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A group under the aegis of Civic Action for Democracy, CAD, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, demanding the immediate removal of the Action Peoples Party (APP) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) register. Addressing journalists after filing the case with suit number FHC/OW/CS/03/2026, the Executive Director of the group, Mazi Franklin Ngoforo, said the legal action became necessary following findings that revealed that the APP is still in the INEC database despite being deregistered a long time ago. He maintained that it would be an electoral misnomer if the APP is allowed…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 45 years old lady, Joy Ezeni, with one hundred wraps of weed suspected to be ‘loud’. The suspect was arrested on 19th January 2026, DAILY POST reports. The operatives recovered the illicit drugs from the suspect, who is currently in custody. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in a statement. The statement read, “On 19th January 2026, operatives of Raiders Unit acting on intelligence stormed ogwashi-Uku and arrested one Joy Ezeni ‘f’ aged 45 years, and recovered one hundred wraps of weed suspected to…

Rivers United will depart for Zambia tonight for their CAF Champions League matchday three clash against Power Dynamos. The players and officials will leave for Maputo via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The contingent arrived Abuja on Tuesday from Port Harcourt to connect a flight to their destination. The Pride of Rivers will be up against Power Dynamos at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on Saturday. They will face same opponent in a matchday four encounter zhat the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo a week later. Rivers United are yet to record a point in the group stage…

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has presented a N200 billion supplementary budget to the Delta House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The proposal allocates N140.6 billion to recurrent expenditure and N59.4 billion to capital expenditure. Speaker, Dennis Guwor, disclosed this on Tuesday in Asaba while reading the governor’s message during plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Delta is currently implementing the 2025 Appropriation Act of N979.2 billion. Oborevwori said the supplementary budget would sustain delivery of the state’s MORE/Renewed Hope Agenda. “The need became necessary to address expenditures, bearing in mind that the 2025 budget runs till…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the recruitment of 150 additional personnel into the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service to boost emergency response and public safety across the state. The agency’s Controller General, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement signed by the agency’s Public Affair Officer, Mrs Maira Fadairo on Tuesday in Lagos. Adeseye, while flagging off the LSFRS Squad 23 Adeseye training exercise in Ikeja, Lagos, said that the recruitment reflects the administration’s commitment to a resilient and well-equipped fire and rescue service. “This latest recruitment underscores the present administration’s sustained commitment to building a…

The Peoples Democratic Party has declared that it is repositioned and ready to reclaim power nationwide, following a high-level meeting between party leaders and former Vice President Namadi Sambo. Addressing journalists after the meeting in Abuja on Tuesday evening, the PDP National Chairman, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), said the former VP reaffirmed his continued membership of, and support for, the party and offered strategic guidance on strengthening unity, legality and electoral competitiveness ahead of forthcoming elections. Those present at the meeting included members of the Board of Trustees and the National Working Committee, founding fathers and mothers of the party, members…

Former Nigeria international basketball star Olumide Oyedeji has been elected secretary general of the World Olympians Association, becoming the first African to hold the position, The PUNCH reports. Oyedeji polled 55 votes out of 106 valid votes cast at the association’s annual general meeting on Sunday, securing 51.89 per cent to defeat Salvador Salguero of El Salvador and Liston Bochette of Puerto Rico. The current president of the Nigeria Olympians Association and third vice president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee will serve on the board for the next four years alongside President Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden and Treasurer Wei-Tsu Thomas…

Last year, Nova Launcher founder and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left Branch Metrics, Nova’s parent company at the time — which followed an announcement from 2024 that nearly everyone working on the project had been laid off. But the launcher is getting new life: in a blog post on Tuesday, the Swedish company Instabridge, which makes an app that helps people connect to Wi-FI hotspots, announced it has acquired Nova Launcher.“Nova is not shutting down,” according to Instabridge. “Our immediate focus is simple: keep Nova stable, compatible with modern Android, and actively maintained.” However, Instabridge says it’s…

Hong Kong Finance Secretary Paul Chan defended the city’s “same activity, same risk, same regulation” framework for digital assets while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to the South China Morning Post.Speaking at a closed-door workshop in Switzerland on Tuesday, Chan said finance and technology were increasingly intertwined but required a balanced regulatory approach. He said:Digital assets should serve the real economy. But we must also build strong guardrails to address risks to financial stability, market integrity and investor protection.Chan pointed to the city’s “same activity, same risk, same regulation” principle for digital assets, which he said…

Timothy Busfield‘s role in Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy‘s upcoming rom-com has been affected following his arrest on charges of child sex abuse. Multiple outlets confirmed that Busfield, 68, is being edited out of the movie You Deserve Each Other in the wake of his legal troubles. This comes after NBC shelved an episode of Law & Order: SVU, which featured Busfield in a guest star role as a judge. News broke earlier this month that an arrest warrant was issued for Busfield with charges including two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse. The warrant,…