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President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria following his state visit to the Republic of Türkiye. The Airbus A330 conveying the President arrived at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 8:55 p.m. on Saturday. Tinubu’s arrival was confirmed in a terse notice issued to State House correspondents by the Presidency Saturday evening. The state visit, which began on Tuesday, saw President Tinubu engage in bilateral discussions with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and oversee the signing of nine agreements spanning defence, energy, security, research, and other strategic sectors. During the visit, the two leaders discussed…

The South-West Zonal Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Rahman Owokoniran, on Saturday, alleged that market women and traders across parts of the region are being coerced into joining the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria through intimidation and economic pressure. He made this allegation in his acceptable speech shortly after his inauguration as ADC South-West Zonal Chairman, alongside other zonal executives of the party, held at the Ibadan Business School, Old Bodija in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Owokoniran claimed that traders were being compelled to register with the ruling party under duress, with threats of market raids, arbitrary…

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested seven bandits in connection with the invasion of Old Oyo National Park at Oloka area of Orire Local Government Area of the state, and killed five officials of the service. This was disclosed in a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday. The PUNCH reports that an armed banditry group invaded the Old Oyo National Park office on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, around 9:00 pm on motorcycles, armed with sophisticated firearms, and launched a violent attack on forest rangers and other personnel.…

BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded cryptocurrency treasury company linked to investor Tom Lee, is carrying significant unrealized losses on its Ether holdings following the latest wave of market liquidations, underscoring the risks facing crypto balance-sheet strategies during sharp downturns.After acquiring an additional 40,302 Ether (ETH) last week and increasing its total holdings to more than 4.24 million ETH, BitMine’s unrealized losses have grown to over $6 billion, according to data from Dropstab, a platform that tracks digital asset prices and portfolio valuations.Based on current market prices, BitMine’s Ether holdings are valued at roughly $9.6 billion, down from a peak…

Easttown, Pennsylvania, is an unforgiving place, but it has nothing on Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet). The fortysomething detective is no-nonsense and shoots from the hip, and she doesn’t have time for fools. When a teenage mother is found brutally murdered in a ravine, she has to figure out not only who did it and why, but also how it connects to a young woman’s disappearance in the recent past. If it were just a mystery show, Mare of Easttown would merely be great. But the genius of the limited series is how it also functions as a character study of…

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has sacked political appointees and dethroned traditional rulers from the Amasiri community of Afikpo Local Government Area over alleged complicity in a violent land dispute. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Amasiri community was recently involved in a land dispute with neighbouring Okporojo village, in Oso community of Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi, resulting in four deaths and destruction of several properties. Mr Nwifuru, who visited the Okporojo community on Saturday, said that the Amasiri community had not shown enough commitment to maintain permanent peace in the area, and the government…

The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, on Saturday declared that the Northwest is ready to rise. Barau said the North will rise not in isolation but in coordinated partnership with Nigeria through the North West Development Commission, NWDC, and Renewed Hope Agenda. He disclosed this at the stakeholders’ development summit, organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the NWDC to chart a course for the region. The summit was held at the Yar’Adua Conference Centre at Murtala Square in Kaduna. He said: “The Northwest is ready to rise, not in isolation, but in coordinated partnership with the Nigerian Federation…

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu will secure a decisive win in the 2027 presidential race. Matawalle called on Nigerians and political leaders to unite in support of the administration’s ongoing reforms. Addressing guests at his Abuja residence on Saturday, Matawalle said the President’s style of governance and policy choices are steadily steering Nigeria toward economic recovery, stronger institutions, and greater national unity. He warned against early political scheming and internal power contests aimed at weakening the current government, describing such moves as driven by narrow interests and harmful to…

Former Arsenal star, Paul Merson, has claimed that the team’s 4-0 win over Leeds United on Saturday, has won them the Premier League title. Merson, speaking on Sky Sports, hailed the Gunners’ performance and the contribution of their substitutes in the game. Mikel Arteta’s men went two goals up before the break and Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Jesus added two more in the second half. “I can’t emphasise how good a result and performance it was,” Merson said. “Elland Road was rocking at the start of the game but once Arsenal got into the game, they were dominant all over…

The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Mariya Mahmoud, has urged youths in the FCT to embrace dialogue, peaceful engagement and constructive participation as pathways to national development, stressing that progress is rooted in collaboration rather than division. Mahmoud made the call on Saturday at the FCT Gbagyi Youth Association conference held in Abuja, describing the gathering as an important forum for dialogue, reflection and collective action among young people in the territory. This was contained in a statement signed by the minister’s media aide, Austine Elemue, on Saturday. Represented at the event by the Mandate Secretary of…