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Bandits on Tuesday night launched a deadly attack on Kauran Fawa and Unguwar Jika communities in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing and abducting several residents. Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed the incident in a post on X, saying the attack threw the affected communities into deep grief and fear, as families mourned those killed and waited anxiously for news of the abducted victims. According to him, the violence has badly shaken residents and disrupted the fragile sense of security in the area. The attack occurred despite a peace agreement earlier reached between local government stakeholders and bandit groups,…

Yeni Kuti, the first child of the late Afrobeat founder, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has finally reacted to Wizkid’s online fight with her brother, Seun Kuti. DAILY POST reports that Seun Kuti started dragging Wizkid’s fanbase popularly known as Wizkid FC last week for comparing the singer’s legacy and influence with that of his father, late Fela Kuti. The fight escalated on the sixth day of the constant dragging when Seun dared Wizkid to prove he truly cared for his fans by protecting them from him. Breaking silence in solidarity to his fans, Wizkid told Seun that “I’m bigger than your…

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Yisa Alao from Sheffield United. The Premier League club will pay an initial fee of £500,000 plus add-ons for the 17-year-old fullback. The Blues have beaten at least three of their rivals to land Alao, as they continue to stockpile young talents. This was revealed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Thursday. Romano wrote on X: “Chelsea agree deal to sign talented 17 year old fullback Yisa Alao from Sheffield Wednesday, here we go! “Initial fee over £500k plus heavy add-ons. “Chelsea beat 3 more PL top clubs to the signing.”

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged youths in the state to take advantage of the vast opportunities available to become employers of labour and contribute meaningfully to growth and development. Fubara said global trends increasingly favour entrepreneurship and innovation, stressing that youths in Rivers State must not be left behind in harnessing such opportunities. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Benibo Anabraba, the governor stated this while declaring open the 2026 Job Fair organised by the Rivers State Government in partnership with the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Speaking on the theme,…

The Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, said it recovered 26 stolen cows valued at ₦6.25m and arrested two suspected cattle rustlers, Abu Muhammed and Aliu Bello, at Iresaadu in Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan, the state capital on Thursday. Ayanlade said the suspects were apprehended following a swift response to a report received at the Iresaadu Division of the command. He explained that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects were attempting to conceal the stolen cattle when they were intercepted at…

The shutdown of refineries across Europe and North America has tightened global fuel markets and handed Nigeria’s Dangote refinery greater leverage in shaping refined product balances, according to energy intelligence firm Kpler. In a report, Kpler said the scale of refinery exits in Europe and North America has structurally altered supply dynamics, noting that “around ~900,000 bpd of capacity in the West of Suez was permanently removed from the system.” According to the report, these shutdowns have had far-reaching consequences for global fuel supply, as the erosion of baseline capacity reduced operational flexibility and amplified the market impact of outages,…

Team Nigeria began training at the tennis court of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Wednesday ahead of their Davis Cup World Group II tie against Uzbekistan, scheduled for February 7–8 in Lagos, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Davis Cup, the world’s leading international men’s team tennis competition organised by the International Tennis Federation, is structured across multiple tiers. Nigeria are among the 26 teams vying for 13 places in the World Group II play-offs. The 13 winning teams from the play-offs will qualify for World Group II, while the 13 losing teams will drop to Group III of their…

The organisers of the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday announced the first set of nominations for the 2026 Oscars, with actors Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks unveiling the list. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners are among the early front-runners for major awards. The ceremony will hold on March 15, 2026, with Conan O’Brien returning as host. Below is the full list of categories and nominees: Best Picture BugoniaF1: The MovieFrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain Dreams Best Actor Timothée Chalamet, Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke, Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan,…

First and foremost, as the name implies, the Talking Flower will just randomly speak a couple of times every hour when left alone with phrases like “sometimes it’s nice to space out,” and “is it weird for flowers to talk?” A single button on the toy can be pressed to trigger random thoughts on demand, or you can press and hold the button to silence the Talking Flower for a while. There’s music, too, and at launch it will support 11 different languages including English, Italian, and Japanese.You can also set the Talking Flower to speak at specific times of…

The world breathed a small, collective sigh of relief on Wednesday when US President Donald Trump said he would not use force to take over Greenland during a rambling, hour-long speech to a crowd of world leaders in Davos.Trump argued why the US should rightly own Greenland, ostensibly as a bulwark against Russian or Chinese influence in the region. However, he walked back some worrying rhetoric about military action, stating that he would not use force to take over Greenland, which itself is an autonomous region of Denmark. He scrapped plans to use tariffs to pressure allies to go along…