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At least seven people were missing and about 100 homes and farmland were flooded in Niger State on Friday. The Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullah Baba Arah, confirmed the news to journalists in Minna. He said the flood was caused by hours of heavy rain. He added that the affected communities were in Mashegu …

Police officers in Kaduna have arrested three suspects involved in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in the state. Police also found 54 ATM cards and Point of Sale (POS) machines. State police command spokesman Mansir Hassan confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Kaduna. He named the suspects as Umar Ya’u, Abdullahi Bukar, and Hussaini Sulaiman. The …

ABC News has rejected Kamala Harris’s request to keep her microphones unmuted during the Sept. 10 debate against Donald Trump. The report comes just days after the campaigns for both presidential candidates clashed over the rules. In an email sent this week, the network laid out a list of rules similar to Trump’s CNN debate against Joe Biden, including muting …

Figure AI Incorporation, a robotics company has launched a second-generation humanoid robot that can talk and listen to people’s conversations. The code name for this new humanoid robot is Figure 02. As the name suggests, this system is a replacement for the Figure 01 robot that was launched in 2023. Rather than a crude demo of a robot in motion, …

The Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to freeze 20 bank accounts linked to Aisha Abdulkarim, a female terror suspect. The accounts, spread across eight banks, will be frozen for 60 days to facilitate a forensic investigation. READ ALSO:Court dismisses lawsuit against #EndBadGovernance protest organizers Justice Peter Lifu issued the order following an ex-parte …

The future of Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has put fans and friends on a collision course regarding his next career move. Although The PUNCH reported on Friday that Osimhen, the current African Footballer of the Year, has opted for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli, the Napoli striker has kept fans and friends guessing about his next moves during the transfer window. …

Premier League club Chelsea are likely to miss out on signing Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen after his Italian club Napoli reached a huge transfer agreement with Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli worth €80 million. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have been tracking the Nigeria international all summer and are ready to bring in the 25-year-old on loan …

Nigerian music video producer ThankGod Omori Smith aka TG Omori has assured his fans and well-wishers that he is doing fine following a failed kidney transplant. Recall that TG Omori had previously told fans about how his brother donated a kidney to save his life. TG Omori, who revealed this in a post on his X page (formerly Twitter) while …

  Arsenal are considering a move for Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling or Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman after being linked with both in the last two days of the transfer window. Chelsea have enquired about the availability of Benfica centre-back Tomas Araujo ahead of the transfer deadline. Millwall have rejected Burnley’s bid for Zian Flemming. Southampton are considering signing Maxwel Cornet from …

Nigerian singer Oyindamola Johnson Emmanuel aka Dammy Krane has apologised to Nigerians after being released from prison for making derogatory comments about Davido. The musician in a post shared on his official account X expressed his regret for making negative comments about Davido and also used the medium to apologize to his fans and the Nigerian public. In a post …