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Wives of Osun Amotekun personnel arrested by the Nigeria Police following the killings of Akinlalu have protested over the continued detention of their husbands. The women whose husbands were held over the incident held the protest on Monday in Osogbo. They protested with placards bearing several inscriptions calling on the governments, Nigeria Police, former state governors and eminent politicians to intervene. Leading the protest, Ajiboye Olusola asked the Federal Government and Nigeria Police to release their husbands. She revealed that ever since their arrest and detention in Abuja over four months they have not heard from them. She said, “they should…

Former Manchester United player, Odion Jude Ighalo, has described the club as the biggest and best club in the world. Ighalo, a die-hard Man United fan said this while rejoicing over the team’s 3-2 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday night. Manchester United scored three goals to win the game, with Bryan Mbeumo, Patrick Dorgu, and Matheus Cunha all scoring to help the team get the win. After the game, Ighalo shared on social media his happiness about the result and also made a comment about Arsenal fans. “Manchester United, we are back, the biggest and best club…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has urged oil-producing states to fully cooperate in the ongoing exercise to resolve disputes over oil and gas wells by plotting verified coordinates. Chairman of the commission, Mohammed Shehu, made the call on Monday in Abuja at the flag-off of the plotting of coordinates of disputed and newly drilled oil and gas wells, covering affected oil-producing states from January 26 to 30, 2026. Shehu said active participation by the states was critical to ensuring that the outcome of the exercise was accepted by all parties. “It is in respect of this development that…

Abba Atiku, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has joined the All Progressives Congress and declared that no political party can defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Abba spoke in Yola on Monday after picking his APC membership registration card at Gwadabawa Ward in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. He said he joined the party to contribute to what he described as the best economic and human reforms under the present administration. “I want to make it very clear that nobody or any political party can stop President Bola Tinubu from returning to…

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has approved the appointment of a new head coach for Enyimba International Football Club, Aba. According to the state Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, in a statement issued on Monday, the new head coach is Coach Deutsch Detchoua Gustave Emmanuel. Enyimba International Football Club remains Nigeria’s most decorated football club and one of Abia State’s most prominent sporting brands across Africa. As a two-time CAF Champions League winner and multiple-time domestic league champion, Enyimba has historically projected Abia State on the continental football stage and inspired generations of footballers and supporters. However, in…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday commenced registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, announced that the registration is expected to be seamless, as measures have been put in place to ensure efficient service delivery to candidates across the country. While speaking at a meeting with key stakeholders, he also disclosed the registration fees, timelines and other details about the exercise, as contained in JAMB’s weekly bulletin published on its website on Monday Registration timeline According to the Registrar, UTME registration for candidates, including those from foreign countries, will run from Monday,…

Over the next year, top social media executives are expected to take the witness stand to defend their companies from an avalanche of claims about their failure to protect kids.The first of many trials is set to begin this month in California, when Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face claims that tech addiction harmed a teenager’s mental health. This case is just the tip of the legal iceberg. It kicks off one of two sets of so-called bellwether trials, where judges will hear a selection of cases that represent similar claims, whose outcomes will likely inform settlement amounts for the remaining…

A cybersecurity researcher uncovered a massive, publicly accessible database containing millions of stolen login credentials harvested from malware-infected personal devices, including accounts linked to major social media platforms and the crypto exchange Binance.The dataset, uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, contained about 149 million usernames and passwords from personal phones and computers, according to a Friday blog post published on ExpressVPN. The records were tied to services including Facebook, Instagram, Netflix and Binance, with at least 420,000 credentials associated with Binance users.The leak contained 48 million Gmail accounts, four million Yahoo accounts, 17 million Facebook accounts, 6.5 million Instagram accounts,…

This weekend marks the premiere of Chris Pratt‘s new movie, Mercy, a sci-fi action thriller co-starring Rebecca Ferguson. Pratt has made quite a name for himself as a leading man in Hollywood after breaking out in the sitcom Parks and Recreation and landing the lead role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Guardians of the Galaxy. But even before Guardians, Pratt had been cultivating an eclectic career. Overall, his oeuvre includes Oscar dramas, comedy voice work and thrilling adventure flicks. So, this week, Watch With Us has picked and ranked our five favorite Chris Pratt movies. Related: ‘Big Challenge’! Every Time Chris Pratt Defended ‘Super…

The Nigerian government said it would introduce a policy shift to empower polytechnics to award Bachelor’s degrees as part of moves to end the discrimination between polytechnic and university graduates. In Nigeria, polytechnic graduates who hold Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates face discrimination in employment and promotion compared to university graduates with Bachelor’s degrees. In the civil service, polytechnic graduates are employed at Grade Level (GL) 07 and cannot rise beyond GL13 or become directors unless they acquire additional academic qualifications, such as a postgraduate diploma or master’s certificates awarded by universities, unlike university graduates, who are hired at GL08…