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Nigeria’s professional golfer, Francis Epe, has secured a place at the 2026 Magical Kenya Open, a flagship event on the DP World Tour scheduled for February 19–22 at the Karen Country Club in Nairobi, Kenya. Epe qualified for the tournament after emerging champion of the sixth CIO Golf Classic, held in November 2025 at the Python Golf Club in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The event attracted a competitive field of over 100 players and featured a prize purse of $50,000. The CIO Championship holds special significance as the only tournament of its kind in West Africa integrated into the Safari…

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT Wing, has directed all primary and secondary school teachers in the territory to join the ongoing strike action initiated by the Joint Union Action Committee. The strike is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 26, 2026. This directive is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the union’s State Chairman, Abdullahi Shafas; State Secretary, Margaret Jethro; and Publicity Secretary, Ibukun Adekeye, issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to the communiqué, the decision to down tools follows a directive from the Nigeria Labour Congress, instructing all affiliate unions within the FCT to escalate…

Microsoft’s first update for Windows 11 in 2026 has been a buggy mess, to say the least. After reports of shutdown issues on some machines, Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix its January 2026 Windows 11 update last weekend. Now, exactly a week later, the software maker has been forced to issue a second unusual out-of-band fix to address OneDrive and Dropbox crashes.Microsoft is also investigating reports of boot failures that could be related to its January 2026 security update.While the first shutdown bug was limited to machines running Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 version 23H2, the…

Bitcoin (BTC) may face another sharp sell-off if growing talk of a Japanese yen (JPY) intervention turns into action, with past intervention episodes coinciding with 30% drawdowns in BTC price.Key takeaways:Past Japanese yen shocks saw BTC drop about 30%, and then recover by over 100%.Onchain data says the Bitcoin bottom is not yet confirmed.Bitcoin’s yen fractal shows 30% drawdowns before reboundsA yen intervention is when Japan’s authorities step into the forex market to influence the currency, most commonly by selling dollars and buying yen to slow a rapid yen slide. Over the weekend, markets were on alert after reports that…

Kody Brown’s ex-wives Meri Brown and Janelle Brown sounded off on his alleged “ego” during part 3 of Sister Wives: 1-on-1 reunion — and didn’t hold back. “Kody definitely has a big ego. He always has,” Meri, 54, claimed during the Sunday, January 25, episode. “But, like, I enjoy him. He’s fun, right? He’s fun to hang out with. He’s charismatic.” She confessed, “He’s a little bit too cocky. I don’t like cocky. And that kind of goes along with ego. So there’s times that he does have that.” Janelle, 56, agreed that “yeah,” Kody does have a “big ego,”…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the sale of application forms for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB, in its weekly bulletin dated 26 January, noted that registration for the examination begins nationwide Monday, 26 January 2026, and will end Saturday, 28 February 2026. According to the Board, registration is expected to be seamless, following “mechanisms already put in motion to ensure that candidates get top-notch service.” It advised candidates to register only at JAMB-approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres, professional registration centres and Board offices across the country. The Board also warns CBT centres against…

Access Bank Plc has confirmed readiness to host the second Africa Trade Conference (ATC 2026), aimed at accelerating Africa’s influence in shaping global trade. This is contained in statement by the bank’s media unit on Sunday. Roosevelt Ogbonna, Group Managing Director/CEO, said the event, scheduled for 11 March, in South Africa, would help stakeholders build critical trade systems. Mr Ogbonna described ATC as more than a traditional conference. “Africa is no longer at the margins of global trade conversations. The focus is on execution.“The Africa Trade Conference is a platform for action. It unites policy makers, capital providers, innovators, and…

Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has returned to Nigeria after spending some years in exile. His return is coming after reports that his name was removed from the Federal Government’s wanted list under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Yoruba Nation activist arrived in Ibadan on Monday, where he proceeded directly to the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. The visit represents his first major public appearance since he left Nigeria in 2021. Confirming the development, his spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, said: “As I’m speaking to you Chief Sunday Adeyemo is on his…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna State chapter, has reaffirmed its unwavering loyalty to the party and declared its readiness to win all elective positions in the 2027 general elections. Mrs Maria Dogo, the State Publicity Secretary of the party, spoke while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the party’s Expanded Caucus Meeting held on Monday in Kaduna. Dogo said the meeting was well attended by party leaders, stakeholders, elected and former office holders including party members from across the state. According to Dogo, the meeting was convened to review the state of the party, brief the members on the…

Three daughters of the Managing Director of the Plateau State Water Board, Apollos Samchi, were abducted by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday during an attack on his residence in the Rantya area of Jos South Local Government Area. According to a post shared on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Monday, the incident occurred at about 12:53 am, when gunshots were heard around Dumac Suites in Rantya. A security source said the attackers forced their way into Samchi’s house and kidnapped his three daughters, Nanlop, Kyenret, and Favour Samchi. The family’s security guard, Benard Makjwan, was…