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Esports betting has surfaced as a major trend in the casino industry, drawing a newer demographic and altering traditional gambling habits. According to a 2023 analysis by Newzoo, the global esports market is forecasted to exceed $1.5 billion, with betting on esports competitions becoming a major revenue stream for casinos.
One of the crucial players in this field is DraftKings, which has included esports betting into its platform, allowing users to stake on popular games like League of Legends and Dota 2. You can learn more about their offerings on their official website.
In 2022, the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas held the inaugural esports tournament in a casino venue, showcasing the increasing acceptance of esports within traditional gambling establishments. This event emphasized the possibility for casinos to engage a new audience and broaden their offerings. For more insights into the intersection of esports and gambling, visit The New York Times.
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As the esports betting market remains to expand, casinos must ensure they are adherent with regulations and provide a safe betting environment. This comprises supplying responsible gambling resources and securing fair play. By embracing this trend, casinos can not only increase their revenue but also involve a new generation of gamers and bettors.
Esports betting has surfaced as a major trend in the casino industry, drawing a newer demographic and altering traditional gambling habits. According to a 2023 analysis by Newzoo, the global esports market is forecasted to exceed $1.5 billion, with betting on esports competitions becoming a major revenue stream for casinos.
One of the crucial players in this field is DraftKings, which has included esports betting into its platform, allowing users to stake on popular games like League of Legends and Dota 2. You can learn more about their offerings on their official website.
In 2022, the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas held the inaugural esports tournament in a casino venue, showcasing the increasing acceptance of esports within traditional gambling establishments. This event emphasized the possibility for casinos to engage a new audience and broaden their offerings. For more insights into the intersection of esports and gambling, visit The New York Times.
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As the esports betting market remains to expand, casinos must ensure they are adherent with regulations and provide a safe betting environment. This comprises supplying responsible gambling resources and securing fair play. By embracing this trend, casinos can not only increase their revenue but also involve a new generation of gamers and bettors.
Esports betting has surfaced as a major trend in the casino industry, drawing a newer demographic and altering traditional gambling habits. According to a 2023 analysis by Newzoo, the global esports market is forecasted to exceed $1.5 billion, with betting on esports competitions becoming a major revenue stream for casinos.
One of the crucial players in this field is DraftKings, which has included esports betting into its platform, allowing users to stake on popular games like League of Legends and Dota 2. You can learn more about their offerings on their official website.
In 2022, the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas held the inaugural esports tournament in a casino venue, showcasing the increasing acceptance of esports within traditional gambling establishments. This event emphasized the possibility for casinos to engage a new audience and broaden their offerings. For more insights into the intersection of esports and gambling, visit The New York Times.
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NASRE Promises Support To Daily Times Group Business Editor, Oseni, Over Serious Road Accident
The Nigerian Association of Social and Resourceful Editors (NASRE) regrets to announce that its Director of Investment and Group Business Editor of the Daily Times Newspaper, Mr. Motolani Oseni, was involved in a serious motor accident in the early hours of Sunday, June 15, 2025.
The unfortunate incident occurred while Mr. Oseni was en route to Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.
According to a statement by NASRE’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adeyemi Obadimu, the accident took place around dawn and left Mr. Oseni with multiple injuries, the most severe being on his left leg, which is suspected to be fractured.
“He is currently receiving urgent medical attention at Amadiya Hospital in Lagos,” Mr. Obadimu confirmed. “The initial assessment by medical personnel indicates a grave injury to the leg. We are, however, awaiting the outcome of further diagnostic tests, including an X-ray, expected by tomorrow morning to determine the full extent of the damage.”
Mr. Motolani Oseni is a respected media professional with about two decades of experience in financial journalism and editorial management.
His dual role as NASRE’s Director of Investment and Group Business Editor at Daily Times reflects his commitment to integrity, professionalism, and national development through journalism and resource advocacy.
NASRE expresses deep concern over this tragic development and has pledged to stand by Mr. Oseni during this critical time.
