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Mustapha Shu’aib, a key ally of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has officially resigned from the party. Shu’aib said he intends to explore a new political path and broaden his impact in public service. Shu’aib contested the Bida North Constituency seat in the Niger State House of Assembly election, and was the youngest candidate in the 2023 general elections. He said he made the decision after extensive consultations with political associates, community leaders, and supporters across his constituency. According to TVC, sources close to him stated that the move should not be viewed as…
Two persons have been reportedly killed and several others displaced in fresh attacks on Turan District in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident occurred Wednesday when suspected armed herders launched an assault that began in Imande Avu (also referred to as Imande Avur) and extended to the neighboring communities of Abande and Mbaikyor. The attack claimed the lives of two innocent farmers, Elder Abur Alam and his son Ikyaabashi also reported as Ikyaa, who were reportedly working on their farmland when they were targeted. Residents said the invaders were Fulani insurgents who carried out the killings in…
Ayo Labinjoh, the mother of singer Davido’s alleged teenage daughter, Aanu Adeleke, has finally broken her silence on her daughter’s DNA test controversy. DAILY POST reports that Davido had on Thursday stated that all the five DNA tests conducted on Aanu showed she is not his biological daughter, noting that he has never met with the girl’s mother, Ayo Labinjoh, who he described as a “bitch”, before in his life. Davido said this after Aanu in an open letter to the musician demanded a paternity test on her daughter. However, speaking amid the ongoing controversy in a statement shared on…
Shaun Bartlett, a former South Africa national team player, has snubbed Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen and Alex Iwobi as he picked Nigeria’s most important player in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. According to him, midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has been the Super Eagle’s unsung hero. He said Ndidi, who plays as a defensive midfielder, should get more attention for his great performances during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria did not have Ndidi in their Wednesday semifinal match against Morocco in Rabat because he was suspended. Ndidi, who plays for Besiktas, got two yellow cards and was suspended for…
A grieving father, Samuel Alozie, known as Promise Samuel on TikTok, is seeking justice after alleging that his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, died about 24 hours after receiving injections at the Ajangbadi Primary Health Centre in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. The tragedy went viral on Wednesday after Alozie posted a video on TikTok showing the remains of his sons in separate body bags. “This is the result of the immunisation… they killed my twin boys with injections,” the caption partly read. Speaking in a follow-up video on Thursday, Alozie, using the TikTok handle promise.samuel009,…
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dennis Idahosa, has advised those attempting to sow seeds of discord between him and his principal, Governor Monday Okpebholo, to redirect their energies to matters that would add value to the governor’s SHINE Agenda. The former member of the House of Representatives declared that any attempt to weaken the relationship between him and Okpebholo “is dead on arrival.” In a statement signed by Idahosa and made available to journalists in Benin on Friday, the deputy governor described those behind the alleged plot as distractors, noting that they were pained by the practical governance being…
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has reiterated the importance of Mohamed Salah to the club, saying he would gladly welcome the forward back even if he had an abundance of attacking options. Slot made the remark while speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Burnley, as Salah prepares to return from Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt. “Even if I had 15 attackers, I’d still have been happy if he came back. Mo has been so important for this club, and for me, so I am happy that he is back,” Slot said. The Dutchman explained that Salah…
We know how the next-generation Siri is supposed to work. Apple showed it off in 2024, made commercials about it, and generally promised that AI would change the way we used our gadgets forever. And then, well, none of that came to pass. So Apple made a deal: It tapped Google’s Gemini technology to help it turn Siri into the assistant we were promised. This deal’s a big one, and it could change the landscape of the AI race going forward.On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about the news that publishers are suing Google en masse…
Crypto entered 2026 with a familiar dichotomy: The industry is maturing, but its decentralized identity is at risk. Still, following years heavily dominated by speculation, 2025 became the year that pushed builders and investors toward fundamentals and proved that blockchain can support real-world goods, services and infrastructure.In this week’s episode of Byte-Sized Insight, Cointelegraph explores what that shift looked like on the ground, particularly through the lens of the emerging “machine economy.” DePIN brings “real-world” crypto closerLeonard Dorlöchter, co-founder of peaq, argues that 2025 was a turning point in how projects were evaluated. “Fundamentals started mattering more and more,” he said, He…
Drew Barrymore is opening up about the harsh criticisms that she faced as a child star after finding fame in the iconic 1982 film E.T. During the Wednesday, January 14 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress, 50, spoke candidly about being body shamed as a child as she looked back at photos of herself from the past. “This picture…It just breaks my heart. I was 10 years old and I just was told by everybody, ‘You don’t look how you did in E.T. You’re too heavy. You’re not blonde enough. You’re not old enough. You’re too young. You’re…
