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Blackened palm oil flowed across the wet market walkway. Burnt roofing sheets hung loosely over collapsed wooden stalls. Damaged freezers, melted buckets of rice, scorched cartons of tomatoes, and warped metal doors lay in heaps. Traders wandered through the debris in stunned silence, some clutching keys to shops that no longer existed. Around 1 a.m. on 19 May, a fire broke out near the market fence at one of the container shops used as a cold room, according to witnesses. Within minutes, the flames spread through makeshift structures crowded against the perimeter of one of Akwa Ibom’s busiest daily markets…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has deployed 1,650 personnel across the state to ensure a peaceful and crime-free Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The State Commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, disclosed this during a strategic security meeting with Area Commanders and Divisional Officers held at the Command Headquarters along Iwo-Ibadan Road, Ido-Osun, according to a statement issued by the Command spokesperson, Adeleke Kehinde, on Tuesday. According to the statement, Sotiyo said “the deployment formed part of intensified overt and covert security operations designed to maintain law and order before, during and after the festive period.” He directed officers to…
One of the frontline aspirants for the Zamfara North Senatorial District, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, has dragged the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Federal High Court, Gusau, challenging the outcome of the party’s primary election in the senatorial district. The former All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, chieftain is alleging imposition of a candidate, saying there was no consensus among cleared aspirants to present a candidate. He said there was no written consent indicating his voluntary withdrawal from the race, adding that he did not endorse any aspirant as a consensus candidate. He said the APC did not follow due process…
Francis Uzoho will captain the Super Eagles in tonight’s Unity Cup semi-final encounter against the Warriors of Zimbabwe, DAILY POST reports. Uzoho is the most senior player in camp following the absence of the regular captain, Wilfred Ndidi, and another experienced member of the team, Moses Simon. The Omonia Nicosia goalkeeper was also on media duty with head coach Éric Chelle on Monday. The 27-year-old has been capped 37 times by Nigeria. Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo and Ikorodu City star Michael Atata are the other goalkeepers in camp. Tonight’s encounter will kick off at 7.30 pm Nigeria time.
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Council of Igbo Business Leaders and the South-East Development Commission have collaborated for economic development and integration in Igboland. According to the two groups, it is high time critical stakeholders of the Sout-East region united to forge a formidable front for the development of the zone to stem the tide of youth unemployment, among other challenges. Speaking at a meeting in Enugu on Monday, Chairman of the Council of Igbo Business Leaders, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, said the Igbo should factor the South-East Zone in their investments plans. Ohuabunwa, who outlined the mandate of the council to include…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, has re-arrested and arraigned before the Federal High Court in Benin a suspected drug trafficker, Ibrahim Yusuf Lawal, who allegedly jumped bail and was falsely declared dead by his wife in a bid to evade prosecution. The Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this on Tuesday. He said Lawal, 50, was initially arrested on February 5, 2022, at Ugbekun Junction in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State while transporting various psychotropic substances. According to Ofoyeju, the suspect was found in possession of 0.257kg of Lexotan, 1kg…
The Labour Party has concluded its primaries ahead of the June 20, 2026 by-elections, producing former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, ex-diplomat Simon Eze, and four others as candidates for vacant legislative seats across the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, said Maku emerged through a consensus arrangement as the party’s candidate for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District by-election during the primary held at the party’s zonal office. Asogwa also announced that Eze emerged as the consensus candidate for the Enugu North Senatorial District by-election after what it described as…
The 2026 edition of the Zenith Bank Inter-School Swimming Gala concluded on Saturday with impressive performances from young swimmers across Lagos, as over 200 participants representing various primary and secondary schools competed at the Swimming Section of Ikoyi Club 1938. The youth development event, now in its ninth edition, once again provided a platform for emerging swimming talents to showcase their abilities, passion and competitive spirit. The competition featured an exciting display of skill, determination and sportsmanship from the next generation of swimmers. At the end of the competition, St. Saviour’s School emerged overall champions in the primary school category,…
US President Donald Trump has backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as having the “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, as state regulators’ action against the platforms mounts.“It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets is maintained, and that they will thrive,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday.Trump also took aim at several officials whose states have launched legal action against prediction markets, including Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com and Robinhood.“Under my leadership, we are setting ‘rules of the road’ that are the Gold Standard for the States,” Trump wrote. “We cannot have SCUM…
May 25 (Reuters) – Sonny Rollins had recorded the confidently titled “Jazz Colossus” album in 1956. But the saxophonist remained wracked with self-doubt. So, in the summer of 1959, he began to play on the windswept pedestrian walkway of New York’s Williamsburg Bridge. Initially a place where he could avoid disturbing his pregnant neighbor, the walkway became the site of endless practice. “What made me withdraw and go to the bridge was how I felt about my own playing,” Rollins told the Guardian newspaper in 2022. “I knew I was dissatisfied.” He ended up spending more than two years there,…
