Bahumono people mark 5 years of peace, seek unity, resettlement (Guardian)
Under the sacred trees of Otumusa, ancestral home of the Bahumono people in Abi Local Council, Cross River State, drums echoed, and chants filled the air as the community commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Bahumono Peace Accord.
The event, held on June 20, 2025, celebrated a collective decision to abandon violence and embrace dialogue after years of inter-communal strife.
The Bahumono Nation, comprising nine interconnected communitiesโEdiba, Usumutong, Ebijakara, Ebom, Afafanyin, Igonigoni, Anong, Abeygo, and Bazohureโendured years of violent clashes over land disputes and generational grievances. The conflict resulted in significant bloodshed, displacement, and the scattering of the Ebijakara people from their ancestral home. Read more
Auto crash claims policeman, 7 others (Punch)
A senior police officer and seven other passengers have lost their lives in an auto crash on the Gombe corridor of the GombeโYola Federal Highway.
PUNCH Metro learnt from the state police command on Thursday that the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon.
While the police confirmed to PUNCH Metro that the circumstances surrounding the incident were being investigated, the spokesperson for the command, Buhari Abdullahi, said the officer was heading to Nasarawa State before the crash. Read more
Benue killings: Weโll end era where crimes go unpunished โ CDS (DailyTrust)
Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has expressed optimism over the determination of the Federal Government to end the era where crimes go unpunished.
General Musa who convened a high level peace advocacy meeting on Thursday with their Royal Majesties, the Tor Tiv, Professor James Ortese Ayatse, and the OchโIdoma, John Odogbo, alongside other traditional leaders also in attendance, vowed to bring perpetrators of crimes involving insecurity in the country to justice.
The meeting followed the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a renewed effort to drive sustainable peace and security in Benue State. Read more
Fubara meets with Amaewhule, Rivers lawmakers (Nation)
Suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has met with the suspended Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule and other aggrieved state lawmakers.
Multiple sources confirmed on Thursday evening the meeting held and ended with Fubara holding the hands of Amaewhule as they shared jokes and laughter.
It was gathered that the meeting, which was held in Abuja, was the first reconciliatory move between the governor and the state lawmakers. Read more
New tax reform laws will restore fairness, reignite growth โTinubu (Sun)
President Bola Tinubu via his verified X handle, @officialABAT, yesterday said that the four landmark tax reform bills he signed into law yesterday were designed to bring tangible relief to ordinary Nigerians, restore fairness in the tax system and stimulate inclusive economic growth for the future.
He described the legislation as a decisive break from the past, adding that the reforms were tailored to ease the burden on working families, small businesses and low-income earners while eliminating inefficiencies that have long plagued Nigeriaโs fiscal structure.
โThese reforms go beyond streamlining tax codes,โ the President said. โThey deliver the first major, pro-people tax cuts in a generation, targeted relief for low-income earners, small businesses and families working hard to make ends meet,โ he assured. Read more
NJC sends 10 Imo judges on compulsory retirement (Vanguard)
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has approved the compulsory retirement of 10 Judges of Imo State Judiciary.
The council, in a press release it issued late in the night on Thursday, disclosed that nine of the affected Judges falsified their dates of birth in a bid to perpetuate themselves in office.
It equally okayed the retirement of Justice T. N. Nzeukwu for allowing himself to be sworn in as the Acting Chief Judge of the Imo State High Court, even though he was the fourth in the hierarchy of Judges of the Imo State Judiciary. Read more
Households Earning โฆ250,000 Or Less Monthly Wonโt Pay Tax โ Oyedele (Channels)
Chairman of Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, on Channels Televisionโs Politics Today programme on June 26, 2025
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, said that under the new tax laws, Nigerian households earning โฆ250,000 or less per month are classified as poor and exempt from paying taxes.
The former tax leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) stated this on Channels Televisionโs Politics Today on Thursday, a few hours after President Bola Tinubu assented to four new tax bills.
Oyedele, whom the President appointed in July 2023, described his two-year stint as chair of the tax reform committee as both eventful and challenging. Read more
Inside the new town being built in London with 25,000 new homes (Metro)
Dining alfresco, luxury homes and lush parks โ step inside the massive new town set to be built across London within the next thirty years.
The new development, called Old Oak, will introduce green walkways and the capitalโs biggest ever train station, โrevolutionisingโ the car parks and industrial units of Brent, Ealing, and Hammersmith and Fulham by 2055.
With Londonโs population expected to hit 10million by 2035, planners hope to create 25,000 new homes and 56,000 new jobs. Read more
Brandy & Monica reveal the surprising inspiration behind their hit duet ‘The Boy Is Mineโ (People)
Brandy and Monica are revealing the surprising inspiration behind their beloved duet, “The Boy Is Mine.”
During a joint appearance on the Wednesday, June 25, edition of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Brandy was asked whether it is true she got the idea for the 1998 track from an episode of The Jerry Springer Show.
