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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested seven bandits in connection with the invasion of Old Oyo National Park at Oloka area of Orire Local Government Area of the state, and killed five officials of the service. This was disclosed in a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday. The PUNCH reports that an armed banditry group invaded the Old Oyo National Park office on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, around 9:00 pm on motorcycles, armed with sophisticated firearms, and launched a violent attack on forest rangers and other personnel.…

BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded cryptocurrency treasury company linked to investor Tom Lee, is carrying significant unrealized losses on its Ether holdings following the latest wave of market liquidations, underscoring the risks facing crypto balance-sheet strategies during sharp downturns.After acquiring an additional 40,302 Ether (ETH) last week and increasing its total holdings to more than 4.24 million ETH, BitMine’s unrealized losses have grown to over $6 billion, according to data from Dropstab, a platform that tracks digital asset prices and portfolio valuations.Based on current market prices, BitMine’s Ether holdings are valued at roughly $9.6 billion, down from a peak…

Easttown, Pennsylvania, is an unforgiving place, but it has nothing on Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet). The fortysomething detective is no-nonsense and shoots from the hip, and she doesn’t have time for fools. When a teenage mother is found brutally murdered in a ravine, she has to figure out not only who did it and why, but also how it connects to a young woman’s disappearance in the recent past. If it were just a mystery show, Mare of Easttown would merely be great. But the genius of the limited series is how it also functions as a character study of…

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has sacked political appointees and dethroned traditional rulers from the Amasiri community of Afikpo Local Government Area over alleged complicity in a violent land dispute. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Amasiri community was recently involved in a land dispute with neighbouring Okporojo village, in Oso community of Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi, resulting in four deaths and destruction of several properties. Mr Nwifuru, who visited the Okporojo community on Saturday, said that the Amasiri community had not shown enough commitment to maintain permanent peace in the area, and the government…

The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, on Saturday declared that the Northwest is ready to rise. Barau said the North will rise not in isolation but in coordinated partnership with Nigeria through the North West Development Commission, NWDC, and Renewed Hope Agenda. He disclosed this at the stakeholders’ development summit, organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the NWDC to chart a course for the region. The summit was held at the Yar’Adua Conference Centre at Murtala Square in Kaduna. He said: “The Northwest is ready to rise, not in isolation, but in coordinated partnership with the Nigerian Federation…

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu will secure a decisive win in the 2027 presidential race. Matawalle called on Nigerians and political leaders to unite in support of the administration’s ongoing reforms. Addressing guests at his Abuja residence on Saturday, Matawalle said the President’s style of governance and policy choices are steadily steering Nigeria toward economic recovery, stronger institutions, and greater national unity. He warned against early political scheming and internal power contests aimed at weakening the current government, describing such moves as driven by narrow interests and harmful to…

Former Arsenal star, Paul Merson, has claimed that the team’s 4-0 win over Leeds United on Saturday, has won them the Premier League title. Merson, speaking on Sky Sports, hailed the Gunners’ performance and the contribution of their substitutes in the game. Mikel Arteta’s men went two goals up before the break and Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Jesus added two more in the second half. “I can’t emphasise how good a result and performance it was,” Merson said. “Elland Road was rocking at the start of the game but once Arsenal got into the game, they were dominant all over…

The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Mariya Mahmoud, has urged youths in the FCT to embrace dialogue, peaceful engagement and constructive participation as pathways to national development, stressing that progress is rooted in collaboration rather than division. Mahmoud made the call on Saturday at the FCT Gbagyi Youth Association conference held in Abuja, describing the gathering as an important forum for dialogue, reflection and collective action among young people in the territory. This was contained in a statement signed by the minister’s media aide, Austine Elemue, on Saturday. Represented at the event by the Mandate Secretary of…

Enzo Fernandez’s stoppage-time winner capped Chelsea’s thrilling fightback from two goals down to beat West Ham 3-2 in a dramatic London derby on Saturday. Liam Rosenior’s side trailed to first-half goals from Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville at Stamford Bridge. But Chelsea ignored the half-time jeers from their angry fans, staging a brilliant revival after the break. Joao Pedro reduced the deficit before Marc Cucurella headed the equaliser. For the first time in the Premier League era, Chelsea came from two down at half-time to win thanks to their captain as Fernandez netted in stoppage-time. West Ham’s Jean-Clair Todibo was…

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers. The filling speaks of the constellation in ambitious sci-fi terms, calling it a “first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the…