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UAC of Nigeria Plc has announced significant changes to its board structure, appointing its Group Investment Director, Adebolanle Badejo, to the board of UPDC Plc. The company stated that the restructuring is intended to strengthen governance across its operating companies and sharpen its focus on portfolio growth and acquisitions. According to a regulatory filing signed by Ayomipo Wey, the Company Secretary and Group General Counsel, the appointment takes effect from 13 July. As part of the restructuring, Mr Badejo will step down from the board of UAC of Nigeria Plc. He will, however, retain his role as Group Investment Director,…

Kaufman on vaccines While Cassidy was clearly disappointed and frustrated with Schwartz, he was downright angry with Kaufman. Throughout the hearing, Kaufman tried to backpedal on his comments about vaccines, but his responses were unconvincing. In questions from Sanders, Kaufman confirmed that he once wrote he would rather die than give his children a COVID-19 vaccine, but pointed out that he did once recommend the vaccine to his wife’s mom. When senators confronted him about his false claims and attacks on the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, he noted that all three of his children had received it. Cassidy, a…

Andy Burnham will pledge he has the “courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected” in his first speech as Labour leader.Burnham, who is set to be announced in the job at a special conference on Friday, will promise to give back control to communities and spread growth across the country.The new Labour leader will take over as prime minister from Keir Starmer on Monday, marking a fresh era for the government as it attempts to reverse its decline in the polls over the last two years.Burnham has the overwhelming backing of MPs but there is already huge…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued detailed operational guidelines for Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to purchase foreign exchange from authorised dealer banks through the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). The framework introduces an electronic tracking portal and compliance requirements to improve transparency, efficiency, and liquidity in the retail foreign exchange market. In a circular addressed to authorised dealer banks and licensed BDC operators on Thursday, the apex bank said the guidance follows its 10 February circular, which granted BDCs access to foreign exchange from the NFEM through authorised dealer banks of their choice. According to CBN, the…

A thrilling 2026 golf season has reached its final major with The Open Championship entering its 154th playing this week at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England. The oldest golf tournament in the world returns to Birkdale for the first time in nine years with the Claret Jug set to be awarded on site Sunday for the 11th time.While Scottie Scheffler enters as the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year, the world No. 1 has been more of a runner-up than a champion in 2026. His golf remains some of the best that will be seen on a course any given…

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos acknowledged that second seasons of the streamer’s shows tend to draw less well than debut seasons. But, he said, it’s not as bad as a recently prevalent narrative would make it seem. The streamer also touted some early results from the addition of video podcasts to the platform in its quarterly earnings report — but declined to divulge any specific numbers in a large-scale data release for the first half of the year. The season two problem narrative was sparked by a recent Bloomberg story detailing steep viewing declines for several shows in their second seasons, among…

CBSE Class 10 Second Board Exam Result 2026 Live Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to announce the Class 10 Second Board Exam Result 2026 soon. While the board has not officially confirmed the result date, anticipation is growing among lakhs of students awaiting their final scores after the first-ever implementation of the two-board examination system for Class 10.This year, around 6.68 lakh students appeared for the second board examinations, which were conducted from May 15 to May 21, 2026 across the country.Once declared, students will be able to access their scorecards on the official CBSE…

The United Nations Children’s Fund has confirmed that the widely circulated photographs showing football icon Lionel Messi bathing Spain youngster Lamine Yamal as a baby are authentic, ending days of speculation that the images had been digitally altered. UNICEF made the clarification in a post shared on its official X handle on Thursday after several social media users questioned the authenticity of the viral photographs, with some claiming they had been doctored. According to the organisation, the images were taken more than 18 years ago during a UNICEF fundraising photoshoot involving Messi, Yamal and the youngster’s mother, Sheila. “Yes, those…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday said its national election will be held on Saturday as scheduled. It said this in a statement announcing the release of the managing director of the association’s election service provider by the State Security Service (SSS). The NBA did not disclose the names of the service provider’s managing director and his company in the statement shared via its official X account on Thursday night. It only confirmed that the official had been detained and later released. The association said the decision to proceed with the election as scheduled followed an emergency virtual meeting…