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Despite a clear court order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Walida, a young girl from Hadejia in Jigawa State, to her parents, the security agency has allegedly failed to comply, her father has said. Walida’s father, Malam Abdulhadi, said it has been two years since his daughter was allegedly abducted by one Ifeanyi Festus, an incident he described as having inflicted severe hardship on his family. Speaking with journalists from Premier Radio Kano, who visited the family home in Hadejia, Malam Abdulhadi expressed deep frustration over what he described as the DSS’s continued disregard for…

Nigerian actress, Angela Okorie, has been reportedly re-arrested over her alleged refusal to pay the lawyer who secured her bail from Suleja prison. Angela was re-arrested at the Suleja prison on Tuesday, immediately she was released on bail. DAILY POST reports that this came less than an hour after actor Stanley Ontop raised the alarm over an alleged plan to re-arrest the actress after release on Tuesday. Speaking in a video on Instagram, actress Doris Ogala who said she is already on her way to the police station, stated that the actress was re-arrested by an unnamed Senior Advocate of…

Atletico Madrid players welcomed Ademola Lookman to training for the first time on Tuesday, DAILY POST reports. The players performed their usual ritual, lining up in two separated lines, with Lookman moving in to the training ground. The Nigeria international received slaps on his body from his teammates as part of the welcome ritual. Diego Simeone’s side are preparing for Thursday night’s Copa del Rey quarter-final clash with Real Betis. Lookman will be looking to make his debut for Atletico against Manuel Pellegrini’s side. The 28-year-old joined the Spanish club from Atalanta on Monday.

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday distributed N35 million to persons whose properties were recently gutted by fire. The governor said the government spent about N100m on such occurrences in the last 12 months. Oyebanji, represented by the deputy governor, Mrs Christiana Afuye, made the disclosure in Ado Ekiti while distributing cheques to the second batch of fire disaster victims in the state. The deputy governor said that the state government in 2025 expended an aggregate of N150m to mitigate the suffering of rainstorm victims across the 16 council areas, saying, “This humongous expenditure shouldered by the Oyebanji…

Residents of the Akurmi community in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State have raised the alarm over sustained killings and kidnappings by bandits. The residents disclosed that no fewer than 59 persons have remained in captivity since October 2025. The community said at least 12 residents were killed while dozens were abducted in a series of coordinated attacks that forced many villagers to abandon their homes and farmlands. Similarly, the Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressives Union has warned of renewed security threats and massive destruction of farmlands in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state, cautioning that the…

Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied holding a private meeting with a former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, at his Abuja residence. The clarification follows reports suggesting that the former vice president had hosted Yari, a member of the All Progressives Congress, at his home before travelling. Some media outlets described the interaction as a “closed-door” meeting at Atiku’s residence, sparking discussions about possible cross-party collaborations ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, in a statement issued on Tuesday via X, Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, said the two political figures only had a brief, chance encounter at…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has playfully criticised his club for being only the seventh-highest net spenders in the Premier League over the past five years. The comments came as City confirmed another busy January transfer window, having signed Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi for a combined fee of around £84 million, following a £180m January spend last year. However, figures from Transfermarkt show that City have generated approximately £550m from player sales during the same five-year period, leaving their net spend lower than six other Premier League clubs. According to BBC Sport on Tuesday, when asked about the work…

The body of Abuja-based singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, who died after a snake bite, has been transported to her father in Enugu State, the Abuja Metropolitan Music Society Choir has said. The choir, in a detailed account released on Monday and signed by its director, Sam Ezugwu, provided a timeline of events leading to Nwangene’s death, amid public debate over the availability of antivenom and allegations of medical negligence. According to the statement, the incident began at 10:13am on Saturday when a member of the choir, Stephanie, sent an urgent message to the Amemuso Choir WhatsApp group asking for assistance around…

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, has commissioned a modern library at the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, constructed under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2025 Annual Intervention. The construction of the library, which began in 2021, was completed under the administration of the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Professor Muazu Abubakar. The facility has a capacity for 1,100 students and is equipped with internet facilities to enhance teaching and learning. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony on Tuesday, the minister, who was represented by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Muazu Abubakar, said the library was constructed to ease teaching and learning in…

As The Verge’s resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don’t have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always getting clogged or running out of battery — they’re so… manual. But then I met PencilVac Fluffycones, Dyson’s new $599 cordless stick vacuum, and it was love at first lift.The name PencilVac Fluffycones perfectly describes this delightfully overengineered broom. If more vacuums had such whimsical names, my life would be much fuller. It’s very thin and light, like a pencil, and it has fluffy,…