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The Oyo State Government has commenced payment of compensation to property owners affected by the ongoing expansion and asphaltic reconstruction of the Ojoo/Akinyele road in Ibadan. The government said the exercise was part of efforts to balance infrastructure development with fairness to residents impacted by the project. The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, disclosed this during an interactive session with affected property owners and the payment exercise. A statement issued on Saturday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said the compensation process followed government approval to ensure that no resident is unfairly treated…

Thai police have arrested six Nigerian nationals during a raid on a luxury condominium in Nonthaburi province. The suspects are accused of running a romance-scam network that defrauded victims into transferring money. According to Thailand media outlet, The Nation Thailand on Saturday, the operation, codenamed “Dark Room Crackdown”, was conducted on Thursday at a riverside condominium near Phra Nang Klao Bridge in Bang Kraso, Muang district, following investigations into foreign criminal networks linked to suspicious financial transactions. Officers searched three rooms under warrants issued by the Nonthaburi Provincial Court, The Nation Thailand reported. “Police seized 18 mobile phones, three laptop…

An aspirant in the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State, Abdulrahman Haske, has raised concerns over the conduct of the exercise, citing alleged irregularities in the process. The party’s governorship primary, held on Friday, produced former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Ahmed Galadima, as the winner. The result was announced in Yola by the chairman of the governorship primary election committee, Prof. Innocent Bariko. However, in a statement issued on Saturday by his campaign Publicity Secretary, Abdulgaffar Ahmed, Haske questioned the credibility of the exercise, claiming that results from some local government areas…

Bruno Fernandes has been named the Premier League Player of the Season for the 2025/26 campaign following his performances for Manchester United. The club announced the development on Saturday, describing Fernandes as a key figure in United’s top-three finish. “Our skipper has had an outstanding campaign, with his performances an undisputable driving force behind the team’s top-three finish – and qualification for next term’s UEFA Champions League – under Michael Carrick,” the club said. Fernandes has scored eight league goals and registered 20 assists this season, equalling the Premier League single-season assist record previously held by Thierry Henry and Kevin…

Hamilton ETFs filed a preliminary prospectus in Canada for an actively managed Bitcoin income exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would use leverage and short-term options strategies to generate yield alongside Bitcoin exposure.The proposed Hamilton Enhanced Bitcoin DayMAX ETF would use covered-call strategies and leverage capped at roughly 25% of net asset value. The strategy is designed to generate income by collecting premiums from short-term options contracts tied to Bitcoin (BTC) price movements.The fund is intended to combine Bitcoin exposure with monthly income generation. The company said the ETF would seek listing approval on Cboe Canada under the ticker symbol BDAY.Hamilton ETFs said…

President Donald Trump isn’t mourning the end of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. A day after the final episode of the late night talk show aired, Trump, 79, responded to its end by sharing an AI-generated video of himself and Colbert, 62, via X. In the video shared on Friday, May 22, an AI version of Trump approached an AI version of Colbert on The Late Show and grabbed him by the shoulders. Trump then picked up Colbert and threw him in an on-stage dumpster. Trump closed the dumpster’s lid with Colbert inside, then smirked and began dancing. The…

Some journalists returning to Lagos from a health reporting workshop organised by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) were among dozens of passengers stranded for several hours on Thursday following prolonged flight delays and logistical problems involving United Nigeria Airlines and Air Peace at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The journalists had attended a two-day workshop on investigative health reporting held in Abuja between 19 and 20 May. Thursday’s disruption began when passengers booked on United Nigeria Airlines flight UN0505 from Abuja to Lagos, scheduled for 9:00 a.m., arrived at the airport only to discover that the…

Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has described the industrial projects of Aliko Dangote as a turning point in Nigeria’s economic history, saying the businessman had delivered the country and Africa from “economic slavery.” Mr Otedola made the remarks during a tour visit by the management team of First HoldCo to the Dangote refinery in Lagos on Wednesday. The event was attended by senior executives and associates of the Dangote Group, where he praised the scale and ambition of the Dangote refinery and fertiliser projects. “What you’ve done is you’ve delivered us from economic slavery in Africa,” Mr Otedola said while…

The federal government has commenced the distribution of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care equipment to 251 health facilities across 30 states to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare services nationwide. The equipment, valued at about $200,000 per state, was unveiled on Friday in Abuja at an event organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare under the Sector-Wide Approach initiative. The initiative is aimed at reducing maternal and newborn deaths and improving access to quality emergency healthcare services across the country. Speaking at the unveiling, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, said no fewer…

The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has called on political parties to ensure greater inclusion of women in nominations for National Assembly, House of Representatives and House of Assembly seats ahead of the 2027 general elections. The association made the call as political parties across the country embark on primary elections ahead of the next electoral cycle. In a statement jointly signed by the Osun NAWOJ Chairperson, Abisola Ariwodola, and Secretary, Oluwaranti Ojewumi ok Saturday, the association said it had observed low female representation in recent party primaries within the state. NAWOJ noted that the…