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“There was absolutely no reason to release that crime scene,” said Joseph Giacalone, retired NYPD sergeant, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of a textbook about criminal investigation now in its fourth edition.”That entire house, the property, should have been cordoned off. No one should have stepped foot in that location other than law enforcement, and only for the purposes of doing the investigation.”Even if arrests were made in the future, he said, possible crime scene management issues mean “everything is going to be questioned” by the defence.Mishandling a crime scene drastically reduces the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to immediately freeze all accounts and assets linked to six individuals and four Bureau de Change (BDC) operators recently designated for terrorism and terrorism-financing-related activities. In a circular signed by Olubunmi Ayodele-Oni, the CBN’s Director of Compliance Department, on Thursday, the apex bank said the sanctions followed recent designations by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) and the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under Executive Order 13224, as amended. The CBN said the Nigeria Sanctions List was updated on 18 June…

YouTube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short-form videos. The Google-owned platform announced Thursday that Shorts now comes with a setting that allows users to double their playback speed. The point of making what is an already brief experience even briefer is to let users “absorb information more quickly or find your favorite part faster,” the platform said. In an apparent bid for a more positive web, YouTube has also nixed the Shorts dislike button. Instead of disliking a video, users will now have to rely…

By AbdulAzeez AbdulAzeez Olumide In the race for political leadership, popularity often commands attention. Yet history repeatedly shows that the leaders who leave lasting legacies are not always the most visible; they are often those who possess the competence, experience, and capacity to translate vision into results. As discussions surrounding the future leadership of Lagos State gather momentum, one name continues to feature prominently in political and governance circles: Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat. The question is no longer whether he has the ambition to lead, but whether his record in public service provides sufficient justification for those who believe he…

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02047-wThe supercomputer has an innovative chip design that allows it to carry out more than 2 quintillion calculations per second.

Key eventsSome pre-match recommended reading: if you’ve got a few minutes before kick-off, enjoy Jonathan O’Brien’s celebration of six forgotten World Cup classics. There are solo runs, thunderbolts, audacious lobs and one exquisite Quagliarella chip. Guaranteed to improve your day (or night).ShareWe’ve had this from Peter Rehwaldt in Kansas City: double quotation markToday the Oranje took over Kansas City with their bus-led march through downtown Kansas City, and “took over” is not hyperbole. At least one local television station cut into its regular programming to show the Dutch parade, with their orange double-decker bus leading thousands through the streets, and…

Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard is a homage to the man and an elegy for what you have to presume were the lost youths of most of the viewing audience. I don’t know what the current youth would make of it. I suppose they’re not watching television anyway, so the question’s moot.Plus, of course, it doesn’t matter. This is 90 minutes of television for us – the generation that grew up with Mayall on screen as Rick the Poet (“This is my angriest poem – Theatre!”), then self-styled investigative reporter from and mostly in Redditch, Kevin Turvey, then in The Young…

Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, seeking urgent intervention to halt an escalating violence in Osun State ahead of the 15 August governorship election. In the petition he submitted on Thursday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, Mr Olajengbesi expressed concern over recurring politically motivated violent incidents. He urged the police to deploy a tactical team to restore peace and protect the residents of the state He warned that the killings threaten public safety, democratic governance, and the credibility of the forthcoming election. He cited widespread fear across various communities, noting that the violence…

Iran’s armed forces struck a container ship that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials, undermining efforts to restore shipping traffic through the crucial waterway.The attack came hours after Iran, demonstrating its hold over the strait, had warned ships that the only route through the vital pathway for oil and natural gas was through its waters. Many ships had been using a route on the southern side of the strait, hugging the Omani coast.The strike halted traffic through the crucial waterway, contradicting President Trump’s claim that Iran did not control the strait…

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