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Nigerian actress, Etinosa Idemudia, has revealed that her colleague, Mercy Johnson, helped her when her ex-husband threatened to kill her. She made the revelation during a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo. The actress said she started receiving death threats from her first husband after she accused him of domestic abuse during an interview. Narrating the incident, Etinosa stated that Mercy Johnson helped her forward the case to the Chief of Naval Staff. The actress said, “So, how that happened, I went for an interview for a film, ‘Stormy Heart’. Like I said, at that time I was very…

Arsenal legend, Paul Merson has claimed that the Gunners players don’t trust teammate, Viktor Gyokeres. In a recent appearance on The Overlap, Merson said Arsenal players never pass the ball to the Sweden international. “Arsenal don’t trust Gyokeres,” Merson said. “They never pass to him. That is what I see when I watch Arsenal’s game. “He comes short, and they don’t give him the ball and he makes some good runs as well. “Sometimes, just put it in the channel for him to give it a run. He’s low at the moment, and I don’t think they trust him at…

The Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project has taken delivery of its allocated vaccines from the L-PRES National Coordination Office, Abuja, for mass vaccination against major transboundary animal diseases in Nigeria. The vaccination programme under the L-PRES Project aims to improve animal health and enhance livestock productivity, as well as food safety and security in Nigeria. The vaccines were received on Thursday in Lokoja by the State Project Coordinator (SPC), Mr Abdulkabir Onoruoyiza Otaru, and handed over to the Commissioner for Livestock Development, Dr Olufemi Bolarin. Dr Bolarin commended the Federal Government’s initiative, saying the vaccines would benefit…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have successfully rescued four kidnapped victims from their abductors’ den inside Ewu forests in Ughelli South Local Government Area. Two expended 7.5mm ammunition rounds were also recovered from the kidnappers’ hideouts, while intensive bush combing and manhunt operations are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects. This was contained in a statement signed and released by the police public relations officer for Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri on Thursday. The police statement noted that on February 2, 2026, at about 2130 hours, five…

Coronation Merchant Bank has set its sights on becoming a leading African bank as it marked its 10th anniversary. This was disclosed at the Chairman’s Dinner event to mark the anniversary of the lender in Lagos. Speaking at the Chairman’s Dinner held to commemorate the milestone in Lagos, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Paul Abiagam said the institution had successfully carved out a distinct niche in Nigeria’s highly competitive financial services market despite a decade defined by economic volatility, policy shifts and macroeconomic uncertainty. He said, “Over the last 10 years, we have found our own space in a very tight…

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has hinted at the possibility of handing new signing Ademola Lookman his debut on Thursday (today) when the club faces Real Betis in the last quarter-final match of this season’s Copa del Rey, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Lookman joined Atletico on Monday in a four-year deal worth €40m (€35m + €5m add-ons) and began training on Tuesday, just two days before the match. He arrived alongside two other winter signings, Rodri Mendoza from Elche and Obed Vargas from Seattle Sounders, but the manager spoke highly of the 2024 African Player of the Year during the pre-match conference.…

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long drive, but didn’t want to put down The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, you can just snap a pic to jump to the spot in the audiobook where you left off in the physical book.It’s not unlike Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice, which lets you seamlessly jump back and forth…

Institutional trading and lending desk Secure Digital Markets (SDM) said it sent a $1 million payment to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken over the Lightning Network on Jan. 28.SDM claimed in a Thursday statement shared with Cointelegraph that it is the largest publicly reported Lightning transaction to date and a proof‑of‑concept for seven‑figure transfers between regulated counterparties.The payment cleared in 0.43 seconds and was routed via Voltage’s managed Lightning infrastructure, which provides node management, pre‑provisioned liquidity, and uptime guarantees aimed at exchanges and trading desks. The previously publicized “record” single payment milestone was about 1.24 Bitcoin (BTC), roughly $140,000 at the time, highlighting…

UPDATE: 2/5/26 at 2:40 a.m. ET — Canadian singer Tate McRae appeared to hit back at backlash after appearing in an ad promoting Team USA’s 2026 Winter Olympics team. The pop star shared a childhood photo of herself holding up a Canadian flag to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, February 4. “… Y’all know I’m Canada down,” the “Run for the Hills” singer wrote over the image. Original story: Singer Tate McRae is just as excited for the 2026 Winter Olympics as the rest of us — but not everybody is a fan of how she’s expressing it. Related: Behind-the-Scenes…

The 82 Division, Nigerian Army, has assured traders in the Onitsha Main Market, Anambra State, and traders in other economic centres in the South-east region of security and safety. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 82 Division, Olabisi Ayeni, on Tuesday in Enugu. Mr Ayeni, a lieutenant colonel, said that traders and other law-abiding citizens would be protected with every necessary measure. According to him, security forces remain fully deployed, on alert, while intelligence-led kinetic operations are ongoing to dismantle the remnants of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and…