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The South-East Zonal Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Oby Ajih, has said that President Bola Tinubu is creating opportunities that could pave the way for a woman to become Nigeria’s president in the future. Ajih stated this on Thursday in Umuahia during the Abia APC Women Mid-Year Prayer Summit and Widows Empowerment Programme organised by the Abia APC Woman Leader, Lady Chino Erondu. Ajih said, “Based on what President Tinubu has done, women have decided to give him their full support. “Women are now being included in the affairs of the country, and they will no longer face…

Kwara State intensifies efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality, urging pregnant women to prioritize hospital delivery and antenatal care for safe Read More: https://punchng.com/use-hospitals-for-safer-deliveries-kwara-urges-pregnant-women/ Source link

South Korea produced a stunning comeback to defeat Czech Republic 2-1 in an entertaining Group A clash at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Guadalajara. It was a match that could have gone either way, but in the end, the better team got the result they deserved. While the scoreline suggests a comfortable victory, the contest was far closer than that. Both teams were well matched and showed why they qualified for football’s biggest stage. Here are the major talking points from the game. South Korea’s Substitutions Changed the Match One of the biggest reasons behind South Korea’s victory was…

For Olga Scripovscaia, a field security coordination officer based in Odesa, each day starts with the same question: “what changed overnight?”After nights frequently interrupted by air alerts and coordinated attacks, mornings are spent reviewing incident reports, checking updates from local authorities and monitoring conditions across Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson, areas where humanitarian access can change within hours.“There is always something ongoing here,” she said. “Things are never quiet.”‘A road that is usable today may not exist tomorrow’ Ms. Scripovscaia works across all UN agencies operating in southern Ukraine, helping assess whether missions can proceed safely and advising on movement plans, operational…

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has expressed concern over the prolonged delay in concluding the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement between university unions and the Federal Government, warning that its members are becoming increasingly agitated as the process drags on. National Vice President and Chairman of SSANU, Western Zone, Dr Abdussobour Salaam, said the union had exercised considerable patience over the years but cautioned that members’ tolerance was rapidly wearing thin. Speaking at the 79th Zonal Executive Council meeting of the union held at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Thursday, Salaam said the meeting brought together…

“Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared at the Nvidia GTC conference in March.Indeed, the idea of data centers in orbit has gone from science fiction to a serious spending category. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI (also Musk’s) and is planning a constellation of space-based data centers. Google, not to be outdone, announced Project Suncatcher in partnership with Planet, planning to launch two satellites equipped with Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips by early 2027. Startup Starcloud has already filed a proposal with the Federal Communications Commission for an 88,000-satellite constellation for orbital…

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway in Mexico, Canada and the United States, African players are backing the continent’s representatives to challenge the rest of the world, inspired by Morocco’s historic achievement at the last edition in Qatar, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. With the tournament expanded to 48 teams, Africa will be represented by 10 countries — Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. Since the first edition of the global showpiece in 1930, no African nation has won the World Cup. Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) all…

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The federal government on Thursday arraigned five men before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged plot to supply 15 AK-103 rifles and 1,434 rounds of live ammunition to a suspected Boko Haram member operating in Niger State, a hotspot in the Nigerian worsening insecurity in the country. The defendants are Yusuf Muhammad, also known as Bature; Goni Ibrahim Bindi, also known as Goni Mutuwa; Sani Tukur, also known as Danladi; Mubarak Ibrahim; and Musa Alhaji Adamu, also known as Gado Banufe. The firearms They face four charges of terrorism, unlawful possession of firearms and providing support to…

One of the co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup, Mexico opened the tournament with a dramatic 2-0 win over South Africa on Wednesday night. The match was a repeat of the opening game of the 2010 edition, which ended 1-1. However, this time around, the Mexicans took control of the match from the blast of the referee’s whistle. And they were rewarded with the first goal within 10 minutes of play. Julián Quiñones opened the scoring in the 9th minute, and Raúl Jiménez doubled the lead in the 67th minute. The goals secured the victory for the co-hosts against a…