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South African lifestyle influencer and adult content creator Leshaan Dagama and Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North, are still trending. On Wednesday, a viral video showing a man resembling Mr Oshiomole massaging a woman’s feet aboard a private jet surfaced online. Ms Dagama would later be identified as the lady in the viral clip, while Mr Oshiomole dismissed it, saying it was AI-generated. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the former Edo State governor, in a statement signed by his media aide, Oseni Momodu, argued that the creation and circulation of such AI-generated content underscored the urgent need for stricter social…

An association of Igbo clergymen, Concerned Igbo Ministers’ Commission, has reacted to the recent killings in Kwara State, saying leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was jailed for warning against ‘Jihadist incursion’ into Nigeria’s southern territories. Over a hundred deaths have been recorded in the attacks on communities in Kwara, believed to have been carried out by Islamist extremists. In a statement on Friday, President of the Concerned Igbo Ministers’ Commission, Rev. Tony Uzor, expressed regrets that Kanu’s warning about the spread of extremism in the country, particularly into the South, was ignored. Uzor expressed disappointment…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned that its National Secretariat remains the subject of ongoing litigation and must not be forcefully accessed or occupied by any individual or group until the courts reach a determination. This warning comes after reports that a faction of the party loyal to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike, plans to take over the party’s headquarters next Monday. DAILY POST reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC recently recognised the Wike-led PDP faction, allowing its representatives to attend the commission’s first quarterly stakeholders’ meeting with political parties in 2026. Following the…

A Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, operative, identified as Mr Baba Ibeji, has been seriously injured after he was struck by a speeding containerised truck along the Offin Canal axis inward Eko Bridge, Lagos. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday at Oja Junction while the victim was carrying out routine refuse evacuation duties. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), preliminary investigations revealed that the articulated truck, which was heavily loaded, was travelling at excessive speed when it reportedly suffered a brake failure while descending the CMS Bridge toward Offin Canal. The mechanical failure caused…

The Sokoto State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has lifted the suspension on the management team of Nigeria National League, NNL, side Sokoto United. The decision was announced in a statement issued by the Ministry and signed by the Director of Administration, Aminu Fada. According to the letter, the earlier suspension imposed on the club’s management has been lifted with immediate effect. DAILY POST recalls that the state government earlier suspended the club management for a three-month period. Sokoto United currently occupy seventh position in the Conference C table. They will lock horns with the Mighty Jets in their…

The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began. Heavy rain triggered the landslide that tore through a mountain village in Java’s West Bandung region on January 24, burying dozens of homes and displacing hundreds. Thousands of rescuers, supported by police, military and volunteers, have been digging through mud and debris manually and using heavy equipment. The local search and rescue agency said 74 victims had been identified. “There are still a number of residents on the missing persons list…

The Ogun State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has successfully repatriated a 13-year-old girl from Burkina Faso, after she was trafficked for sexual exploitation. The victim, a tailoring apprentice, was reportedly taken to the Francophone country last year by her 26-year-old divorced employer, Omotola Adedibu. In Burkina Faso, the teenager was allegedly forced to have sexual relations with multiple men daily to repay a debt of 1.3 million CFA francs owed to a woman identified as Madam Sweet. The Ogun State NAPTIP Commander, Abosede Jimoh, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing journalists at…

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has summoned the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory over alleged financial breaches running into over N100bn, following an indictment by the Auditor-General for the FCT. The affected councils are Abuja Municipal Area Council, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Abaji and Kwali. The audit report for the year ended December 31, 2021, submitted to the Committee, revealed widespread cases of unremitted taxes and value-added tax deductions, failure to update fixed asset registers, and expenditures yet to be properly accounted for across the six councils. The report said, “The six Area…

The Smokin Hills Golf Resort, located within the vicinity of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, will host businessmen and professionals for the 2026 Business Network Golf Tournament on Saturday, February 21, The PUNCH reports. The tournament is sponsored by Bode Adediji Partnership and Kontinental Developers Limited, Lagos-based firms of estate surveyors and valuers, property consultants and developers. The event is aimed at bringing together a crop of businessmen and professionals, including artisans worldwide. Adediji, a renowned estate surveyor and valuer, and a great lover of the game of golf, said the tournament is “our little way to contribute to the…

He might be dead, but it sure seems like Jeffrey Epstein won.Sure, Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors. Sure, he died in jail. (I am not going to wade into the debate about how.) But he subscribed to a racist, misogynist ideology that meant rich white men like him could do whatever they liked. And it seems he took measures to spread it.The latest tranche of Epstein documents made it obvious. Consider all the “contrarians” and “anti-woke” warriors who show up in the latest dump: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Larry Summers, Steve Bannon, and of course, Donald…