The association is calling on members of the media community, friends, and well-wishers to join in prayers for his quick and complete recovery.
“This is indeed a difficult moment for us at NASRE,” said NASRE President, Femi Oyewale , “Motolani is not just a colleague; he is a pillar in our association and a voice for responsible journalism in Nigeria. We are hopeful that with the grace of God and excellent medical attention, he will pull through this challenging ordeal.”
The traditional ruler of Ifetuntun community in Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Taofeeq Osunmakinde, the Obawure of Ifetuntun, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, over alleged threats to destroy the community
The monarch also appealed to the IGP over incessant clashes arising from a boundary dispute between his community and a neighbouring community in the Ijebu West Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The monarch who spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Sunday, urged Egbetokun to investigate and apprehend the perpetrators of unrest stemming from the ongoing border dispute between Ife South and Ijebu West over the 30-mile land area known as Ifetuntun.
Osunmakinde recalled that in 2001, during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, a conflict erupted between the settlers of Ifetuntun and the Ijebu communities, prompting the Federal Government’s intervention.
But the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation demarcated the borders, allowing both communities to coexist peacefully until now.
According to him, the Ifetuntun community had been existing before 2010, and the recognition of the throne solidified their peaceful way of life, which has persisted since.
He, however, alleged that some top government officials are threatening to destroy the community, noting that armed hoodlums were beginning to take control of the community while security agencies are victimising his people.
He said, “Ifetuntun has experienced the rule of nine military and civilian administrations without significant conflict or disarray in the community.
“However, in 2016, we faced their first attack led by a forest guard from the Ministry of Natural Resources. They hired thugs who burned homes and caused damage estimated at N2 billion in our community.
“Several arrests were made then, while the principal suspects disappeared, and the matter was eventually settled out of court through intervention from the then Ooni of Ife and the former Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration.
“But in recent times, a group of hoodlums has been harassing our residents along the federal road connecting Ife South to Ijebu West LGs ( in Osun and Ogun states, respectively). The hoodlums have been extorting money from passersby, claiming to be acting on behalf of the state government. Continue reading Osun monarch petitions IG over threat to destroy community
Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has condemned the recent mass killings in Benue State, describing the gruesome killings suspected armed herdsmen as a direct consequence of leadership failure in Nigeria.
In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Obi expressed heartbreak over the attacks, which claimed the lives of women, children, soldiers, and displaced persons.
He called for an urgent national response, warning against the growing normalisation of mass killings in the country.
“My heart is heavy as I learn of yet another horrific series of killings in Benue of women, children, soldiers, and displaced persons, all senselessly slain.
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According to the former Anambra State governor, the scale of the killings goes beyond isolated violence and reflects systemic governance failure.
“Over 200 lives have reportedly been extinguished in a single onslaught, homes burnt, families shattered, communities left in ruin. This is not merely violence.
“It is a failure of leadership, a stain on our collective conscience,” Obi stated.
He lamented the continued inability of governments at all levels to perform their primary duty of securing lives and property, saying each loss of life is a deep wound to the nation.
He said, ”Every life lost is a Nigerian life, each one precious, each one irreplaceable. We cannot accept the normalisation of mass killing. It is intolerable.
“The primary duty of any government, federal, state, or local is to protect lives and property.
“When it repeatedly fails, we must ask: What kind of nation are we bequeathing to our children?.”
Obi offered words of solidarity to grieving communities in Benue, assuring them that their suffering is not in vain.
“To the people of Benue, I say: your pain is our pain.
“The blood of your loved ones cries out for justice.
“The survival of our people must not be negotiable; it must be urgent, deliberate, and comprehensive action.”
He also called on authorities to move beyond mere rhetoric and take concrete, decisive steps to protect vulnerable communities.
Obi wrote,”To all relevant authorities, I say that the time has come to move beyond symbolic gestures to decisive deployment.
“Let your actions speak louder than visits or statements.
“A safe, secure Benue is not too much to ask,it is our moral duty, our national duty.”
