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Fire outbreak at a residential building on Bola Street in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State has resulted in the death of a 103-year-old woman and the destruction of several properties. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who said the agency received a distress call at about noon on Friday. According to him, emergency responders arrived at the scene at 12:13 p.m. and discovered that a bungalow with two shops attached had been completely engulfed by fire. “Upon the arrival of the LRT at the incident…

Chelsea are looking to add to their squad this January window following the arrival of Liam Rosenior as their new head coach. The Blues want to bring in an elite centre-back, following the ACL injury suffered by Levi Colwill. However, Daily Mail reports the club was already scouting such targets long before Colwill picked up the injury. Chelsea were confident of landing Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth, but the 20-year-old opted to move to Real Madrid last summer. Jeremy Jacquet of Rennes and Jacobo Ramon of Como are two of the names on their shortlist. Although their priority is signing a…

The Ethereum ecosystem’s core values of decentralization, privacy and self-sovereignty have been sacrificed in pursuit of mainstream adoption and that trend must stop now, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said.“2026 is the year that we take back lost ground in terms of self-sovereignty and trustlessness,” Buterin posted to X on Friday:“In 2026, no longer. Every compromise of values that Ethereum has made up to this point – every moment where you might have been thinking, is it really worth diluting ourselves so much in the name of mainstream adoption – we are making that compromise no longer.”To reverse that trend, Buterin…

A 70-year-old woman died in November 2025 after riding on Universal Studios Florida’s “Revenge of the Mummy” enclosed roller-coaster. People cited a report from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) — which was updated on Thursday, January 15 — about the deadly incident, which took place on November 25, 2025. The woman allegedly became unresponsive while riding the roller-coaster and later died at a local hospital. The woman’s name was withheld from the Florida government report and there are few other confirmed details about the incident that are publicly available at this time. “Due to privacy-related concerns,…

The Rivers State House of Assembly has asked the Chief Judge of the state, Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, to set up a panel to investigate the gross misconduct allegations against Governor Fubara and his deputy, Ngọzi Odu. The assembly made the request in two separate letters to the chief judge, signed by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the assembly, on Friday, passed a resolution requesting the chief judge to set up the investigative panel as part of the impeachment process against the governor and his deputy. Setting up the panel “I write to request that you appoint a panel…

For many, the early days of the New Year seem like the quasi-perfect time to improve on goals and rethink choices. New Year’s resolutions on the other hand, serve as a wonderful way to set intentions and create a sense of direction for the year ahead. They provide a sense of focus and motivation for positive changes in routines, behaviours and outlook. A great number of people enter the new year eager to pursue their resolutions, but many end up abandoning them nearly as quickly as they set them, even with the best of intentions. People fail to uphold their…

The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, appeared at the first State Council meeting of the year, held in Abuja, dressed in his traditional Kwankwasiyya attire and bearing the flag of his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The meeting was also attended by all state commissioners and the deputy governor, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam, who has been rumoured to have sided with Kwankwaso, potentially abandoning the governor amid recent decamping controversies. Speaking during the meeting on Friday in Abuja, Governor Yusuf called for strong unity, resilience, and communal understanding among his cabinet members, insisting that such cohesion is what…

A sharp fault line is forming across the digital asset industry between crypto products that increasingly resemble regulated financial institutions and a traditional banking sector warning that some of those innovations may be going too far.That tension is on full display this week. JPMorgan is cautioning that yield-bearing stablecoins risk recreating core banking functions without the safeguards built up over decades of regulation. At the same time, Wall Street’s engagement with crypto continues to deepen, with Morgan Stanley’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings signaling what analysts describe as the next phase of institutional adoption, one that could force other banks to accelerate…

People We Meet on Vacation may be a lighthearted rom-com, but it’s proving to be polarizing among critics and fans alike. The movie, which serves as the first book-to-film adaptation for bestselling author Emily Henry, follows Poppy (Emily Bader) and Alex (Tom Blyth) as they form an unlikely friendship while driving home from college one year. Realizing they make excellent travel pals, the pair promise to take one vacation each year together no matter the circumstances. But with each trip, their feelings grow more complex, eventually threatening to throw their entire relationship off-kilter. “It’s surreal,” Henry exclusively told Us Weekly…

A bank official on Friday told the FCT High Court in Abuja that the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KSIRS), during the tenure of Governor Yahaya Bello, transferred over N1.1 billion to a private company. Led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the ninth prosecution witness, David Ajoma, said the money was transferred to Bespoque Business Solutions Limited (BBSL). Mr Ajoma, a compliance officer with Sterling Bank, continued his testimony from Thursday’s court proceedings. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the witness had opened his testimony, detailing transfers of…