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The year 2026 is an Almond Year, marked by early, sudden, rapid, swift, and immediate fulfilment of numerous longstanding prophecies, whether personal, familial, or national. Embrace this season with expectation, discernment, and expectation, while aligning your faith with the manifestation of the Lord’s word in your life. After persistently seeking the Lord concerning His mind for the coming year, the word of the Lord came to me with unmistakable clarity and power. The Lord said to me, “The year 2026 is the Year of the Lord’s Performance.” It is an Almond Year. The almond tree is typically the first tree…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to bail in the sum of N500m pending his trial in the money laundering offences brought against him by the federal government. Malami is to produce two sureties who will stand for him in the like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite in a ruling on bail application by Malami and two others on Wednesday ordered that the two sureties must have landed properties in Maitama, Asokoro or Gwarimpa. The documents of the properties are to…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Emeka Bekee has said that Governor Siminalyi Fubara will certainly run for second term as governor under the APC. Bekee made this known on Wednesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme. The statement comes amid power rivalry between the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Fubara. However, the APC chieftain hinted that All the governors who recently defected to the party might have automatic tickets for second term. He said: “Well, I don’t know the negotiation they have up there. I can tell you clearly, APC is…
The Nigeria Police Force, said its airport police has arrested a notorious celebrity scam and romance fraud suspect. ASP Mohammed Adeola Police Public Relations Officer, Airport Police Command, Lagos in a statement said the suspect was responsible for defrauding multiple victims in the United States of America of over N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira), which on conversion amounts to over one million United States dollars. According to the statement, the suspect, Essien Emmanuel Akpama, male, aged 20, was arrested on 5th January, 2026, by operatives of the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Airport Police Command while attempting to board a flight out of…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have raked in $80,000 for their efficiency in front of goal at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, DAILY POST reports. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, promised the team $5,000 per goal during the group stage. The team earned $40,000 for the eight goals they scored in their three group games against Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda. For the Round of 16 encounter against the Mambas of Mozambique, they got $40,000 for the four goals scored. Nigeria will take on the Desert Foxes of Algeria in a quarter-final fixture at the Marrakesh Stadium on Saturday.…
Iran’s military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests. “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the Iranian nation a threat and will not tolerate its continuation without responding,” General Amir Hatami said, according to the Fars news agency. Hatami, commander of the Iranian army but not Iran’s most senior officer, warned that “if the enemy makes a mistake” Iran’s response would be more robust than during last June’s 12-day war with Israel. In…
The three Omatu brothers who died in the inferno that gutted the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Lagos Island, Lagos State, will be buried on January 14. PUNCH Metro reported that the fire started on the fourth floor and spread to the sixth floor of the plaza before engulfing the remaining floors and adjoining structures. A detached section of the plaza, estimated to be about seven floors high, collapsed during the inferno, trapping some traders and market assistants. One of the families worst hit by the incident was the Omatu family, which lost three brothers identified as Steve, 40;…
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has announced plans to buy back a 49.9 per cent stake in its U.S. metal container plants for approximately $3 bn, according to Reuters. The deal covers seven plants across six U.S. states, previously sold in 2020 to a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management. AB InBev retained operational control and entered into a long-term supply agreement to meet its packaging needs at the time. Under the repurchase arrangement, AB InBev will fund the transaction with cash, with the company expecting to close the deal in the first quarter of 2026. The…
Former Shooting Stars, Enyimba and Rangers International coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, has resumed duties as the new head coach of Plateau United ahead of the second stanza of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ogunbote, who handled Shooting Stars until July 2025, replaces Shola Ayegun, who has parted ways with the club following a run of poor results. However, the club’s management is still considering retaining the services of Ayegun as an assistant coach to Ogunbote while the new gaffer is also said to be coming with two assistants. The Oracle, as Ogunbote is fondly called,…
Color-changing lights are a lot of fun, but it can be hard to figure out how to best use them in your home. Most smart lighting companies offer pre-designed scenes to help you light your space, but the lights don’t know where they are physically in your home, and the effect can get diluted. Philips Hue has a solution to this problem: SpatialAware.SpatialAware knows your room’s layout and the placement of your Hue lights, so it can determine the best way to distribute the scene’s colors and effects across them.1/4Some of the newly remastered Hue lighting scenes designed to work…
