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If you’re looking to pick up a pair of open-ear headphones for yourself — or your mom — Shokz is running a Mother’s Day sale. Now through May 10th, the company’s best pair of bone conduction headphones, the OpenRun Pro 2, are available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Shokz for around $139.95 ($40 off), their lowest price of the year. If you purchase direct, you’ll also receive a free waist bag (a $29.99 value).While traditional headphones tend to block out the world, open-style headphones provide a safer alternative, letting you listen to music and podcasts while remaining vigilant. After testing…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Wedding season is in full swing, and with fresh invitations arriving daily, the urge to refresh your guest dress collection (and avoid Instagram repeats) grows stronger. But it can be difficult to know where to start when you have countless themes, venues and dress codes to adhere to. Thankfully, Nordstrom has come to the rescue, curating a hidden storefront of over 7,000 wedding guest dresses. From black tie-approved silk gowns to garden party-chic ruffled dresses, Nordstrom has it all. Lauren…
Nigeria’s leading accountability journalism platform, PREMIUM TIMES, has held its combined fourth and fifth annual staff award ceremony, celebrating reporters, editors, and digital strategists whose work has kept the publication at the frontier of investigative and public interest journalism. The two-day event began on Friday with an in-house gathering at the newspaper’s headquarters in Abuja. The main highlight, however, was the award night held on Saturday evening at BON Hotel Octagon, Jahi, Abuja. The ceremony covered the 2024 and 2025 editorial cycles. Recommitting to Values Speaking at the event, the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Operating Officer, Musikilu Mojeed, described the gathering…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, and Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, are currently holding a closed-door meeting at the Benue State Government House. The meeting follows President Bola Tinubu’s directive for both leaders to urgently resolve their differences without further delay. Initially scheduled for Thursday, April 30, 2026, the stakeholders’ meeting was rescheduled and is now taking place on Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Benue State. The meeting is part of ongoing efforts to address and resolve the lingering internal crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Those expected at…
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo Agege, and Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, have continued to trade words over the 2023 governorship election. While in Lagos days ago during a lecture on ‘Inclusive Governance and National Unity: Lessons from Delta State for a United Nigeria’, the governor celebrated his victory over Omo-Agege. He recollected that his closeness to the grassroots informed the abysmal performance of Omo-Agege in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State. Oborevwori stated openly that he defeated Omo-Agege, despite the senator having them. “He was able to struggle to get four local government areas but…
Nollywood actress, Peggy Ovire, has reacted to her estranged husband, actor Frederick Leonard’s statement about being happier than ever before. It all started on Friday when Frederick, in a birthday post on Instagram, said he recently discovered that every page of his life often comes with testimony. The actor said, “I’m happier now than ever.” His post which garnered more than 63,000 reactions on Instagram, also reignited controversy about the status of his marriage with Peggy, who has been severally reported to be violent. Sharing a new picture of herself on Saturday, Peggy in an Instagram post, revealed that she…
Kelechi Iheanacho netted the winning goal as Celtic secured a 2-1 win over Hibernian at the Easter Road on Sunday. The win kept the Hoops Scottish Premiership title hopes alive. Daizen Maeda gave Celtic the lead from a simple tap-in two minutes before the break. The hosts levelled through Joe Newell in first half stoppage time. Iheanacho was introduced in the 70th minute, replacing Yang Hyun-jun. The Nigeria international fired home the winning goal two minutes later. It was the forward’s seventh goal across all competitions for Celtic this season. Martin O’Neill’s side remain second on the table level on…
The Deputy Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Duro Meseko, has said the party will not do anything to stampede free and fair elections in the 2027 polls. Meseko spoke on Saturday in Odo-Ape, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi West Senatorial District during the Development and Cultural Day celebration. He also allayed fears of a one-party state, saying that the fact that people are trooping into the APC was because “Nigerian people have resolved to return President Tinubu for the success of his Renewed Hope Agenda, which is delivering good governance to the people. That is what…
May 3, 2026 4:04 pm CCTV captures armed robbery at gadgets shop in Asaba CCTV footage has captured the moment an armed man allegedly robbed a gadgets shop in Asaba. In the video which started trending on Sunday, the suspect was seen entering the store with a black bag while posing as a customer. Moments later, he brought out a firearm and warned those inside the shop not to move, threatening to shoot anyone who resisted. The suspect was then seen taking mobile phones and other electronic items from the store before fleeing the scene. Watch the video below: 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎:…
On October 1, 1960, Nigeria’s ship left its port of origin, bound for a model state. Its voyage towards nationhood, as envisioned, has not been a smooth sail. At various points, the ship has experienced tempests—from crew mutinies in the form of coups, to Isaac Adaka Boro’s declaration of the Niger Delta Republic, an act like water hyacinth that makes navigation difficult, and Sargassum in the form of the 30-month civil war that nearly broke the propeller into three and made the compass inactive. Despite all these, the ship is still sailing on. But alas, just when we wanted to…
