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The Federal Road Safety Corps has inaugurated a nationwide high-impact operation aimed at reducing road crashes and enforcing strict compliance with traffic laws during the end-of-year travel season. The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, has ordered the total deployment of personnel and operational assets across the country under the 2025 Operation Zero Tolerance Exercise. The directive mandates commanding officers in all formations to ensure full-scale enforcement, traffic control, and emergency response on major highways and critical corridors. According to a statement signed by the corps spokesperson, Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Saturday, the operation commenced on 15 December 15, 2025…

Lagos does not forgive complacency. Its floods do not negotiate, its aquifers do not replenish themselves, and its waste, left unattended, grows into black mountains that burn for weeks. For most of the past three decades, the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources responded to these realities with the tools and tempo it inherited: slow, under-funded, and too often deferential to powerful interests. Then came 2025, and with it a commissioner, Tokunbo Wahab, who treated the portfolio like an emergency that had already lasted 30 years. The result was the most consequential single year any Lagos environment ministry…

The Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club has pledged unwavering support for the Super Eagles at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations despite recent institutional challenges. ANFASSC acknowledged communication from the Interim Management Committee regarding the National Sports Commission’s position on supporters’ participation for the tournament in Morocco, but insisted their commitment remains firm and driven by patriotism. The club provided clarity on long-standing collaboration issues, noting that the original concept of supporters’ unification was altered at the Nigeria Football Federation level, disrupting the intended framework. The process has not progressed under IMC leadership due to concerns around…

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT, has ranked sixth in net inflows despite being the only fund in the top cohort posting a negative return for the year.Data shared by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas shows IBIT pulling in roughly $25 billion in year-to-date inflows, even as its annual performance sits in the red. By comparison, several traditional equity and bond ETFs ahead of IBIT on the leaderboard posted double-digit gains, while gold-backed ETF GLD, which is up more than 60% on the year, attracted less capital than IBIT.Balchunas described the result as a “really good sign” over…

Corey Feldman is denying he accused the late Corey Haim of “molesting him” while the actors filmed The Lost Boys together. Feldman’s legal team told Us Weekly via a statement on Friday, December 19, that the molestation comments were a “mischaracterization” of the truth, denying there was sexual assault involved in the actors’ interactions. “Mr. Feldman did not have any involvement in the documentary Corey Feldman vs The World. The producers of the film made the film without Mr Feldman’s knowledge and obtained the footage through dishonest means,” the statement read. “Mr. Feldman is investigating the source of the footage,…

The Ekiti State Government on Friday announced the dismissal of the surgeon, who led the surgical operation on a patient whose kidneys were removed, from the service of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) with immediate effect. The government also suspended other members of the surgical team for one month, pending further administrative review. This followed the submission of the reports of the seven-member panel to the state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Oyebanji Filani. The panel, chaired by Francis Faduyile, a professor, was constituted 11 days ago to investigate the claim made by a patient, Joshua Afolayan,…

The International President of De Norsemen Kclub International (DNKI), Aniekanabasi Paulinus Alban (SKILLA), has called on the Federal Government and airline operators to urgently reduce the high cost of air travel in Nigeria, warning that current fares are placing undue pressure on families amid prevailing economic hardship. Alban made the call while speaking to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly after attending the DNKI Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting in the Federal Capital Territory. He noted that the burden of exorbitant flight costs is particularly troubling at a time when many Nigerians are preparing to travel for the Christmas…

In a bid to ensure a peaceful Yuletide season, troops of 3 Division/Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace (JTF OPEP) conducted multiple intelligence-led operations on Friday, 19 December 2025. This was disclosed by JTF OPEP Spokesman, Major Samson Zhakom, in statement made available to journalists in Jos, Plateau State capital. In the early hours of the day, troops raided the hideout of suspected criminal elements at Gwender Village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. “Although the suspects fled the location moments before the arrival of troops, a thorough search led to the recovery of one fabricated AK-47 rifle…

Nigeria defender Kevin Akpoguma will leave Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim at the end of the season, DAILY POST reports. Akpoguma’s contract with Hoffenheim will expire at the end of the current campaign, with both parties ready to part ways. The 30-year-old will bring his 13-year stay with the club to an end next summer. However, the centre-back could leave Hoffenheim as early as January if the club receive a suitable offer, according to Sky Sport transfer reporter Florian Plettenberg. “Kevin #Akpoguma and Hoffenheim are not planning to extend his expiring contract. Both sides are looking for a change and have…

Troops of the 3 Division/Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace (JTF OPEP) have arrested a suspect and recovered arms and ammunition at a checkpoint in Plateau State. The operation was conducted on Friday in Mangu community, Mangu Local Government Area of the state, following credible intelligence, as part of efforts to ensure a peaceful yuletide celebration in the state. Spokesman for the joint taskforce, Major Samson Zhakom, confirmed the suspect’s arrest in a statement shared with journalists in Jos on Saturday. The statement read, “Troops in collaboration with an intelligence agency tactical team, acting on credible intelligence, established a snap…