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Ecobank Nigeria has assured customers of uninterrupted access to banking services throughout the year-end holiday period via its secure and robust digital platforms. In a statement on Friday, the bank also urged customers to remain vigilant against fraud and scams during the festive season. Speaking on the development, the Head, Products & Analytics, Consumer & Commercial Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Victor Yalokwu, said the bank’s digital channels and over 35,000 Ecobank Xpress Point (agency banking) locations nationwide will remain fully available to support customers throughout the yuletide and year-end holiday period. He noted that customers will continue to enjoy a wide…

Actress Grace-Charis Bassey, formerly known as Belinda Effah, has shared insights into how she has maintained her youthful glow at 41. The actress, who recently marked her 41st birthday, attributed her appearance to a consistently healthy and balanced lifestyle. Speaking with Saturday Beats, Bassey credited God as the foundation of her well-being. “First, all glory to God. I cannot even take the glory for my looks because life is a gift from God, which I nurture and cherish, knowing that my body is the temple of God,” she said. Bassey revealed that being mindful of her diet has also played…

Ethereum’s total value locked (TVL) may surge ten-fold in 2026 as adoption expands across multiple use cases and institutional investors, according to Sharplink’s co-CEO Joseph Chalom.Sharplink Gaming is the second-largest public Ethereum treasury company, holding 797,704 ETH (ETH), worth roughly $2.33 billion at the time of publication, according to Ethereum Treasuries data. “The stablecoin market will hit $500B by the end of next year,” Chalom predicted in an X post on Friday, as the total stablecoin market capitalization currently sits at around $308.46 billion. A move to $500 billion would represent an increase of about 62%. Source: Joseph ChalomWith over half…

The Middle alum Pat Finn’s daughters, Cassidy and Caitlin Finn, have broken their respective silences after their father died at age 60. “Dad, you were and are a role model and an inspiration to everyone you met. I tried to think of a word to describe you, but no word could ever do it justice,” Cassidy wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, December 23. “You are Pat Finn. The least shocking thing was hearing the nurses say they have never seen so many people show up at a hospital for someone. That was my dad.” Pat, who died on Tuesday after…

The Nigerian government has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu approved US strikes against terrorist camps in the country’s North-western region on Thursday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this on Friday, hours after the US Department of War and President Donald Trump announced the coordinated military action. Some observers have raised concerns that the strikes infringe on Nigeria’s territorial integrity. However, Mr Tuggar insisted that the federal government would not permit any action that violated the country’s sovereignty. “It is a collaboration, it is what we have been calling for,” Mr Tuggar said on the breakfast show of…

If policymakers, private partners, and the media pay attention, these conversations can evolve from ceremonial gatherings into sustained interventions. For now, the message is unmistakable: the North has many builders, innovators, and storytellers. The real task is to listen to them, recognise them, and create the conditions that allow them not just to survive, but to flourish. There is always room for celebration. But progress demands honesty, especially when the realities on the ground refuse to be ignored. As a proud Northerner from Ilorin, Kwara State, I speak from both affection and concern when I say that the North today…

For many Nigerians raised in deeply religious homes, ‘Oversabi Aunty’ will feel uncomfortably familiar. Directed by and starring Toyin Abraham, the Nollywood dramedy tells the story of the overzealous, self-appointed moral policewoman whose devotion to correcting others masks a dangerous neglect of her own household. Released in December as a holiday offering, the film is positioned as a family-friendly crowd-pleaser. But beneath its comic surface lies a pointed critique of religious hypocrisy, parenting failures, and the quiet damage inflicted by performative righteousness. Plot Toun (played by Toyin Abraham), a church woman whose fervour for “doing God’s work” is expressed mainly…

A renowned Catholic Author, Deacon Nick Donnelly, has called for the immediate arrest of a controversial Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. The call followed Gumi’s remarks after the United States’ Christmas Day airstrikes against insurgents in parts of Sokoto State. DAILY POST reports that Gumi in a statement on Friday urged the Federal Government to immediately halt any collaboration with the US to take out the perpetrators of alleged genocide against Christians. Reacting to Gumi’s comments, Nick Donnelly in a post on X, said the Islamic scholar must be arrested and prosecuted. He wrote, “Sheikh Gumi protests President Trump’s…

Tunisia head coach Sami Trabelsi is aware of Nigeria’s attacking strength but insists they are focused on neutralising their opponents, DAILY POST reports. The Super Eagles boast some of the finest forwards in Africa, including Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze and Moses Simon. The quartet was impressive in Nigeria’s 2-1 victory over Tanzania on Tuesday night.Lookman netted Nigeria’s second goal, a sublime effort from inside the box. Osimhen posed a constant threat to the Tanzanian defence, while Simon impressed from the bench. The Super Eagles can also rely on the likes of Chidera Ejuke and Paul Onuachu.Trabelsi said they…

A chieftain of the Labour Party in Osun State, Gideon Aloba, has urged the Federal Government to demonstrate transparency and accountability in the management of public resources before implementing the new tax laws expected to take effect from January 1, 2026. He said any administration that fails to properly account for public resources has no moral right to impose fresh tax obligations on citizens. Aloba, a former House of Representatives candidate in the Ijesa South area of the state, said Nigerians should not be compelled to pay more taxes without first being shown how existing revenues are being spent. The…