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Denmark’s Anders Lind, became the first player to win back-to-back men’s singles titles at the 2026 WTT Contender Lagos, after beating Korea Republic’s Oh Junsung in the final on Sunday at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium. Returning for his third appearance, the 27-year-old carved his name into the history books with purpose, pacing himself through each match, and when the moment came, he seized it to win at 4-1 with the confidence of a champion who knew Lagos was his arena. The story was different in the women’s final as Japan’s Satsuki Odo, the tournament’s top seed,…
Dubai, UAE | May 2026 – The agent economy is reshaping financial markets. Open-source agent frameworks are accelerating autonomous financial activity, with AI agents increasingly executing trades, managing portfolios, and interacting directly with exchanges. Yet the financial infrastructure supporting this shift has not evolved at the same pace.CoinQuant, the AI-powered no-code trading platform that has attracted over 15,000 users since launch, today announces its expansion into a unified trading intelligence architecture built for both human traders and autonomous AI agents.“Autonomous trading is no longer theoretical. It is already happening. The next phase requires structured validation, disciplined risk management, and intelligence…
Yellowstone‘s Marshals is returning for season 2 — but is everyone from the cast coming back? The Paramount Network show, which premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family. Yellowstone came to an end in 2024, expanding its universe with Luke Grimes‘ CBS show Marshals and Dutton Ranch, which premiered in May. According to the official synopsis, Marshals follows Kayce as he leaves “ranching life behind to join an elite unit” of the U.S. Marshals while “combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance…
An aide to President Bola Tinubu has urged residents of Kwara and Kogi states to suspend prayers held on mountains in the neighbouring states, amidst the worsening security situation there. Residents refer to such places as ‘Ori Oke,’ a Yoruba word meaning ‘mountain top’. Some religious people visit such places for special prayers because they believe it brings them closer to God. Abiodun Esset, the senior special assistant on Community Engagement (North Central) to President Tinubu, gave the advice in a statement on Monday. “The Office of the SSA to the President on Community Engagement, North Central, has appealed to…
Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.89 per cent in real terms in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting stronger economic activity compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. The latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report released by the bureau shows that the growth rate was higher than the 3.13 per cent recorded in the first quarter of 2025. The figures also indicate that the services sector remained the backbone of the economy during the period under review, contributing the largest share to overall GDP. In nominal terms, the…
The Ekubo family has announced the burial arrangements for popular actor Alex Ekubo. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the actor died at the age of 40 after battling advanced metastatic kidney cancer. The family announced the funeral plans in a statement posted on his Instagram page on Monday. Mazi Alex Oji Ekubo Okwaraeke signed the statement on behalf of the family. According to the family, the funeral rites will begin with a service of songs, followed by a Christian wake and interment in their hometown. The family also confirmed that mourners are expected to wear white during the burial rites. Dates…
Nigeria’s seven-time Olympian Funke Oshonaike has called for an urgent grassroots overhaul of Nigerian table tennis, insisting the country must rebuild from the foundation level if it hopes to compete again with the world’s elite. Speaking to the press during the 2026 WTT Contender Lagos at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, the Nigerian legend admitted it was painful watching home players fail to reach the latter stages of Africa’s biggest table tennis event despite the tournament’s growing global reputation. Oshonaike, one of the most iconic figures in African table tennis history, returned to Nigeria for the…
The Nigerian military has said it deployed a company of soldiers to the Republic of Benin in April 2026 during the country’s electioneering period and presidential inauguration. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Appolonia Anele, saying the deployment was approved by President Bola Tinubu. “The Nigerian Army (NA), acting on the directive of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces o Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellecy, Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed a company of troops to the Republic of Benin in April 2026 as part of proactive…
Former Ogun State Governor, Olusegun Osoba, says Peter Obi, Goodluck Jonathan and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, are being positioned to divide President Bola Tinubu’s Southern votes in the 2027 general elections. Osoba made this allegation on Sunday during the announcement of the result of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta. He charged party members not be carried away by the votes garnered by the President in the primary. The elder statesman equally alleged that there is an underground plot to reduce Tinubu’s margin in the South ahead of the 2027 elections. “I want…
Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army’s Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have neutralised two suspected armed bandits during a tactical operation in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State. The operation, conducted on May 24, 2026, followed credible intelligence reports of gunshots heard in a forest near the “Welcome to Donga” signpost in Akate District. According to a statement issued on Monday by Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, troops swiftly mobilised to the area and carried out a tactical raid on the suspected hideout. The statement said the troops encountered armed…
