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Estimated losses from global crypto wrench attacks reached $101 million in the first four months of 2026, with most attacks occurring in Europe, according to Web3 security company CertiK.With just 34 documented crypto wrench attacks, the losses have nearly doubled those of 2025, which came in at $52.2 million. Europe accounted for 82% of incidents, according to CertiK. “Our 2025 report documented a gradual tilt from Asia and North America toward Europe, and these first four months of 2026 mark a European hyper-concentration.”The frequency of wrench attacks has increased since 2025. They involve physical force to gain access to a…

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer is speaking out after Blake Lively requested damages following their recent settlement agreement. Us Weekly obtained court documents on Thursday, May 7, in which Lively, 38, claimed she was “entitled” to receive damages because of the “harm” she suffered as a result of what she described as “retaliatory defamation action” by Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios in their legal battle over the production of It Ends With Us. (In December 2024, Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, defamation, breach of contract, retaliation and more; however, 10 of the 13 claims were dismissed by a judge last month.…

A member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Nafiu Bala-Gombe, who is laying claim to the party’s chairmansip seat, has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for a change of the judge handling the matter. The plaintiff sought a transfer of his suit from Judge Emeka Nwite to another judge to guarrantee judidicial impartiality. Judge Nwite adjourned the matter indefinitely after parties to the suit clashed over a letter already written by the plaintiff to the Chief Judge John Tsoho requesting the re-assignment of the case to a new judge. The suit was filed by Nafiu Bala-Gombe…

There is a quiet but important shift underway in Nigeria’s banking sector, and shareholders are beginning to feel it through their dividend payouts. Several banks declared healthy profits for the financial year ended December 2025. A few proposed dividends were announced, then came the regulatory signal that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reportedly withheld approval for some of those dividends until the affected banks aligned with the provisions of BOFIA to ensure prudential compliance. The story behind the headlines is more reassuring than alarming. Nigeria’s banks are not being asked to explain a crisis but are being required to…

Musa Muhammad Kamarawa, a former Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to ex-Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has alleged that Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, was killed in his presence. A screengrab containing Kamarawa’s claim, written in Hausa, is currently circulating on various social media platforms. Kamarawa had also on Thursday written a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, alleging that certain officers had also threatened him. Dadiyata, a Nigerian lecturer and outspoken government critic, was abducted by gunmen from his home in Kaduna on August 1, 2019, and remains missing. His disappearance was heavily linked to his critical social media…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday adjourned indefinitely a suit challenging the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President David Mark. Justice Emeka Nwite ordered a sine die adjournment after the plaintiff informed the court that he had written to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court seeking the transfer of the case to another judge. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, stems from a leadership dispute within the ADC following the emergence of David Mark and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola in the party’s leadership structure. At the resumed hearing, counsel for the…

Troops of Quick Response Force (QRF), Operation ENDURING PEACE, on Thursday, 7 May 2026, successfully busted 2 illegal arms manufacturing factories in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Captain Chinonso Polycarp Oteh, Media Information Officer Joint Task Force, Operation ENDURING PEACE, in a statement said the well coordinated raid led to the discovery of two illegal arms manufacturing sites. During the precision operation, troops arrested 5 five suspects caught in the act of fabricating lethal weapons, and recovery of significant cache of weaponry and industrial equipment. Items recovered include, 9 fabricated AK 47 rifles, one locally fabricated…

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has said his team will be ready to “deliver” against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Both sides are set to face off for the trophy on May 30. The Gunners eliminated Atletico Madrid on a 2-1 aggregate, while PSG held Bayern to a 1-1 draw in the second leg after beating them 5-4 in Paris. Arteta has now claimed either PSG or Bayern would have been a tough opponent for Arsenal. “It is what it is,” Arteta told reporters on Friday. “We know the level of the opposition we have to face either way, PSG or…

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Samuel Ogbuku, has urged students in tertiary institutions across the region to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Ogbuku said the PVC remains a key tool for influencing decisions and electing leaders whose values align with the aspirations of Nigerian youths. He spoke at the launch of Project New Nigeria and a voter registration sensitisation programme organised by the Foundation for Citizens Empowerment in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. This was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday by the NDDC Director of Corporate…

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano State Command have arrested two suspects for vandalising and stealing 300 metres of aluminium conductor cable at Yunfawa village in DawakinTofa Local Government Area of the state. Similarly, the Corps also arrested a suspected tricycle thief, Abdullahi Aminu,18, a resident of Unguwar Dabai, Dala Local Government, Kano State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement on Friday. “Two of the suspects, Adamu Ibrahim, 25, and Abba Ado, 24, all residents of Roba, Dawakin Tofa LG area, were apprehended shortly after vandalizing…