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Hundreds of elephants displaced from Sambisa Forest in Borno State were seen roaming the Nigeria–Cameroon border, moving between Gamboru in Nigeria and Fotokol in Cameroon. Their movement caused widespread destruction of farms and homes, with authorities battling to contain them, writes ISAH OJO Hundreds of elephants displaced from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State have recently been seen roaming in search of habitat, migrating between Gamboru, a border community in Borno State and Fotokol, a town in Cameroon, where they have destroyed farmlands and residential buildings. The elephants, which were previously domiciled in the Sambisa Forest, were displaced after Boko…

TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees on Thursday said the deal will close on January 22nd, with Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi’s MGX owning 45 percent of the company, while its China-based parent company ByteDance will hold 20 percent.The remainder of the company will be held by “affiliates of existing ByteDance investors,” Axios reports. TikTok briefly went dark in the US in January as the divest-or-ban law came into effect. Throughout the…

Perpetuals trading platform Synthetix is returning to Ethereum’s mainnet, with its founder arguing the network is now more than capable of supporting high-frequency financial applications after years of network congestion drove derivatives activity elsewhere.“By the time perp DEXs became a thing, the mainnet was too congested, but now we can run it back,” Synthetix founder Kain Warwick told Cointelegraph during an interview on Wednesday. “It’s kind of crazy that there really hasn’t been a Perp DEX on mainnet,” he added, explaining that reduced demand after the perp DEX exodus, combined with ongoing scaling improvements, has made Ethereum layer 1 more viable…

KJ Apa is certainly intriguing audiences with the first glimpse of his portrayal of the actor Jimmy Stewart. The trailer for the November 2026 biopic Jimmy was released on Wednesday, December 17. The movie stars Apa, 28, as the late U.S. Air Force veteran and esteemed actor, best known for his roles in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). It was revealed that the Riverdale alum would portray Stewart in August 2025. “I have always been a huge James Stewart fan and feel so honored I get to bring his story to life,” Apa said…

Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde, widely known as K1 De Ultimate or KWAM1, has urged the Ogun State High Court in Ijebu-Ode, to halt the process of installing a new Awujale of Ijebuland. In the suit dated 16 December, the artist, a claimant to the Awujale throne, wants the court to halt the process of selecting the next king of Ijebuland pending the hearing and determination of his substantive suit contesting his rejection by the Funsengbuwa Ruling House, widely regarded as the next in line to produce the next Awujale. He named Governor Dapo Abiodun as the first respondent, alongside the…

Until Africa returns to this fundamental truth, that no one is above the law and that justice must be blind to privilege, the continent will continue to chase shadows. Let us be mindful that corruption is merely a symptom; the true disease lies in the prevailing lack of respect for the rule of law, for a just process and a fair justice system. For decades, we have been made to believe that African leaders are corrupt, lack the desire for inclusive development, and are motivated by a perpetual hold on power — Perpetualism. While I do not dispute these claims,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that a new variant of influenza virus is spreading fast but expressed hope that vaccination remains the “most effective defence”. The Unit Head for Global Respiratory Threats at the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threats Management of WHO, Wenqing Zhang, said this in Geneva on Wednesday. Ms Zhang noted that this year is marked by “the emergence and the rapid expansion of a new AH3N2 virus subclade”.She said the new variant – called J.2.4.1 or subclade K – was first noted in August in Australia and New Zealand and has since been detected…

The Chairman of the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Chike Okafor, has warned that a bench warrant of arrest may be issued against the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Ayo Sontinrin, and the Director-General of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Abubakar Dabban, if they fail to appear before the committee. The threat was issued on Tuesday during the resumed investigative hearing into the alleged misuse of N1.2 trillion allocated for agricultural intervention programmes. Mr Okafor said the committee would not hesitate to invoke all parliamentary powers to compel attendance, describing the move as…

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the elevation of several senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force to higher ranks. Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, stated in a press release that the promotions followed rigorous written examinations and oral interviews, concluded on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at the PSC Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, presided over by the Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd). The statement named the promoted senior officers to include AIG Mohammed Usman Gumel, who, until his promotion, was the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Community Policing Project Department,…

The factional Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the executives of 14 state chapters of the party and announced plans to conduct fresh congresses in January 2026. The Care-Taker Committee stated that the leadership of Mohammed Abdulrahman and Samuel Anyanwu as Acting Chairman and Acting National Secretary, respectively, remains the only legitimate structure recognised by the party. The faction made this known in a statement following its meeting on Thursday evening in Abuja. DAILY POST reports that PDP governors endorsed the Ibadan convention, at which Tanimu Turaki and other…