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The Northern Senators Forum on Friday urged the Federal Government and state governors to expedite action on the proposed State Police Bill, saying decentralised policing is critical to tackling rising insecurity and improving intelligence gathering at the grassroots. The senators made the call while condemning recent terrorist attacks in Adamawa and Sokoto states which, according to the forum, claimed the lives of more than 36 people, including security personnel and worshippers. In a statement on Friday by the Chairman of the forum, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, the lawmakers called on the Federal Government, governors and state Houses of Assembly to give…

The 2026/27 Premier League season will commence later today, and fans can look forward to another exciting season of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), Soccernet.ng reports. The Fantasy Premier League (FPL) has become one of the most popular ways for football fans to follow the Premier League, allowing managers to build their own teams and compete with friends and millions of other players around the world. For fans in Nigeria wondering how to play FPL, the process is very straightforward. Managers can create a team, select players from Premier League clubs and earn points based on how those players perform in real matches. The FPL is an online fantasy…

The Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, on Friday performed its first robotic-assisted surgery, marking a major milestone in the state’s efforts to expand access to advanced medical care. The surgery, performed at the Imo Robotics and Oncology Centre within the hospital, was led by Prof. Kingsley Ekwueme, a Consultant Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgeon and Lead Urological Surgeon at Glan Clwyd Hospital, United Kingdom. The development was announced in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on Electronic and Creative Media, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, on Friday. Nwaogwugwu described the development as a major step in the state’s healthcare…

Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has given Ajax manager Míchel Sánchez plenty to think about after a decisive cameo in Thursday’s UEFA Conference League play-off first leg against FC Sion, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian striker came off the bench in the 72nd minute and needed little time to make his presence felt, scoring and assisting as Ajax secured a 4-2 victory in Switzerland. Arokodare replaced Marcos Leonardo with the score level at 2-2 before making the difference in the final third two minutes later. He headed Ajax back in front after meeting a deflected cross from fellow substitute Abdellah Ouazane.…

By Chika Otuchikere The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has alerted the Federal Government to the noticeable structural distress and cracks observed at Kangimi dam in Kaduna State. The Director General of NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, made this known in a statement made available to Arewa PUNCH, wherein he said the defective dam could result in serious flooding in Kaduna and Niger States, the Federal Capital Territory, and other adjoining areas. Baba-Arah warned that the situation at the Kangimi dam requires urgent technical assessment, coordinated preparedness and preventive action by all relevant authorities, considering the ongoing rainy season and the increasing…

The U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve made news on March 6, 2025, with an executive order that sets out how government-held Bitcoin may be managed and permits the development of budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional Bitcoin. The order does not establish an open-market purchasing program or specify an amount of additional Bitcoin to be acquired.That framework has kept attention on the role that government demand could play alongside institutional and corporate interest in Bitcoin. It also provides the policy context for the $1.5 million Bitcoin bull case associated with Cathie Wood in reporting by TheStreet. Jim Cramer says he was told…

Nigerian record producer and singer, Michael Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has praised Afrobeats star Ayra Starr, saying the singer has changed his life. The Mavin Records boss made the remark on X on Thursday while responding to a fan who applauded his role in Ayra Starr’s career. Don Jazzy said Ayra Starr had also had a significant impact on his own life, recalling how he discovered her through an Instagram freestyle. “She has most definitely changed my own life too. I bless the day I was shown her Instagram freestyle o. And she has been nothing but a…

From a fresh N435bn boost for state security and infrastructure to growing opposition to Atiku Abubakar’s petrol subsidy proposal, the EFCC and ICPC probe of N12bn NFF funds, a fresh UK travel warning covering 11 Nigerian states, and Davido’s playful exchange with Wike, these are the major stories making headlines this morning. States get special N435bn for security, infrastructure State governments received at least N435bn through a special Federation Account Allocation Committee intervention for infrastructure and security between January and June 2026, according to available half-year budget implementation reports from 29 states. The funding was recorded under a relatively new…

By Ademola Adegbite The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Kayode Adebowale, on Thursday, called on members of the Nigerian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons as well as the Nigerian Burn Injuries Society to focus on forging stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors. Through this, he said, the country would build sustainable systems that are resilient and responsive to the needs of all Nigerians. He gave this advice during the 31st NAPRAS/19th NBIS Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, held at the International Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State. Adebowale, who was represented by the Deputy…

Put $1,000 into XRP at $1.07 and you own roughly 935 tokens. Claude AI predicts those tokens are worth somewhere between $4,675 and $26,180 by the end of 2030, and the price prediction spans a range wide enough to make the assumptions matter more than the headline.The most bullish bank-grade roadmap comes from Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick. It maps $7 in 2027, $12.60 in 2028, and $28 by 2030. But two conditions sit underneath it. The CLARITY Act has to pass, and spot ETF inflows need to exceed $4 billion.Current inflows sit near $1 billion raised since November 2025. That…