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Teddi Mellencamp is showing off her hair regrowth amid her battle with stage IV cancer. In a video shared via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, August 26, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum filmed herself whipping off her wig and showing her real, shorter hair to the camera. On Thursday, August 27, Teddi showed her followers an even closer look at her hair regrowth, sharing a video of herself sporting a short, cropped blonde haircut. “Whenever I do a lot of posts and I’m in full glam, then I feel the need to, like, be honest and show you…

Gunmen have killed the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Ishaq Yunusa, and abducted another occupant of his vehicle. The incident occurred on Thursday along the Itobe-Ochadamu Expressway, around Ojuwo Olijo in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Afusat Saliu, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Friday. Saliu said the attack occurred at about 5pm when armed assailants emerged from the surrounding bush and opened fire on motorists. She said a blue Toyota Corolla with registration number GWA…

Gladys Knight has announced she’s scaling back her live performances “after much soul searching.” The singer, 82, announced her career decision in a statement made via her Instagram account on Thursday, August 27. “After much soul searching I’ve decided that I will be easing into fewer performances while focusing on transitioning into the next stage of my career and life moving forward,” she wrote. “I’ll be spending more time on projects with my husband and visiting with my grandbabies and am looking forward to this new era.” She continued, “I’d like to take a moment, in advance, to thank all…

The Federal Ministry of Finance has welcomed the confirmation by global index provider FTSE Russell that Nigeria’s capital market will be reclassified from “Unclassified” to “Frontier Market” status, effective from the opening of trading on Monday, 21 September. A statement signed by the minister, Taiwo Oyedele, said the decision marks Nigeria’s return to the global Frontier Market universe, nearly three years after its exclusion in September 2023, when persistent difficulties in capital repatriation and foreign exchange execution made the market inaccessible to international investors. The reclassification follows sustained improvements in foreign exchange liquidity, capital repatriation and market accessibility, and reflects…

Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has described law as one of the poorest professions in Nigeria while responding to criticism over his invitation to the Nigerian Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt. VeryDarkMan was invited to participate in a panel session on insecurity at the conference, where he shared his experiences and views on the security challenges facing Nigerians. His appearance, however, sparked criticism from some members of the legal profession, with some questioning his invitation and participation at the gathering. Reacting to the backlash in a video shared on social media…

Spoilers follow for the first season of Dark Matter.First, a reminder of where the story left us. Based on the novel of the same name, Dark Matter follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physics professor in Chicago who is living a relatively normal and contented life with his artist wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and teenage son Charlie (Oakes Fegley). In another world, a different version of Jason decided to forgo that family life in pursuit of his dream, which was apparently to build a gigantic box that allowed people to travel to other parallel universes. But that alt version of…

According to some metrics, Bitcoin (BTC) has ended its bear market as a composite BTC price indicator flips bullish for the first time since October 2025.Key points:Bitcoin has exited its 2026 bear market, Ki Young Ju says as a profitability metric prints a positive reading of 0.042.The breakout from negative to positive numbers repeats a bull-market recovery signal also visible in early 2023.Concerns remain over insufficient market liquidity to support a macro BTC price trend change.Bitcoin profit metric offers first bull signal in ten monthsThe latest data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant has led its CEO, Ki Young Ju, to…

A brand-new Miss USA has been crowned at one of the biggest beauty pageants of the year. Miss Virginia was crowned the winner on Thursday, August 27, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Competing against 50 other women, Justus Kelley wowed the judges with her brains, beauty and talents. Kelley’s win marked a history-making moment at the event as she became the first mom – as well as the first married woman – to be crowned Miss USA. In 2023, the event changed the rules that previously prevented women with children from…

An observation shared on social media on application data for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has intensified concerns about the state of education in Nigeria’s North-west. The development followed a post on X by Aminu Nass, a professor of mathematics at the Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, in which he shared a comment by one Dr Bashir Jelani. “This is not about Arewa’s poor JAMB results. The number of registered candidates should worry us more,” Mr Jelani wrote. “Kano (17.5 million) is about three times as populous as Benue (6 million). Yet, the number…

Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu (IGP) The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, recently welcomed the brave officers of the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Intervention Squad who, alongside the military, the State Security Service (SSS), and other security agencies, took part in the rescue of the abducted Oriire schoolchildren. The IGP did more than welcome the officers. He also mourned one of them who lost his life during the operation. It was not the first time he publicly mourned a police officer killed in the line of duty. Since becoming the 23rd Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, IGP Disu has…