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LAUTECH management has dismissed rumors about the institution’s closure due to banditry threats, confirming that the university remains in session. Read More: https://punchng.com/banditry-lautech-dismisses-claims-on-reported-closure-of-institution/
The FineTrack 2 isn’t as discreet as an AirTag. | Image: Ugreen Ugreen has announced a new Apple Find My-compatible tracker with a novel design that limits where you can hide it, but greatly benefits battery life. Inspired by "major football tournaments" the company doesn't call out by name, the Ugreen FineTrack 2 is shaped like a soccer ball and is designed to be used hanging off your keys or bags. It's much larger than an Apple AirTag or credit card-sized trackers, but still small enough to bury in a suitcase or stick in your car's glove compartment. The waterproof FineTrack 2 is available now for $19.99 and comes with a 600mAh CR2450 battery good for around five to seven years of use with Apple's Fin … Read the full story at The Verge.
All three victims have now been identified in California attack being investigated as hate crime.
Veteran journalist and former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has responded to some derogatory statements made against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar by former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi had, in a recent interview with Trust TV, slammed Atiku for not believing in presidential zoning. DAILY POST reports that Amaechi and Atiku are presidential […] Atiku’s ally, Dele Momodu replies Amaechi over attack on ex-VP
Southampton has been expelled from the Championship play-offs after an EFL commission found them guilty of spying on multiple rival clubs’ training session Read More: https://punchng.com/2146957-2/
The Nigerian military says ongoing joint counter-insurgency operations conducted with the United States Africa Command have eliminated 175 ISIS terrorists in North-East Nigeria. Military authorities disclosed this in an operational update, saying the coordinated air and ground strikes commenced a few days ago as part of intensified efforts to dismantle terrorist networks operating within the […] 175 terrorists dead as joint Nigeria-US operations continue in North-East
The management of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), has defended its handling of the accreditation process for the university’s Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) programme following recent student protests and public concerns. According to a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Head of Information, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Mr. Sunday A. Igah, the university said […] FUHSO defends MBBS accreditation process amid student protests
Last week, we noted Kickstarter's new content guidelines which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on "sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification." Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. In an apology letter issued today from COO Sean Leow, Kickstarter confirmed that the new rules were influenced by the payment processor Stripe: The updates to the rules were primarily driven by requirements from our payments processor, Stripe. Stripe operates under its own legal … Read the full story at The Verge.
Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s warnings and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s backing of the Bank of Japan to run policy “successfully” only briefly helped the yen as it continued to hover close to its weakest levels since last month’s intervention.
Former Czech coach Petr Vlachovsky receives a lifetime ban from UEFA after being found guilty of secretly filming female players in changing rooms. Read More: https://punchng.com/ex-czech-coach-gets-lifetime-ban-for-secretly-filming-female-players/
Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as read more Deficits, debt and economic literacy: A response to Nigeria’s fiscal critics
Google is launching a big new feature for Gmail called Gmail Live, a new AI-powered voice mode that's basically the Gemini Live experience but built specifically for your inbox. To use Gmail Live, tap an icon that will appear in your search bar and just start talking. In a press briefing, a Google employee showed a live demo of the feature where she asked questions about things like events at her kid's school and an upcoming trip to Detroit. Gmail pulled up relevant details in the Gmail Live interface, like the date and location of a show-and-tell event at the school, all sourced from the employee's inbox. It was an intriguing demo, and yo … Read the full story at The Verge.
