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Something is unsettling about how often Yoruba royalty now finds itself locked in arguments over rank while the land they preside over groans under neglect. The Yoruba are heirs to a tradition renowned for philosophical depth and political sophistication. Sadly, today, the loudest royal conversations are no longer about schools, markets, roads, industries, or jobs, but about who stands above whom. It is a curious inversion of priorities. The recent, subtle but unmistakable insistence on supremacy by the Alaafin of Oyo has reignited an old debate that never quite dies. History is summoned. Titles are invoked. Supporters trade ancestral receipts…

Nigeria recorded a 51 per cent decline in digital payment fraud losses in 2025, reflecting the impact of improved identity management, enhanced transaction data standards, and stronger collaboration across the financial system, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. This assertion was made by the Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, CBN, Dr Phillip Ikeazor, in his keynote address at the 2026 Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum Technical Kickoff Session in Lagos on Wednesday. Data released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System at the event indicated that losses from digital payment fraud fell to N25.85bn in 2025, down from N52.26bn in 2024,…

After enduring a dry spell without a club, Emmanuel Dennis finally has a new home after joining Danish club Brøndby, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Brøndby announced the deal on Thursday, noting that the player will remain with the club until the summer of 2028. Dennis has been without a club since last summer after Nottingham Forest terminated his contract as part of their squad clear-out. The Nigerian international was deemed surplus to requirements and did not feature in any of Forest’s pre-season games before his departure. The 28-year-old has struggled for regular playing time over the past two seasons, but…

Forty-two-year-old Adeola Akinsulure, a Biology teacher at Omole Senior Grammar School, Ikeja, Lagos, who is among the top 10 shortlisted for the 2026 GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize, a $1m award run by the Varkey Foundation, speaks with WALE AKINSELURE on her teaching philosophy and issues that must be addressed to improve the nation’s education sector. Tell us about yourself and your teaching philosophy. I am from Ikorodu, Lagos State. I am married. I am 42 years old. I obtained my first degree in Biochemistry from Lagos State University. I then earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Marketing Management)…

Ring has launched a new Ring Verify tool that the company says can “verify that Ring videos you receive haven’t been edited or changed.” But since Ring won’t verify videos that have been altered in any way, it probably won’t be able to verify those videos you see on TikTok that look like they’re from security camera footage but are actually made with AI.All videos downloaded from Ring’s cloud now include a “digital security seal,” Ring says. To check and to see if a video is authentic, go to the Ring Verify website and select a video from your device…

Bitcoin backers have minimized claims that fears around quantum computing being a threat to the cryptocurrency sooner than expected are dragging on its price. Glassnode lead analyst James Check said in an X post on Thursday that linking Bitcoin’s price to quantum computing fears “is akin to blaming market manipulation for red candles, and declining exchange balances for green ones.” Check argued that while quantum computing may be “keeping some capital away” from Bitcoin (BTC), the weakness in Bitcoin’s price performance has been driven far more by heavy selling from long-term holders. “Bitcoin saw sell-side from HODLers in 2025, which would have…

Jason Kelce is now on TikTok, but he’s not happy about it. The elder Kelce brother, 38, confirmed he joined the social media platform on the Wednesday, January 21 episode of the “New Heights” podcast, which he cohosts with sibling Travis Kelce. Travis, 36, first broke the news to viewers, saying, “Final piece of new news, Jason has joined TikTok.” “That’s right, Travis, I’ve finally done it,” Jason replied. “I have two videos, I think they’re both very high quality.” Despite the satisfaction with his content, Jason’s username, Jason.Kelce.Hates.TikTok, doesn’t leave room for interpretation over his feelings about the move.…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 14 candidates to President Bola Tinubu for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court. In a statement issued on Thursday by its Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, the council said the decision was taken at its 110th meeting held on 13 and 14 January. The meeting was presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chair of thr council, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. According to the statement, the NJC had initially resolved to await security clearance on the shortlisted candidates before forwarding their names to the president. Following the receipt of…

Russian President Vladmir Putin. [CREDIT: Twitter handle of the Russian government] If Trump believes that he can grab Greenland and plant the US flag in Nuuk, whether the people like it or not, because he was denied the Nobel Peace Prize, as he told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a text message, why is Russia, which has an even more substantial stake in Ukraine, being condemned, ostracised and punished, while Trump gets ego massage? As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the gazetting of targeted, investment-linked incentives to support the proposed Bonga South West deep-offshore oil project by Shell and its partners. This was stated in a release by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, on Thursday. Tinubu also mandated his Special Adviser on Energy, Mrs Olu Verheijen, to facilitate the gazetting of the incentives in line with Nigeria’s existing legal and fiscal frameworks. According to him, the incentives are disciplined, targeted, and globally competitive, designed to attract new capital without undermining government revenues. “These incentives are not blanket concessions. They are…