has alleged that the party’s presidential primary election was marred by intimidation, vote buying and other irregularities. DAILY POST reports that Wala, a loyalist to one of the top ADC presidential aspirants, Rotimi Amaechi, monitored the exercise in Gombe State. Amaechi had on Tuesday, rejected the results of the polls, saying that the process lacked transparency and fairness as earlier promised by the opposition party. Backing Amaechi’s claim, Wala, in a post on his official Facebook page, Wednesday described the process as “brazen, shameless auction that betrayed every value the ADC promised to…

A 30-year-old man, identified as Spiro Odese, has reportedly killed his father following a heated argument over a lack of food in the house in Edo State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Sunday, May 24, 2026, at Ikhe-khe Uhumwenbho community in Ewatto, Esan South East Local Government Area of the State. It was learnt that the deceased, identified as Friday Odese, was a farmer in the Ikhe-khe Uhumwenbho Ewatto before he was allegedly killed by his son. The 30-year-old man was, however, lynched by angry youths following the killing of his father. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,…