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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged motorists to avoid speeding, overloading, and other dangerous driving habits as Muslims across the country prepare for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The warning was given by the Zonal Commanding Officer of FRSC Zone RS10 Sokoto, Shoba B. Akande, during a meeting with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel in Sokoto.Akande said the Corps had put measures in place to ensure safer travel during the festive period. He stressed that road users must also play their part by obeying traffic rules.“The Corps appeals to motorists to avoid speeding, dangerous overtaking, overloading, route violations, and driving…
Nigerian entrepreneur and socialite, Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu has opened up on why he dumped the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi for President Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST reports that Cubana and a few other celebrities were among the strongest supporters of Obi in the 2023 presidential race. However, in the build up to the next election, Cubana dumped Obi and vowed his allegiance to Tinubu. Cubana is now a coordinator of the City Boys Movement, an organization launched by Seyi Tinubu for grassroot mobilization ahead of the 2027 election. In a chat with popular Nigerian streamer, Peller, Cubana…
Troops of 4 Brigade have arrested 12 suspected kidnappers in Edo North and Edo Central senatorial districts. The suspects were arrested in separate operations that commenced on May 12, 2026, in the Owan East, Esan South-East, and Esan North-East Local Government Areas of the State. DAILY POST reports that Captain Kennedy Anyanwu, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin City, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Benin City. Anyanwu said the suspects were arrested during clearing operations at Ugbovbighan Village, Olelo Forest, Egoro Amede Village, and conducted cordon-and-search…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will begin their quest for a place at the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations against Madagascar, DAILY POST reports. Éric Chelle’s side will host the Barea at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday, 26 September at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium,Uyo. The Super Eagles will travel to face the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau three days later for a matchday two encounter. Co-hosts Taifa Stars of Tanzania will be their opponent for matchday three, and four. Nigeria will be guests of the Taifa Stars in Dar es Salaam on matchday three, before hosting the East Africans in Uyo on Saturday,…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command, have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration towards ensuring peaceful, free, fair, and credible local government elections in the state. The Chairman of OYSIEC, Afees Adeniyi, stated this on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Oyo State Command headquarters of the NSCDC at Agodi, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeniyi reiterated the commission’s resolve to conduct a free, fair, credible, and peaceful election, stressing that all necessary arrangements were being put in place to guarantee a hitch-free exercise. “December 29, 2026, remains…
A Nigerian, Samuel Ugberaese, who was extradited to the United States by the Nigeria Police Force, risks 40 years’ imprisonment if found guilty of charges bordering on cross-border romance scams. The US Department of Justice disclosed this in a statement on its website on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that the Nigeria Police Force extradited Ugberaese, also known as “Putsammy”, “Putput”, and “Sammy”, to the US to face charges of wire fraud, romance scam, and related financial crimes. The Force had stated that the suspect was extradited following the conclusion of extradition proceedings and coordinated efforts between Nigerian…
A House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Emokiniovo Otarigho, has thrown his weight behind the party’s proposed consensus arrangement ahead of the 2027 general elections. Otarigho made this known on Tuesday shortly after picking up his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. The aspirant, who seeks to represent Ughelli/Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State, also pledged to deliver inclusive leadership and stronger grassroots representation if elected to the National Assembly. Addressing journalists, Otarigho said that though the idea of consensus candidacy was a welcome development, the final decision…
The Nigeria Squash Federation has stepped up preparations ahead of the 2026 World Junior Team Squash Championship scheduled to take place in Ontario, Canada, from July 20 to July 31, with officials expressing optimism about the country’s participation at the global event. President of the federation, Wilson Egberipou, confirmed that training programmes have been intensified as Nigeria looks to field a competitive squad in one of the sport’s most prestigious junior competitions, organised by the World Squash Federation and featuring some of the best U-19 players from across the world. Egberipou explained that Nigeria intends to present a balanced team…
GitHub said on Wednesday it is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories following the compromise of an employee’s device. “While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories, we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity,” the developer platform said in a statement.In a subsequent post, GitHub said it detected and contained a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned VS Code extension on Tuesday. “We removed the malicious extension version, isolated the endpoint, and began incident response immediately,” it added. GitHub is the go-to platform for developers, many of whom…
The Summer House season 10 finale showed the beginning of the end for Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula’s marriage — but it’s Kyle’s comments about West Wilson that have fans talking. During the Tuesday, May 19, finale, the summer scenes ended on September 1, 2025. The cameras picked up seven months later, following Kyle, 43, and Amanda’s split announcement in January and Amanda, 34, and West’s relationship confirmation in March. “You’re looking skinny. I’m worried about you,” Kyle tells Amanda in the April 9 footage after she comes over to his place days after she and West, 31, went public…
