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Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, and his wife, Layal, have been conferred with chieftaincy titles in Lagos State. Seyi was installed as the Okanlòmo of Eyọ Ọba Alakẹtẹ Pupa, Laba Ẹkun, while his wife received a complementary title during the ceremony held in Lagos.   PHOTOS: Seyi Tinubu, Wife Bag Fresh Chieftaincy Titles in Lagos. Credit: Sanwo Olu | Facebook Congratulating the couple, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday described it as a reflection of service, character, and commitment to culture and the people of Lagos. “I warmly congratulate Barrister Oluwaseyi Tinubu on his installation as…

Three persons were rescued with minor injuries after fire destroyed three bungalow residential buildings at Amosun Compound, Aremo, in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Online that the fire started around 12:05 a.m. when an electrical appliance left plugged in during a power outage ignited as electricity was restored. Our correspondent gathered that the fire raged for more than an hour before being extinguished, while the injured were rushed to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Services Reform, Moroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in Ibadan on Friday. In a…

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of deliberately stifling the opposition. The APC said Adeleke was not giving opposition a free hand to operate by its creation of a non-level playing ground for the campaign activities in respect of the next year’s governorship election in the state. In a statement released by the party’s spokesman, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo on Friday, APC said Adeleke and his cohorts “are desperately looking for ways to hold down the hands of the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, in the contest by…

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has called on the Federal Government to urgently support domestic refining and align petroleum policies to favour locally refined petroleum products through targeted fiscal, regulatory, and infrastructural measures. Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, Dr Muda Yusuf, said the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority must place domestic refining at the centre of its policy framework, in line with the President’s Nigeria-First policy direction and industrialisation agenda. Yusuf noted that the new leadership of the petroleum regulatory agencies must urgently refocus sector priorities on reducing import dependence,…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised his players for maintaining “incredibly disciplined” habits during the Christmas break as they prepare for their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on Saturday (12:30 GMT). As reported by BBC on Friday, Guardiola revealed that his squad will be weighed on their return to training to ensure they meet the club’s high fitness standards. He highlighted that City players have consistently maintained discipline over the past decade. “I earn four or five kilograms more for the amount of food and drinks that I have drunk, so it is really good. “All the players…

LG is getting ready to take the wraps off a new robot it claims is capable of performing a “wide range” of household chores. The robot, called LG CLOiD, will make its debut at CES next month, featuring two articulated arms and five individually actuated fingers on each hand.LG says CLOiD’s motor-equipped arms operate with seven degrees of freedom, indicating a more humanlike range of motion and flexibility. Along with a chipset embedded inside LG CLOiD’s “head,” the robot comes with a display, speaker, camera, and sensors built for voice interaction, “expressive communication,” and navigation. It also features LG’s “Affectionate…

The BNB Smart Chain’s Fermi hard fork has been scheduled for mainnet activation on Jan. 14, following about two months in the testnet phase.Fermi will lower the block interval to 250 milliseconds from 750 milliseconds to support “time-sensitive” applications that require sub-second block times, according to the BNB community’s GitHub page.The upgrade also introduces extended voting parameters to make up for the communication lag between nodes due to the shortened block times.A new indexing mechanism is included for users who only need a portion of the ledger’s total data, instead of downloading the entire block history, a process that consumes…

HBO’s Heated Rivalry is sparking intense conversations with its steamy sex scenes. Based on Rachel Reid‘s Game Changers book series, Heated Rivalry follows two rival professional hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose animosity on the ice is just a front for a secret — and very passionate — romance. The show premiered on Crave in November 2025 before becoming available to an even wider audience through HBO Max. Shortly after the first few episodes were released, book fans took to social media to show their support for the adaptation — specifically when it came…

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested two men described as key members of a banditry and kidnapping network operating across Kwara and neighbouring states, amid a wave of abductions and violent attacks in parts of the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspects were arrested on Friday, 19 December, during a joint operation by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team and the Kwara State Police Command. “Operatives of the FID–IRT, attached to Kwara State, in a covert operation carried out in collaboration with the Kwara State Police Command, intercepted and arrested two members of…

Again, Christmas is here. It is a season of great joy to the whole world. Sadly, Nigeria is stuck in a valley of violence and sorrow. Still trapped in the web of insecurity, we risk the temptation to be sorrowful. The good news is that by the birth of Christ, despite it all, Emmanuel, God is among us. Prophet Isaiah reminds us that; a people that walked in darkness has seen a wonderful light (Is. 9:2). We must embrace this light because it is a light that darkness cannot overcome (Jn. 1:5). In the midst of the darkness of our…