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Jerry O’Connell was visibly emotional in a new interview after the death of director and mentor Rob Reiner. O’Connell, 51, had tears streaming down his face while reflecting on his bond with Reiner in CBS News: Rob Reiner — Scenes From a Life, which aired on Sunday, December 21. The episode honored the Hollywood icon, who was found dead with his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, in their Brentwood, California, home on Sunday, December 14. “Rob Reiner heard I was in L.A., and he took me out to lunch, man,” a teary-eyed O’Connell said of connecting with Reiner months after filming…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application filed by the federal government to reopen a terrorism charge filed against five suspects linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji. Judge Emeka Nwite granted the application in a ruling on the motion on notice filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) seeking an order re-listing the charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/633/2024, in the cause list of the court. Mr Nwite held that the motion, moved by the AGF’s lawyer, David Kaswe, was meritorious and accordingly granted. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the charge was struck out…

Aliko Dangote I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Excellency to whom I was going to direct my appeal. There had been too much opaqueness and too many befuddling— obviously unpatriotic— decisions taken by the regulators of the oil industry in the recent past. All the government-owned refineries had been deliberately sabotaged over the years, with billions of dollars flushed down the drain under the guise of turnaround maintenance. Nigeria became a net importer of refined…

Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle is targeting a positive start at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. The three-time champions will be up against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in Fès on Tuesday. Nigeria will also face the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, and Cranes of Uganda in the group. Only the top two teams in the group are guaranteed a place in the Round of 16. Chelle reckoned starting the competition with a win is very important for his team. “We’re happy to be here. This is a big game because this is the first game…

A twin three-bedroom private residential building in Ibadan has been razed by a midnight fire The incident occurred at No 2, Ebony Street, Oluwakeyin Alia, Airport Area in Ibadan. Our correspondent gathered that the inferno occurred at exactly 12:23hrs on Sunday. However, no casualty was recorded during the incident. Chairman, Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Monday. He said the fire was caused by electrical appliances plugged while not in use. Akinwande in the statement said that the operation was successfully carried out with the support of men of the Federal Fire Service.…

Tanzania’s head coach, Miguel Gamond, has shared his strategy for the team’s opening match against Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Monday, Gamond said Tanzania will approach Nigeria with the mentality to play, try to get the ball and attack Eric Chelle’s men. DAILY POST reports that Nigeria will face Tanzania in an AFCON match on Tuesday evening in Morocco. “We are excited to participate in this AFCON, we are ready for tomorrow’s game against Nigeria,” Gamond said. “It will be a very difficult tough game but we are,…

The Peoples Redemption Party has called for the suspension of the newly enacted tax reform laws signed by President Bola Tinubu, backing the allegations that the version gazetted and released to the public differs from what was duly passed by the National Assembly. The party made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the National Chairman of the PRP, Falalu Bello, following fresh allegations by a member of the House of Representatives that the executive arm altered key provisions of the tax laws after their passage by lawmakers. The statement said, “The PRP is deeply alarmed…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed that nine people died in a road accident on the Kaltungo-Cham Road in Kaluwa community, Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State. The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Gombe Command, Samson Kaura, confirmed the crash in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. Kaura said 18 persons were involved in the accident, with five sustaining varying degrees of injuries while four others escaped unhurt. “The victims were rushed to the General Hospital in Kaltungo for treatment, while the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially launched the African Nations League, a new annual competition designed to showcase the continent’s top national teams and players. CAF announced that the league will provide a consistent, world-class platform for senior national teams to compete, giving African players greater exposure and opportunities to display their talent on a continental stage. In a statement posted on its X handle on Monday, CAF said: “CAF launches exciting new African Nations League and guarantees that CAF will host, every year, a world-class Senior National Team Competition in which the best African players will participate.”…

Decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid has been among crypto’s breakout projects in 2025, but rivals’ lucrative rewards systems are vying to lure investors away.Cantor Fitzgerald forecasts Hyperliquid’s HYPE (HYPE) token to surge to $200 by 2035. Hyunsu Jung, CEO of HYPE treasury company Hyperion DeFi argues that the surge will be fueled by the Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3).”We see HIP-3 as the major driver of Hyperliquid’s next phase of growth, and as a key enabler of the valuation framework proposed by Cantor,” Jung told Cointelegraph.Perpetual swaps are futures derivative contracts that track the price of an underlying asset but have…