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One contestant on Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro is heading to the ballroom for season 35. Warning: Spoilers for Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro below When the dust settled after the Monday, August 31, final performances, judges Mark Ballas, Shirley Ballas and guest judge Derek Hough crowned Adele Zaikman as the first-ever champion of DWTS: The Next Pro. “I just feel like this is a celebration. All the sacrifices that I have done, it’s just a big, ‘I made it’ moment,” Adele said. Related: What to Know About Season 35 of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ So…

Edo Queens will battle hosts USFA of Burkina Faso for a place in the final of the 2026 WAFU-B CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers on Wednesday. The Nigerian champions, who finished second in Group B, will take on the Burkina Faso side at the Stade du 4 Août in Ouagadougou, with the winner advancing to the zonal final and moving closer to securing a place at the 2026 CAF Women’s Champions League finals. Edo Queens booked their place in the knockout stage after an impressive start to their campaign, recording convincing victories over AS Garde Nationale of Niger and ASEC…

Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1,000. Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 people were killed in Tibet, bringing the total toll from Wednesday’s disaster to 1,003. The number of missing in Nepal dropped to 3,916, as rescue efforts entered a seventh day, and the bodies recovered rose. In China, state media say there are 546 people missing, taking the overall number of missing to 4,462. The missing in Nepal include 583 foreigners from over 30 nationalities. The missing in China…

Sarah McLachlan and Olivia Rodrigo made sure to pay homage to “goddess” Dolly Parton while hitting the stage at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival days after the country icon’s death. “I wanna slow things down and make everyone cry a little bit, hopefully,” McLachlan, 58, said as she joined festival organizer and headliner Rodrigo, 23, for a Saturday, August 29, duet of her hit song “Angel.” McLachlan went on to explain, “I wanna dedicate this song tonight to the OG, matriarch, beautiful goddess of country music. The biggest philanthropist in the history of country music, Dolly Parton.” McLachlan then broke…

Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the ruling party of abandoning the ideals on which it was founded. Mr Sylva, in his resignation on Monday and addressed to the APC chairperson in Ward 4, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, also accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of operating like “an organ of the APC”. His resignation comes as he remains wanted by the EFCC in connection with an alleged $14.85 million fraud case. He has also been named as a suspect in the alleged plot to…

About 40 youths in Abini Community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State have renounced their membership of the Vikings, Klans and Axemen cult groups and pledged to embrace lawful living. The youths made the commitment on August 26, 2026, during a sensitisation and engagement programme organised by the Cross River State Police Command in collaboration with the Abini Elites Association, comprising the Clan Head and Chiefs of Abini Community, and the LauraHope Foundation. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, who confirmed in a statement made available to journalists on Monday in Calabar, said the initiative was…

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) returned to inflows on Monday, led almost entirely by BlackRock, while Ether, XRP and Solana funds continued attracting capital.SoSoValue data showed that Bitcoin ETFs recorded $216.7 million in net inflows on Monday, reversing the $201.8 million in withdrawals recorded on Friday. The Friday outflows ended a nine-session run that brought more than $3 billion into the funds. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading near $78,700 at the time of writing, up about 1.5% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Meanwhile, Ether ETFs extended their inflow streak to 11 trading sessions, while XRP and Solana funds each…

Sports broadcaster Al Michaels appeared to poke fun at President Donald Trump’s erroneous decision to rename Lake Ontario during a recent NFL game. “That is Lake Erie. We think it is still called Lake Erie on the right,” Michaels, 81, said as an aerial shot of Ohio’s Huntington Bank Field was showcased on Prime Video’s Thursday, August 27, broadcast of the New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns preseason game. “We’re not quite sure at this point,” the legendary sportscaster continued. “But we’ll be by Lake something like Ontario or whatever it’s going to be called by the time we get…

The Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State, Bello Suleiman, is dead. A statement issued by the palace disclosed that the traditional ruler died on Monday afternoon at the Federal Medical Centre in Gusau, the state capital. His passing comes after five years on the throne. He succeeded his uncle, Abubakar Atiku, who was deposed by the state government in 2021 and later formally removed in April 2022 alongside the Emir of Dansadau, Hussaini Umar, over alleged ties to banditry and interference with security efforts. Mr Atiku later died in an Egyptian hospital. In May 2024, bandits overran Zurmi, ransacked the…

The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman, Iyabo Sowunmi, for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, for her son, Dare Sowunmi, who is said to be on death row at the facility. The spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ogun State Command, Olayinka Odukoya, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Odukoya said Sowunmi was arrested at about 1:33 pm on Friday, August 28, 2026, during a routine screening at the facility’s main entrance. He said the substance, suspected to be “Colos”, a psychoactive synthetic…