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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mikayla Matthews has been open about her ongoing chronic illness battle. Matthews revealed that she was dealing with several unidentified health issues during the 2024 inaugural season of the hit Hulu reality TV series. At the time, Matthews had not received an official diagnosis. “[I] haven’t found any answers yet,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2024. “I’m a lot better than I was, but I still have my ups and downs, so it’s just frustrating to not get any answers and feel like I’m on my own and then have to…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja is set to deliver on Tuesday judgement in a defamation suit filed by the State Security Service (SSS) against the civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP disclosed this in a statement posted to X on Monday. SSS ( also called the Department of State Service) sued SERAP in October 2024, accusing the non-governmental organisation of falsely claiming that its operatives, in September 2024, invaded its Abuja office. The SSS filed the suit alongside the two operatives allegedly defamed by SERAP’s claim. The operatives are named as…
A group of protesters gathered in large numbers at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, voicing anger over what they believe is a plan to deregister several opposition political parties. The protesters warned President Bola Tinubu not to interfere with the independence of both the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Operating under the name Concerned Northern Nigeria Stakeholders, the group marched to the court entrance in the Wuse area. They sang solidarity songs and carried placards with messages such as “No Opposition, No Election”, “Tinubu, Let Our Democracy Breathe”, and “AGF Must Be Neutral”. Security…
A leading figure in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and close ally of former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Buba Galadima, has confirmed that the party has zoned its presidential ticket to the southern region ahead of its forthcoming primaries. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, Galadima said the party is concluding preparations for the submission of its updated membership register, which he stated would be forwarded between Tuesday and Wednesday. “The NDC will submit its register either on the 5th or 6th of this month. Once that is done, we are good to go,” he said. He explained that…
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court has convicted and sentenced Saleh Isa Abdullahi to six months’ imprisonment for fraud involving N1.34 million. Abdullahi was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation. According to the charge, the convict dishonestly converted to his personal use the sum of N1,340,000 belonging to one Faruq Muhammad Ali. The money was reportedly entrusted to him for the supply of 100 bags of cement in Maiduguri, Borno State, but was instead diverted without the owner’s consent. The defendant…
Chelsea will not be able to finish in the top five places in the Premier League, following their 3-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Monday afternoon. The Blues were looking to end a five-game losing run against the relegation strugglers. But it was the visitors who took a two-goal lead in the first half. Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring with a towering header within two minutes, before he was fouled in the area. Igor Jesus stepped up and fired the penalty past Robert Sanchez. Chelsea missed the chance to pull one back from the spot too, after Cole Palmer’s effort…
Several traders, youths, and street urchins on Tuesday protested and halted the demolition of stalls and kiosks at the Bayan Tasha Market in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. Arewa PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred when a demolition team, accompanied by a bulldozer, began the exercise, drawing the attention of aggrieved traders and youths who resisted and chased them away. Sources said the state government plans to demolish stalls and kiosks in the area to decongest the old Bayan Tasha trading hub and enforce the relocation of traders to the newly constructed Ibrahim Geidam Modern Market along Potiskum Road in…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed May 28 for hearing in a suit seeking to compel the Nigeria Police Force to reopen an investigation into the death of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after the applicant informed the court that all the respondents had been served with the processes in the suit. The respondents in the matter are the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command. The suit was instituted by a non-governmental organisation, the Registered Trustees of Break the…
A Peoples Democratic Party faction backed by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2026/2027 general elections and candidate nomination processes. The announcement, made via the party’s official X account on Monday, was signed by the faction’s Organising Secretary, Interim National Working Committee, Theophilus Dakas. The party also approved the cost of forms, pegging the presidential nomination at N100 million and the governorship at N40 million. Forms for the Senate N10 million, House of Representatives N7 million, and State Houses of Assembly N2 million. As part of its inclusivity measures, the PDP…
Robert Garcia, who trained Anthony Joshua for his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk, has predicted that Joshua will knock Tyson Fury out cold in their anticipated heavyweight showdown, provided the British fighter arrives mentally ready. Garcia, speaking with ESNEWS, said Joshua possesses both the skill and the power to beat Fury, pointing to his right hand as the decisive weapon in the contest. “If AJ is mentally ready, I think that AJ has the skills and the power to win. He has the right hand to knock him out, but he has got to be mentally and physically 100 per cent.…
