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Alyssa Milano and Jeannie Mai are ready to spark a conversation about perimenopause. “One of the symptoms is being forgetful. Another one of the symptoms is not having the calmness that you had in your 30s,” Mai, 47, exclusively shared with Us Weekly at the Los Angeles premiere of the upcoming 4-part docuseries Balance: A Perimenopause Journey on January 13. “Sometimes it looks like panic attacks or anxiety attacks. Sometimes it looks like an insecurity within yourself. I like to compare menopause as puberty backwards, and the same way we have space and language around teens, we should have that…
Gunmen have killed three people and injured a one-year-old child in an attack on commuters in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack occurred at about 10 p.m. on Friday at a bridge linking the Gassa and Nding communities in Fan District, according to the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Rwang Tengwong, the group said the victims were returning to Fan District when they were ambushed by armed men suspected to be terrorists operating from the Jong area of Ropp District, believed to be their hideout. The assailants reportedly…
Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, Minister of Education in the First Republic, under Tafawa Balewa, and Minister of Justice under Alhaji Shehu Shagari, and one of the most brilliant lawyers ever in Nigeria, stood before Justice Olujide Somolu. Somolu was Chief Justice of the Western State. Akinjide was a known Samuel Ladoke Akintola sympathizer and a staunch member of the NNDP in the Western Region. The Brigadier General Robert Adeyinka Adebayo government of the Western State had set up an inquiry into the running of the First Republic. In doing this, tt established the Somolu Tribunal in 1967. Though officially known as the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Assets of Public Officers…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Switzerland for the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF.DAILY POST reports that the event is scheduled to be held from January 19 to 23, 2026. He was said to have arrived from Conakry, Guinea, where he represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presidential inauguration of President Mamadi Doumbouya on Saturday. The Vice-President received on arrival by the ministers of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and trade and investment, Jumoke Oduwole, and officials of the Nigerian mission in Switzerland. DAILY POST reports that the 2026 WEF marks a milestone in Nigeria’s…
Former South-East Spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Denge Josef Onoh, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately suspend all its lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly allegedly involved in moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu. Onoh made the call in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The Chairman of the Forum of Former Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly described the renewed impeachment attempt by the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, as legislative rascality and a calculated, self-serving coup against…
Police in Anambra State have arrested an ally of an embattled native doctor in Enugu, Obieze Ezeani, also known as E Dey Play E Dey Show. The native doctor was arrested in May 2025 while trying to escape from the country, after his home in Enugu was busted and decomposing bodies found in his compound, including that of a pregnant woman. In Anambra, police operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu arrested one Friday Akonobi, a 28 years old male suspect, citing complicity in the murder of one Miss Ozioma Nwankwo, a six-year old girl, who was abducted on…
Aston Villa manager, Unai Emery, has claimed his team is “not top five contenders” in the Premier League. Emery was speaking to the media following a surprise 1-0 defeat to Everton on Sunday. The loss means Villa missed the chance to cut Arsenal’s lead at the top to four points. They are now seven points behind the Gunners and still level with Manchester City. Emery said: “We are not contender to be in the top five. We are still not being contenders. “There are other teams with more potential than us.”
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Sunday paid tribute to one of Nigeria’s influential labour leaders, Uche Okoro, 20 after the Sosoliso plane crash claimed his life. The remembrance, held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, brought together union leaders, former presidents, regulators, and stakeholders to honour Okoro’s remarkable contributions to the welfare of oil and gas workers and the broader Nigerian labour movement. Speaking at the event, PENGASSAN President Festus Osifo described the gathering as both a celebration and a reaffirmation of the union’s enduring values. “We…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Idris Nasiru, for allegedly operating an illegal clinic in Ore, Ondo State. The arrest, which took place on January 14, 2026, followed what the police described as “another significant breakthrough in its sustained fight against medical quackery”. Some recovered medical items at the illegal clinic…Photo Credit: Ondo Police Command In a Sunday statement signed by the Ondo Police Public Relations Officer, Abayomi Jimoh, the command said the suspect was apprehended during an intelligence-led operation by its surveillance team. “The arrest followed an intelligence-led operation by Command’s Surveillance Team, during which…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court that nullified its governorship primary election which produced Dr Wole Oluyede as its candidate for the June 20, 2026 election. The party said it had approached the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling, insisting that Oluyede remains its duly nominated candidate. The Director of Media and Communication of the Ekiti PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Sanya Atofarati, stated this in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday evening. Atofarati said the party had filed a notice of appeal and an application for a…
