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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised the latest collapse of the national power grid, describing the incident as a continuation of a deepening national crisis. The national electricity grid collapsed on Friday, with generation plunging sharply from above 4,500 megawatts to as low as 24 MW by about 1:30 pm. This left households and businesses across the country in darkness and disrupted supply to millions of consumers. All 23 power plants connected to the grid reportedly lost output during the incident, resulting in zero allocation to the nation’s 11 distribution companies. In a statement posted…

The Sokoto State chapter of the Labour Party has donated ₦2 million to traders affected by a recent fire that gutted parts of the Old Market, describing the gesture as a show of solidarity with citizens whose livelihoods were abruptly disrupted. A delegation led by the State Chairman, Abubakar Yawale, and the leader of the party in the state, Chief Ifeanyi Ezeagu, toured the scene of the incident on Friday to assess the extent of the destruction and meet with affected traders. “We came to stand with our people. We pray that Almighty Allah restores every loss in multiples. But…

Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Augustine Eguavoen, has backed players from the Nigeria Premier Football League for Super Eagles selection despite the home-based team’s poor showing at the African Nations Championship in 2025, Saturday PUNCH reports. Eguavoen questioned head coach Eric Chelle’s decision to exclude all NPFL players from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations squad, expressing disappointment at the complete absence of home-based players despite the team’s strong showing at the tournament in Morocco, where Nigeria won bronze. The former Super Eagles coach cautioned against using Nigeria’s mixed fortunes at CHAN in August as a yardstick for…

A dishwasher is a luxury item some people can’t live without. It’s one of the first major kitchen devices I bought just as soon as I could afford one. And now that the kids are grown, it’s the appliance I thought I’d miss most in my nomadic vanlife pursuits.Loch sent me its $459.99 / €459.99 countertop Capsule dishwasher to review in a tiny home on a remote beach and inside a van on a two-month roadtrip. It’s an excellent product that washes and dries two place settings quickly at bacteria-killing temperatures up to 75 degrees Celsius (167F) in as little…

The Ethereum Foundation has made post-quantum security a central focus of the network’s long-term roadmap, announcing the formation of a dedicated Post Quantum (PQ) team.The new team will be led by Thomas Coratger, a cryptographic engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, with support from Emile, a cryptographer closely associated with leanVM, according to crypto researcher Justin Drake. “After years of quiet R&D, EF management has officially declared PQ security a top strategic priority,” Drake said in a Saturday post on X. “It’s now 2026, timelines are accelerating. Time to go full PQ.”The researcher described leanVM, a specialized, minimalist zero-knowledge proof virtual…

Terry Crews’ daughter Azriél Patricia Crews is recalling a confronting experience she had with a famous actor when she was a teenager. Azriél, who Terry shares with wife Rebecca King-Crews, took to Instagram on Friday, January 23 to share a story about how she was “hit on by a creepy actor at a celebrity wedding” when she was 16. In the two-part video, Azriél, 35, did not name the actor in question but detailed what occurred at the star-studded nuptials. Azriél explained that she was initially introduced to the actor at a pre-wedding event by her parents, who already knew…

Residents of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, including students, drivers, and traders, have expressed mixed reactions to the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, as the political crisis deepens. The impeachment process, initiated by the Rivers State House of Assembly, entered a new phase on Friday after lawmakers asked the state’s Chief Judge Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi to constitute a seven-member panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the governor and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, in line with Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). PREMIUM TIMES speaks to some Rivers residents about their views on the impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara.…

Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s operational outlook for the first half of 2026 remains uncertain, as persistent challenges with its Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) unit continue to cap crude processing rates and constrain gasoline output, a new report has said. The forecast is contained in a report titled “Dangote H1 2026 Outlook: RFCC challenges keep runs capped and ramp-up uneven”, published on Thursday by Kpler, a global energy analytics firm. According to the report, the restart of the refinery’s 200,000 barrels-per-day RFCC unit has been pushed to 10 February and could face further delays, following repeated outages since April last year.…

For a club that has long worn its status as Nigeria’s most decorated side like a badge of honour, Enyimba found itself on the wrong side of history this week, not for footballing failure, but for a collapse in matchday order. The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has imposed a ₦5 million fine on the Aba giants following a catalogue of security and crowd-control breaches during their Matchday 21 encounter against Barau FC, a match that ended 0–0 at the Enyimba International Stadium. What should have been a routine league fixture instead descended into disorder, prompting swift and decisive action…

Residents of communities in Southern Maska, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State, have raised fresh concerns over worsening insecurity despite reported peace agreements between local stakeholders and armed bandit groups. The development was disclosed in a post on X on Saturday by Bakatsine, a conflict and crisis journalist who reports on insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest. According to the report, communities in the area continue to experience attacks, threats and demands for levies, leaving residents in fear and unable to go about their daily activities safely. Affected communities include Unguwar Mailaya, Asharaha, Burma, Gobirawa, Gwangwari, Dan Tudu, Tudun Maje, Kurku,…