Closing his statement, Obi said the current state of insecurity does not reflect the Nigeria that citizens deserve or aspire to live in.
“This is not the Nigeria we deserve, nor the Nigeria we aspire to.
“We must end this bloodshed. We must reclaim our humanity,” Obi added.
PUNCH Online had reported that armed herders invaded Yelwata and Daudu towns in Guma Local Government Area of the state, killing hundreds of people, including security operatives, between Friday night and Saturday morning.
A local leader, Matthew Mnyan, claimed the death toll could be as high as 200, including five security personnel.
A helicopter carrying seven passengers, the pilot included, has crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakh, leading to the death of all its occupants.
BBC reported that five passengers, one child, and one crew member were on board.
This happened barely three days after an India Air plane crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad and killed more than 270 people.
Local media in India reported that the Aryan Aviation Bell 407 helicopter VT-BKA was en route from Kedarnath to Guptkashi, following a pilgrimage path through the Himalayan mountains.
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the pilot and a two-year-old child were among those killed, and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will be investigating the crash.
The Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Department said,” At around 5:30 AM, we got the information that a helicopter, which was going from Shri Kedarnath Dham, could not be located.”
According to the State Disaster Response Force, local administration and other rescue teams have begun engaging in relief and rescue operations. The agency described the incident as “very sad news.”
Meanwhile, the toll from last Thursday’s India Air crash has continued to increase.
Rescue teams in the aviation industry have continued to search the site and debris of the ill-fated Boeing 787 aircraft.
The Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad told The Associated Press that the facility had received 270 bodies, and only the surviving passenger is still under observation for his injuries.
“He is doing very well and will be ready to be discharged anytime soon,” the facility said on Saturday.
Relatives of the victims have also commenced the submission of DNA samples to identify and claim their relatives.
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on President Bola Tinubu to initiate an urgent investigation into the unresolved and suspicious deaths of key figures associated with the June 12 pro-democracy struggle.
He said this included Dele Giwa, Bola Ige, and Kudirat Abiola.
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Soyinka made this appeal on Saturday during a reflective fireside conversation with selected journalists at Freedom Park, Lagos.
The dialogue, themed, “June 12: Romancing the Embers,” was held to mark the anniversary of the annulled 1993 presidential election, a watershed moment in Nigeria’s democratic history that is now commemorated as a national holiday.
According to him, Tinubu should initiate a formal probe into the strange circumstances that led to the deaths of Nigerians who paid the ultimate price during the struggle for democracy to give some closure to the matter.
While commending the symbolic significance of June 12, Soyinka noted that honouring its legacy must go beyond annual rituals and speeches.
He argued that justice for those who died in the fight for democracy would lend deeper meaning to the day’s commemoration.
The playwright and activist also announced that he would be dedicating any honours or recognition bestowed upon him on June 12 to the late Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti.
He said Beko was not just a defender of human rights, a champion of good governance, and a tireless campaigner for democracy, but an intelligent, resourceful, and fearless individual willing to take dare-devil risks in pursuit of justice.
Meanwhile, Soyinka described former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s memoir, ‘A Journey in Service,’ as incomplete, insisting that the retired general owes Nigerians the duty of finishing the 405-page book, which was published in February 2025 by Bookcraft Africa.
Soyinka said Babangida must write a follow-up book, as his autobiography remains unfinished.
“I called him (Babangida) and I said that your memoir is not finished. And I said, isn’t it about time that we name names in this matter? Babangida’s book should be read side by side with Professor Omo Omoruyi’s. Omoruyi was there,” Soyinka said, referring to Professor Omoruyi’s own account of the annulment, The Tale of June 12: The Betrayal of the Democratic Rights of Nigerians.
“I told him, you haven’t finished your book. You have to write another one. That’s my position,” Soyinka asserted.
It will be recalled that Professor Omoruyi was Babangida’s close friend and confidant throughout his eight-year tenure as military president.
The Nobel Laureate also described Babangida as “a general without an army.”
