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Emotions ran high on Thursday, January 29, 2026, during the burial of late gospel singer, Bunmi Akinnaanu, at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos State, following a family confrontation that has since sparked widespread reactions online. Akinnaanu, best known for her popular gospel song ‘Omije Ojumi’, passed away on January 12, 2026, after a prolonged battle with an ailment. While the graveside service was largely modest and solemn; marked by hymns, prayers, and traditional rites such as the sprinkling of sand on the coffin, tensions flared when relatives of her estranged husband attempted to facilitate contact between him and the children.…

Omolola Akinyemi, the overall best graduating student of Mountain Top University, Ogun State, tells GRACE EDEMA that the urge to always perform better than the previous semester made her excel with a CGPA of 4.94 in Mathematics What would you say helped you to perform excellently? Honestly, I think it was the personal competition I had with myself. The constant urge to do better than the previous semecster or session was a major driving force. Also, having very helpful and supportive lecturers contributed greatly to my success. Mathematics is widely known to be a very tasking course, yet you graduated…

Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein’s emails shows that in December 2013, he was “permanently suspended due to harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players.”But it appears the real reason may be simpler: A second email from Microsoft to Epstein the very same day shows he was banned because he was a registered sex offender, and because Microsoft was among the companies that agreed to purge registered sex offenders from their systems.It’s not clear if Epstein played Xbox himself, though. In July…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly confronted Brian Armstrong during a coffee chat at Davos last week, telling the Coinbase CEO to stop lying about banks trying to sabotage the digital asset market structure bill under consideration in the US Congress.According to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal, the confrontation between Dimon and Armstrong occurred at the World Economic Forum last week when the Coinbase CEO was having coffee with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Dimon reportedly interrupted Armstrong, saying the CEO was “full of s—,” referring to TV interviews in which the Coinbase CEO accused banks…

Catherine O’Hara was rushed to the hospital hours before she died at the age of 71. A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson told Us Weekly that paramedics arrived at O’Hara’s home in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A. at 4:48 a.m. on Friday, January 30, in response to a call for medical aid. O’Hara was then transported to a nearby hospital in “serious” condition. Us confirmed O’Hara’s death on Friday. TMZ was first to report the news. Related: Catherine O’Hara’s Cause of Death Remains Unclear After ‘Brief Illness’ New details are being revealed in regards to Catherine O’Hara’s sudden death. O’Hara…

A compliance officer with Access Bank Plc, Olomotane Egoro, on Friday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that inflows from Kogi State local governments were deposited into multiple private bank accounts. The seventh prosecution witness, who began his testimony Thursday in the ongoing trial of Mr Bello, told the judge, Emeka Nwite, that the funds were deposited and withdrawn in a structured manner that avoided filing Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). He disclosed that millions of naira moved through several accounts before being further withdrawn or transferred to other entities. Led in his…

Residents of several communities in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State have fled their homes amid reports that armed bandits have moved into the area and established camps, sparking widespread fear. Zagazola Makama reports that by about 11:30 am on January 29, the bandits were believed to be operating from Kangi, Masabu and Gulbin Boka villages, causing panic in surrounding settlements. Security sources said the attackers resorted to abducting residents after they were unable to find cattle to rustle. “The kidnapped victims are currently being held in Kangi and Masabu, while people from Lioji, Dusai, Kuimo, Gulbin Boka and…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, declared that politics has started because it is time. Wike disclosed this during the inauguration of Senatorial and LGA Coordinators of the Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Port Harcourt, the state Capital. He commended the state Renewed Hope Ambassadors for their commitment towards President Bola Tinubu’s reelection. According to Wike: “Let me thank our leaders here, the coordinators of the local government level, and the electoral districts, and to the state, to the national assembly, to the state assembly, to the elders council, for support, support is…

Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Godswill Akpabio FC have declared Energy Kennedy Otunuya Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL). Godswill Akpabio FC made the announcement in a statement on Friday. They stated that the player failed to resume with the rest of his teammates for the second stanza preparation. Godswill Akpabio FC said that the player has failed to communicate with the club on his whereabout. “The management of Godswill Akpabio FC hereby informed the general public that Energy Kennedy Otunuya has been Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) since April, 2025,” Part of the statement reads. “Otunuya has failed to resume…

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc, Wale Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to embrace failure as a tool for nation-building, saying societies progress when citizens are willing to learn from setbacks rather than constantly condemn their country. According to a statement on Friday, Tinubu made this remark in Lagos during an interview, stressing that national development depends on collective belief, resilience, and a shared commitment to move the country forward. He maintained that the essence of nation-building was to make failure an acceptable concept and to extract lessons from it. The business tycoon said Nigerians must stop assuming the…