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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, has urged former lawmakers to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 to enable him fully implement his reform agenda. Barau made the call on Saturday at the 2026 National Summit of Former Legislators, themed “National Unity and Nation Building: Beyond 2031,” held in Abuja. The summit was organised by the National Forum of Former Legislators, with the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, as convener. A statement released in Abuja by Barau’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, disclosed that the event was attended…

Augsburg stunned Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich 2-1 on Saturday to end a 27-match unbeaten league run for their Bavarian rivals dating back to March. Hiroki Ito’s opener gave the defending champions an early lead but Augsburg fought back with two goals in six second-half minutes from Arthur Chaves and Han-Noah Massengo. Second-placed Borussia Dortmund could cut the gap to Bayern to eight points with a victory at Union Berlin later on Saturday. “We have to accept it — it wasn’t undeserved. It wasn’t like Augsburg dominated us, but a win for us would not have been deserved either,” Bayern’s Joshua…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra Command, says it’s strengthening the bond of synergy and collaboration with JAMB for a smooth registration exercise and examination. NSCDC Commandant, Anambra Command, Mr Maku Olatunde, said this in an interview with the News of Nigeria on Saturday in Awka. He said that efforts were being made to ensure that educational exercise in the state promotes brilliant output and reshapes the manner of examination entrance into higher institutions. The commandant said the command had put in place checks and balance techniques to forestall examination malpractices to ensure that candidates earn results measurable…

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The number of Bitcoin (BTC) nodes signaling support for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110), a temporary soft fork limiting the amount of data included in each transaction at the consensus level, rose to 2.38%. 583 out of 24,481 nodes are running BIP-110, and the primary node software implementation for running the soft fork proposal is Bitcoin Knots, according to The Bitcoin Portal.BIP-110 limits the size of transaction outputs to 34 bytes and caps the OP_RETURN data limit to 83 bytes. The temporary soft fork will be deployed for 1 year, with possible extension or alteration after the 1-year term, according to…

While Tell Me Lies fans have quickly started to root for Bree and Wrigley, some of the cast needed time to adjust to the shocking romance reveal. During the Tuesday, January 20, episode of the hit Hulu series, a flash forward scene from Bree (Cat Missal) and Evan’s (Branden Cook) wedding confirmed that the bride had unexplained history with Wrigley (Spencer House). “It was an adjustment — obviously — just in terms of where does that leave everything and how do we work through this triangle now,” Cook exclusively told Us Weekly. “How does that affect everybody’s relationship?” Cook called…

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese (APC, Benue), has said the interim report by the Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee on alleged alterations in the Tax Reforms Acts has been overtaken by events, following the public release of the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of the laws. Mr Agbese said this in a statement on Saturday, insisting that the leadership of the National Assembly had already resolved all concerns surrounding discrepancies discovered in the gazetted versions of the tax laws. The controversy had erupted in December 2025, when a member of the House, Abdulsamad Dasuki (PDP, Sokoto), raised…

More than one in four developing economies still have lower per capita income than before the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing a deep and persistent divide in the global recovery, the World Bank has said. “More than one-quarter of emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), particularly low-income countries and those affected by fragility and conflict, still have per capita incomes below 2019 levels,” the World Bank said in its January Global Economic Prospects report. The finding highlights what the bank described as a sharp divergence beneath the surface of a resilient global economy. While nearly 90 per cent of advanced economies have…

Nigeria’s first General Strike began exactly on 22 June, 1945. It lasted for 45 days in the Lagos area, at least 53 days in the Northern and Southern Provinces, and 74 days in the “British” Cameroons. This epoch-making strike was ignited by Michael Imoudu – a labour leader, who did not in anyway partook in initiating or planning the strike. The strike was enabled by the government’s “war-time” policy and racism. For instance, the policy compelled railway workers to work for at least seventy-seven hours weekly. This led to exhaustion, tension, irritability, agitation.” It also created food shortages, scarcity of…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has maintained that his administration remains resolute in the face of insecurity confronting the state. Speaking during an interview on BBC pidgin, the governor said his administration will never pay ransom to any bandits. He was reacting to the abduction of over 100 worshippers in three different churches last Sunday by gunmen suspected to be bandits. He said that he had spent many years as a civil right activist and someone who believes in justice and freedom. “The policy of this government in Kaduna State is that we don’t pay ransom; I don’t even…