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Bendel Insurance defender, Efe Enabulele, has shifted his focus to their next league fixture against Barau FC after the defeat in Ibadan. The Benin Arsenals lost 1-0 to Shooting Stars at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasinga, Ibadan on Sunday. The defeat put an end to their nine-game unbeaten run. Bendel Insurance will square up against Barau FC in Benin City this weekend. Enabulele insisted that they didn’t plan to lose in Ibadan. “The defeat in Ibadan wasn’t the result we planned for as we looked at securing the maximum points,”Enabulele told 54footballx. “We will go back and prepare for our…

The Anambra State Police Command has explained that the strong security presence at the Onitsha Main Market is to ensure law and order, following Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s directive on the market’s closure. Soludo ordered the shutdown on Monday after an on-the-spot assessment showed that traders and market leaders failed to open for business, despite repeated appeals by the state government to end the Monday sit-at-home and resume normal commercial activities. The state government said the continued sit-at-home costs Anambra about ₦8 billion every Monday, while the wider South-East region loses an estimated ₦19.6 billion weekly, in addition to disruptions to…

The National Emergency Management Agency has conducted an assessment of fire incidents that affected Agbokim and Karaboat communities in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to a Tuesday statement released on NEMA Uyo Facebook page, the assessment was carried out by officials of the NEMA Uyo Operations Office following a distress call received from the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency. According to NEMA, the joint assessment visit took place on Sunday, January 25, 2026, and involved officials from the Cross River State Government and other relevant agencies. The fire scene…Photo Credit: Facebook / NEMA Uyo “The…

Barcelona midfielder Dani Olmo said Tuesday it is “crazy” to compare teenage winger Lamine Yamal to club great Lionel Messi. Like Barca’s all-time top goalscorer Messi, Yamal came through the club’s feted La Masia youth academy and has often drawn comparisons to the Argentine forward, which he has tried to play down. Yamal, 18, scored a brilliant acrobatic goal on Sunday as Barcelona beat Real Oviedo 3-0 to move top of La Liga. “I think Lamine has his path, and he knows it. Comparing any player playing now with Messi is crazy,” Olmo told a news conference ahead of Barcelona’s…

Samsung’s much-anticipated Galaxy Z Trifold goes on sale on this Friday, January 26th, and the price is every bit as steep as we’d feared: $2,899, which gets you 512GB of storage and a phone that kind of wants to be a tablet all the time. The Trifold first premiered in Korea late last year, so the sky-high price isn’t totally unexpected. You can spend two thousand bucks on a slab-style iPhone after all; maybe $2,900 for three phones in one isn’t so outrageous.Samsung first teased the Trifold almost exactly a year ago, which is a pretty rapid journey from teaser…

The White House praised President Donald Trump for making the United States the “crypto capital of the world,” and cast the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act as the catalyst in making the country the “global leader in cryptocurrency.”In a recent post on X, an official communication added, “promises made, promises kept,” to Trump ending the Biden era “crusade to crush crypto.” Moving beyond the rhetoric, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a joint event on Thursday to discuss “harmonization between the two agencies and their efforts to…

Below Deck Mediterranean ended with a twist when Kizzi Kitchener and Joe Bradley kissed again — only for her to change her mind about getting back together with her ex-boyfriend. During the Monday, January 26, episode of the hit Bravo series, Kizzi and Joe prepared for their final crew night out. They were flirting all night and kissed in the car on the way back to Bravado. Joe thought the kiss would lead to more but Kizzi had other ideas. She ultimately was fast asleep by the time Joe stopped by her cabin expecting to sleep together before they left…

Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi is in mourning following the death of his father, Sunday Ndidi, just weeks after leading Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. According to Punch Newspapers, Mr Ndidi, a retired military officer, died on Tuesday after being involved in a road accident in Umunede, Delta State. He was rushed to a hospital in Agbor, where he was later confirmed dead. Ndidi’s club, Turkish side Besiktas, confirmed the sad news in a statement released on Tuesday. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our…

To state the truth, Africa was significantly nowhere at the World Economic Forum which took place this 19-23 January. You may say absent figuratively, sidelined more specifically, and that has been very much the pattern over the years. The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 by Professor Klaus Schwab to provide a forum for the global powers to come together to discuss global markets, create new models and discuss stakeholder capitalism – a tribute to multilateralism, an elite meeting point for political leaders, the private sector, captains of industry, civil society, celebrities and the youths of the world. It…

Nollywood producer and digital film pioneer Ruth Kadiri has been named the ‘YouTube Influencer of the Year’ at the Pulse Influencer Awards 2025, which was held on Monday. The Pulse Influencer Awards is an annual Pulse event that celebrates top African digital creators for their impact, creativity, and influence across social media platforms. The recognition of the Nollywood star underscores her digital impact on the global distribution and consumption of African film. RuthKadiri247 Channel The recognition reflects Ruth’s success in building one of the most formidable digital film ecosystems to emerge from Africa, consistently drawing millions of viewers worldwide and…