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The phone rings. There’s a sense of dread. Friend or foe? Scam or no? NordVPN — known more for encrypting internet traffic and hiding IP addresses — has launched an Android app named HangUp that screens incoming calls for potential scammers and telemarketers. The app is free to everyone. You don’t need a paid NordVPN account. HangUp uses call protection technology from Hiya, which has its own mobile app to block spam and fraud calls and detect AI deepfakes. HangUp also can scan incoming text messages by incorporating NordVPN’s Message Protection, which the company launched in June. HangUp app customers…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four of its officers captured in a viral video allegedly demanding money from a motorist along the Ijebu-Ode–Ore–Benin Expressway. According to a statement on Friday, the arrested officers are: “AP/No. 207454, ASP Elomore Sodayo; AP/No. 332012, Inspector Adefila Adewale; AP/No. 332449, Inspector Olorunfemi Opeyemi; and AP/No. 332369, Inspector Odusola Peter.” Speaking at the command headquarters in Akure on Friday, the state Commissioner of Police, Felix Ohagwu, said the police had zero tolerance for indiscipline and unprofessional conduct. He added that a comprehensive investigation had been ordered to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident…

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•Explains how PFIPC was allocated money in the budget By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Gift Chapi-Odekina The Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) yesterday explained that the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), which the presidency declared as fake and is currently being investigated by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, had its origin in the last administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari. Read Also: N1.32bn allocation: No Kobo was released to PFIPC, Budget Office tells Reps The Director-General of the Budget Office, Mr. Tanimu Yakubu who provided the explanation in a statement, after appearing before members of the…

A beach goer stands in lake Lacanau, also called Etang de Lacanau (Lacanau Pond) from the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire. Photo by Maximilien LAMY / AFP. France and Spain evacuated more than 160,000 people as unprecedented forest fires ravaged areas on Saturday near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned vineyards. French President Emmanuel Macron asked the army on Friday to mobilise to help contain the worst wildfire the country has ever seen after seeking European Union…

News » Premier League news » Arsenal newsJuly 24, 2026 20:14 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Arsenal summer 2026 transfer targets Arsenal preparing to offload two wingers Arsenal are prepared to offload two more wingers after Leandro Trossard this summer. The Gunners recently parted ways with Trossard. The Belgian was sold to Besiktas, and Arsenal have since signed Christos Tzolis as his successor.The Premier League champions have added quality on the left wing with Tzolis, but they are keen on landing another marquee signing as well.The club are evaluating their targets at the moment. They are likewise looking at the possibility of parting…

Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the North Kordofan capital.“In El Obeid, Sudan, drone attacks during the day and sexual violence at night have left no safe window for women and girls to collect water,” said Anna Mutavati, UN Women’s regional director for East and Southern Africa, briefing journalists in Geneva from Nairobi. The pattern, she said, echoes atrocities documented in El Fasher last year.No safe hourDrones have targeted water points and distribution sites during the day, pushing women to wait for nightfall in the belief that darkness…

| By: Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Just like calling someone’s name often makes them look your way, there’s hardly a better way for brands to secure attention than by tying their messaging to human truths. Some of the best conversions happen when businesses step into their customers’ shoes. A story lands when audiences can glaringly see themselves in the narrative through a graphic representation of their lived circumstances. Brands that know what customers are grappling with will always outperform self-centred competitors. Empathy storytelling targets human connections in public relations by deliberately making stakeholders heroes or protagonists of the plot. It subjects the…

The United Nations Children’s Fund has unveiled plans to sharpen its child protection interventions in Nigeria, placing child abuse, child marriage and poor birth registration at the centre of its new country strategy as it seeks to reach millions of vulnerable children still excluded from essential services. The organisation said the new priorities would shape its 2028–2032 Country Programme and strengthen government-led systems to ensure more Nigerian children are protected from violence, exploitation and harmful practices. Speaking at the opening of UNICEF Nigeria’s Child Protection Mid-Year Review and consultations for the development of the new country programme in Abuja, the…

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