“Yes, I was a huge Jerry Springer fan, and one of the topics was, ‘The boy is mine.’ I’m like, ‘Oh my god, song idea, let’s do this,’ ” Brandy told host Jimmy Fallon. Read more
โFeels like heavenโ: Iranians return to Tehran, uncertain of future (AlJazeera)
The highways leading into Tehran are busy again, filled with cars carrying families, suitcases, and the cautious hope that home might finally be safe. After 12 days of war that killed more than 600 Iranians and displaced hundreds of thousands from the capital, a ceasefire announced on Monday has begun drawing residents back to a city still scarred by Israeli air strikes.
For many returning to Tehran, the relief of sleeping in their own beds is tempered by the constant fear that the bombing could resume at any moment.
โComing back home after all these days, even from a place where you had physical safety, feels like heaven,โ said Nika, a 33-year-old graphic designer who spent nearly two weeks sheltering with her husband at their relativesโ home in Zanjan, some 286 kilometres (177 miles) northwest of the capital. โBut I donโt know if the ceasefire will last or not,โ she said. Read more
Man arrested for Kendrick Lamar halftime show protest in support of Palestinians (AllHipHop)
A man has been arrested almost five months after waving a Palestinian flag with โGazaโ and โSudanโ scrawled across it during Kendrick Lamarโs Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a 41-year-old resident of New Orleans, was hired as a background performer for Kendrick Lamar.
He disrupted the February 9 show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans by climbing atop a black Buick GNX and revealing the flag mid-performance. Read more
Diddy Case: Prosecutors no longer planning to proceed on attempted kidnapping & arson theories (Complex)
Prosecutors in Diddyโs federal case said this week they are โno longer planning to proceedโ on theories of liability including attempted kidnapping and attempted arson.
As seen in a filing dated June 24, excerpted below, the government told Judge Arun Subramanian that it had โremoved instructionsโ for jurors from the charge relating to attempted kidnapping under California and New York law; attempted arson under California law; and aiding and abetting sex trafficking.
โThe government is no longer planning to proceed on these theories of liability so instructions are no longer necessary,โ the eight-page filing reads. Read more
Rick Hurst Dies: โDukes of Hazzardโ & โSteel Magnoliasโ Actor Was 79 (Deadline)
Rick Hurst, the actor known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He was 79.
According to the actorโs wife Candace Kaniecki, he died unexpectedly on Thursday in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. His cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
Hurstโs co-star Ben Jones, who played Cooter Davenport on the 1979-โ85 CBS sitcom, announced his death on Facebook after Hurst was scheduled to appear at Cooterโs Place in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee next month. Read more
Amusan joins star-studded 2025 Prefontaine Classic (Punch)
World record holder Tobi Amusan has been confirmed for the womenโs 100m hurdles at the 50th edition of the Prefontaine Classic, set to take place on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Hayward Field, Oregon, United States, The PUNCH reports.
The prestigious meet, part of the Wanda Diamond League series, will feature an elite cast of athletes, with Amusan lining up in one of the most anticipated events of the day alongside reigning Olympic champion Masai Russell of the United States and world number one Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico.
Amusanโs return to the Prefontaine Classic marks a symbolic homecoming, as the Nigerian sprint queen set the current world record of 12.12s on the same track during the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Read more
โUS has worst food in the worldโ โ Viviano slams Juve star McKennie for criticising Italian food (Sun)
United States and Juventus midfielder, Weston Mckennie has incurred the wrath of former Italian goalkeeper, Emiliano Viviano after claiming Italian food โhas no varietyโ.
Mckennie, alongside compatriot and Juve teammate Timothy Weah, sat for the Juventus Talk With Us podcast and discussed a range of subjects, including the local cuisine in Turin.
Speaking on the food, McKennie, 26, said, โYou guys donโt have variety: itโs pasta, pizza, fish, steak. Read more
CitySports Africa wins 2 trophies at Germanyโs Schwabenland Cup (Guardian)
One of Africaโs leading sports development institutions, CitySports Africa, has returned from the prestigious Schwabenland Cup (European Football Cup), organised by Ballfreunde in Stuttgart, Germany, with two championship titles in the U-9 and U-15 categories, a feat never before achieved in a single international tournament by the academy.
The tournament, which was held from June 6 to 8, 2025, was the first phase of the academyโs activities for 2025โs Global Sports Programme (GSP).
This trip to Stuttgart was the 14th international sports trip the academy would make over the years. Competing in three categories, U-9, U-12, and U-15, the CitySports Africaโs teams displayed exceptional skill, discipline, and sportsmanship throughout the competition. Read more
Raducanu misses out on Eastbourne quarter-final (DailyTrust)
Emma Raducanu succumbed to defeat by teenager Maya Joint in an edgy second-round match at Eastbourne.
The 22-year-old lost 4-6 6-1 7-6 (7-4) to the Australian 19-year-old, who secured just the second grass-court win of her career.
Former US Open champion Raducanu rallied from 5-2 down in the deciding set to force a tie-break. Read more
Man behind viral video of fight at Ibiza hotel pool is a pro-footballer (Metro)
Oldham Athletic striker Kian Harratt has been identified as the man who threw a chair at a woman during a poolside fight at a hotel in Ibiza.
The 23-year-old was involved in a fight between two groups of men at the Marco Polo Hotel in San Antonio.
In the footage, Harratt can be seen throwing a white chair in the direction of a group of men following an argument, however, it hit a woman who appeared to be attempting to break up the confrontation. Read more