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Actress and media personality Nancy Isime has suggested that truly loving children could, in some cases, mean choosing not to bring them into the world because of life’s challenges. The actress made the remark during a recent appearance on the Thanks For Coming podcast which started trending on X on Tuesday, while responding to a question about how many children she hopes to have. According to Isime, the hardships people face in life made her question whether having children is always the best decision. “You know the craziest thing about loving children? I feel like if you really love children,…

The Steam Machine is here, with a base price of $1,049. Yes, that’s nearly twice the price of a PS5, but what you’re buying here isn’t a console but a full-on PC — and a tiny one at that. Valve says it’s selling the Steam Machine basically at cost. So we asked ourselves: What would it cost to build something like the Steam Machine yourself?You can’t literally build the same thing. The quiet 6-inch cube Valve has created isn’t reproducible off the shelf. The base model Steam Machine includes 512GB of storage and goes up to $1,349 for 2TB of…

Zcash miner Fortitude Mining Holdings is set to merge with medical technology company HeartSciences in a deal that will allow Fortitude to become publicly traded without pursuing a traditional initial public offering.The all-stock transaction announced Tuesday will see Fortitude’s management team assume control of the combined company, which will operate under the Fortitude name and is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol TUDE, subject to regulatory approval. Existing HeartSciences shareholders will retain a minority ownership stake.HeartSciences CEO Andrew Simpson hinted at the rationale behind the transaction, saying it would free the company from “the constant cycle of…

Ashley Iaconetti doesn’t believe we’ve seen the last of Taylor Frankie Paul’s journey on The Bachelorette. “I think that as the court decides that she’s more and more able to be with her child full time, it’s likely we could probably see the series,” Ashley, 38, predicted exclusively to Us Weekly while partnering up with Honey Nut Cheerios and the Honey Nuts For You blind-box ring collection. For the uninitiated, Ashley isn’t just your average Bachelor Nation member. After first becoming a contestant on The Bachelor with Chris Soules in 2015, Ashley went on to compete on The Bachelor Winter…

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health, with support from Sightsavers, has commenced preparations for a mass treatment campaign targeting over one million children against schistosomiasis, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), contracted from infected freshwater. The preparations began with a two-day stakeholders’ planning meeting on schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, held in Kaduna on Tuesday. Speaking during the meeting, the State Coordinator for NTDs, Zainab Haruna, stated that the programme was designed to protect children who are most vulnerable to the disease and often lack access to treatment. “Our target is to treat school-aged children from five to 14 years, as…

The Kano State Ministry of Health has closed two private health training institutions operating without approval from the state government and relevant professional and regulatory bodies. The closure was announced in a statement issued by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Kofar-Na’isa, on Tuesday in Kano. He said the affected institutions are Ibn Sina College of Health Science and Technology, located at Dakata Kawaji, and Life Line College of Health Science and Technology, situated at Dakata Industrial Area, both in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the closure followed a comprehensive assessment by the ministry, which…

The Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke, has issued a safety advisory to mariners, boat operators and residents of riverine communities, warning of increased risks of boat accidents due to rising water levels during the ongoing rainy season. The advisory was issued on Tuesday by the Maritime Component of OPWS on the directive of the Force Commander, Major General Moses Gara. In a statement signed by the Acting Media Information Officer, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, the Maritime Component Commander, Lt. Cdr. Dusse Zakari, said the rise in water levels across inland waterways had led to stronger currents and turbulence capable of…

The Abia State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising and stealing government property along the Umuahia-Uzuakoli Road axis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, identifying the suspects as 23-year-old Emmanuel Ogonna and 25-year-old Ifeanychukwu Oko, both of Lohom, Uzuakoli, in Bende Local Government Area. According to the statement, items recovered from the suspects include 49 pieces of angle irons, two saws, three spanners, three small iron boards and 86 electrical poles. The statement said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence. It read, “Leveraging on actionable intelligence, operatives of…

The All Progressives Congress won all three councillorship by-elections conducted by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission across three wards in the state. The by-elections were held in Ward C, Orimedu I, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area; Ward F, Bajulaiye/Fola Agoro, Shomolu Local Government Area; and Ward H, Kayode/Fadeyi, Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area. According to the election results released by LASIEC and made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday, the APC candidate, Rufai Kafayat Abosede, won the Orimedu I, Ward C councillorship seat in Ibeju-Lekki after polling 8,386 votes to defeat Samsideen Adeleke of the African Democratic Congress, who scored…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised concerns over the persistent abuse of the naira, warning that the defacing and mutilation of banknotes are increasing the cost of currency management and shortening the lifespan of the nation’s legal tender. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the Naira Ambassadors Club, a programme aimed at educating students on the proper handling of the national currency and promoting respect for the naira. Cardoso said the apex bank commits significant resources to producing clean, durable and secure banknotes for…