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Five children have lost their lives, while one other sustained injuries, following the collapse of a fence in the Bulumkutu area of Maiduguri, Borno State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 8pm on Sunday. Confirming the incident in a telephone interview on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, Nahum Daso, said the injured child was receiving treatment, while an investigation had commenced into the incident. He said, “Yesterday (Sunday), at about 8pm, we received a report through the Divisional Police Officer of the Bulumkutu Division that a fence collapsed on six children.…
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Akin Oke, has urged party leaders and members to bury their differences and work together with a renewed sense of unity to reclaim the state in the 2027 governorship election. Oke made the call on Monday while speaking at the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Unity Rally held at the Ogbomoso Town Hall in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of the state. He implored party stakeholders to embrace teamwork in order to dislodge the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the next general election in the state. PUNCH Online reports that APC…
Cameroon coach David Pagou has revealed that Manchester United transfer target Carlos Baleba required “mental recovery” and work on his confidence after arriving in the Indomitable Lions’ camp for the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Baleba was named Man of the Match in Cameroon’s 2-1 round-of-16 victory over South Africa at the Al Medina Stadium in Rabat on Sunday as he began to rediscover his top form, having endured a difficult first half of the Premier League season with Brighton & Hove Albion. In October, Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler challenged Baleba to overcome the “distraction” of…
Nvidia is bringing a new set of G-Sync Pulsar monitors to the market this week that will automatically adjust brightness and color based on the ambient lighting in a room. Much like a modern laptop, these new monitors have a built-in light sensor that measures the brightness and color temperature of an environment to enable a screen to automatically adapt to different times of day.“In bright daylight conditions it increases brightness and shifts to a color that’s cooler in temperature,” says Michael McSorley, product marketing manager at Nvidia, in a briefing with The Verge. “At night, or in darker rooms,…
Crypto and AI-based initial public offerings last year reportedly dragged down the performance of all US public debuts to fall behind the tech-heavy index S&P 500.Shares of all companies that went public last year, not including closed-end funds and blank-check companies, gained 13.9% on a weighted average basis, underperforming the S&P 500’s comparative 16% gain, Bloomberg reported on Monday.Last year saw some of the crypto industry’s biggest players go public as the Trump administration gave Wall Street the confidence to back crypto companies with billions of dollars. However, not every company performed.Bets on artificial intelligence companies were also a gamble,…
Zach Bryan’s new bride, Samantha Leonard, found a sweet way to honor his late mother, Annette DeAnn Bryan (née Mullen), on the pair’s wedding day. “Samantha went out of her way to put my mom’s wedding dress lace on her dress and I cried for a good bit. Meant so much sweetheart, thank you,” the country music star, 29, gushed via his Instagram Stories on Monday, January 5, sharing a look at the fabric featuring a delicate trim and floral hemline being placed on his wife’s gown. “Wish you were here about now gorgeous,” he then captioned a follow-up slide…
President of ANAP Foundation and Founder of IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has stated why there is a surge of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. Fielding questions on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Monday, Peterside said some poor people can be easily recruited into banditry and terrorism because of their poor condition. He said that Nigeria has an income distribution problem, adding that the nation has the very wealthy and phenomenally poor. “Sometimes you can have an economy where the big guns are doing very well, their income is going up in the stock…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed confidence that divine support and the backing of the people will secure his re-election later this year. The governor spoke on Monday at a New Year interfaith prayer session held at the State Secretariat, attended by labour leaders, religious figures and public servants. He said his administration had surmounted numerous challenges over the past three years and would similarly overcome the hurdles ahead of the forthcoming election. According to Adeleke, his government’s journey since assuming office has been sustained by faith and resilience. “Our God has remained our sustainer, defender and protector. From…
An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced Olawale Faleti, a former Lagos State Education Director, to two years and five months’ imprisonment for the misappropriation of N48.9 million from Access Bank Plc. Justice Rahman Oshodi, presiding over the case, convicted the 64-year-old on five counts of theft following charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In delivering judgment, Oshodi described Faleti’s actions as ‘deliberate and sustained,’ noting that he repeatedly withdrew funds despite lacking any authorisation. The judge also observed that Faleti did not demonstrate genuine remorse or fully acknowledge responsibility for his…
Former Manchester United man, Nicky Butt, has shared his choice for the new manager at the club, insisting the next boss must dump Erik ten Hag’s £50 million signing, Manuel Ugarte. United are looking for a new manager after Amorim was fired on Monday following his criticism of the club’s leadership. Amorim had won two league titles with the big Portuguese team Sporting before he came to Old Trafford, but during his 14 months as manager, there was no sign of that experience or success. Manchester United placed 15th in the Premier League last season and kept up the same…