“We know of a certain move which he made. We know those who visited him at the time, those who added their weight to the annulment, both within the military and the civil. We know the royal fathers who went to visit and said on no account will they accept the implementation of that election.
“We know all of that. It’s not me who should write it. It’s he. He owes it to the nation,” Soyinka maintained.
The Anambra State Government has expressed its preparedness to respond effectively to any flood related emergency by taking precautionary measures across the state to avert any disaster.
The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Felix Odimegwu, made this known in an interview with journalists in Awka, on Saturday, adding that the ministry in collaboration with relevant agencies, has intensify the sensitisation of the people to this year’s rainfall and likely flooding.
This is coming ahead of the three-day rainy weather conditions predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency starting from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria.
Also, fears have gripped residents since last Monday when a heavy downpour caused severe flooding around Zik’s Avenue, Iweka Road, near the popular Ochanja Market in Onitsha, the commercial centre of the state, ravaged some shops and disrupted business activities in the area.
The flood, triggered by several hours of non-stop rainfall and worsened by blocked drainage channels, submerged the entire stretch of Zik’s Avenue, displacing traders and halting commercial operations as well as both vehicular and non-vehicular movements throughout the day.
Videos of the flooding still circulating online showed when traders and residents struggled to salvage goods from flooded shops, while tricycle operators were seen struggling to rescue his vehicles from being swept away by the rising waters.
Reacting to these developments, Odimegwu stated that the campaign and sensitisation was in response to early warnings from NiMET indicating that Anambra was among the states at high risk of flooding during the rainy season.
He said, “After the first six months seasonal prediction by NiMet, we disseminated the information and notified residents, especially those living at the coastal areas about the upcoming rainfall and flooding consequences, and urged the general public to be absolutely careful and prepared for it.
“The state government has consistently sensitises the people to desist from blocking water channels and drainages in and around surroundings of their houses to pave way for easy flow of flooding. The blockage of water drainages is the root cause of man-made flooding.
“What we are doing is that whatever would cause flooding in the urban areas by man, we will try to prevent it. But, if it is the flooding caused by river rising above the sea level, we will give warning to people living in the riverine areas to prepare on how to vacate.”
The Commissioner further said that the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is equally showing great concerns to flood devastations in the state in the last three years and as a result, has constituted committees headed by the Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachi Ibezim.
According to him, the committees constitute officials of the ministry of environment, ministry of health, ministry of information, ministry of education, local government chairmen, and State Emergency Management Agency.
“The reason for constituting the committees is for us to start in time to strategise and put measures in place ahead of this year’s flooding in case it occurs. The Committees were formed since 2022 when flood devastated about nine local government areas of the state.
“After that 2022 flood devastation, we vowed that such disaster cannot occur again, but if it eventually happens, the effects will not be as severe as it was in 2022 because of the measures we have put in place.
“Now, rains have started, every week I send notice of early warnings to some other stakeholders who are in the standing Committees which local government chairmen are also among them because they have their own local emergency management committees who manage the crisis if it occurs.
“The early warning signs have become important because it will alert to how and when it will rain heavily and provides avenue for them to prepare and be careful whether the rain will cause flooding or not,” he added.
He also pointed out that the weekly early warning alerts will equally help farmers in the riverine areas to harvest their products to avoid being submerged by flood, stressing that the early warning/ signs of rains also helps traders, artisans and civil servants to adjust their movements to avoid being caught up by rain.
The commissioner said, “We will continue posting the early warning signs until we reach the peak of rain season. During this period, we will now embark on manual preventive measure ‘Called Marking’. There is an object that has different coloured edges which we buried in the ground that shows the level of rising water from the sea.
“From the object, when water level reaches the green edge, it indicates that there is no problem, but if it rises from green to yellow edge, it indicates that people should be vigilant and by then, we will tell people to start packing to where we arranged for them. If the water level rises to red edge, then there is great danger. Red edge is a situation where flood begins to carry people and destroy properties.”
