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Officials of the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been reportedly trapped following an ambush on a joint security team by suspected bandits. According to a security expert, Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred on Monday when the officials, including the Chairman of the LG, were travelling along the Kunchin Kalgo–Danjibga road A report posted on his official X handle on Wednesday indicated that the officials and the security team were travelling to Danjibga to reunite some villagers from the Keta area who had recently regained their freedom from their abductors when the attack occurred. He said the assailants, who appeared to…

Record producer, Samuel Oguachuba, popularly known as Samklef, has claimed that Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is not the pioneer of Afrobeat as widely believed. The Molowo hitmaker alleged that Fela “stole” the idea of the genre from another veteran musician, Orlando Julius Ekemode. Samkleff made the allegation amid the ongoing feud between his former associate Wizkid and Fela’s family. He also claimed that Orlando taught Fela how to play instruments. Sharing a photo of the legendary Orlando Julius on his X handle, the producer wrote, “This is the man that created afrobeat! His name Orlando Julius Ekemode! Fela stole his style!” He…

Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, has apologized to the team’s fans after they lost 3-1 to Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Haaland endured a difficult return to Norway, missing several chances to score. Bodo/Glimt led 2-0 at halftime, thanks to two goals from Kasper Hogh. They added a third goal through Jens Petter Hauge before the hour mark, when Ryan Cherki pulled one back with a deflected shot. City now sits in seventh place in the league phase and could miss out on the top eight. Haaland told TNT Sports: “I don’t have the answers. “I take…

The Ogun State government on Wednesday has again halted the selection process for the new Awujale of Ijebu land. This is just as our correspondent, who is currently at Ijebu Ode, also observed deployment of heavy security, including the police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, at the Awujale palace. The Awujale stool became vacant in July 2025 after the demise of 91-year-old Oba Sikiru Adetona, who reigned for 65 years. The government, in a statement on Wednesday signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ganiyu Hamzat and which had since gone viral, said that…

Eleven passengers have lost their lives while seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Benin-Asaba highway in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the death on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Cyril Mathew, who confirmed the incident, said the impact of the collision, which occurred on Saturday, also left seven others injured. Mathew said, “11 persons were killed on Saturday in a fatal road accident along the Benin–Asaba highway in Edo State. “Investigations revealed that an 18-seater commercial bus…

The Federal Government and employers in the private sector may be at loggerheads over the proposed increase in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund employee compensation levy, The PUNCH reports. This is even as employers warned that any further increase above the one per cent statutory levy could lead to potential job losses and factory closures. The Federal Government advocated the increase on Tuesday in Lagos during the Safe Workplace Intervention Project, a yearly stakeholders’ interactive enlightenment forum and awards ceremony organised by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the NSITF, and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association. Already, under the…

One of the defining strengths of emerging sports is their ability to break boundaries and chart new pathways for the athletes involved. In Nigeria, fencing belongs in that category. The sport has continued to write its own story, impacting the lives of young Nigerians who take it up while steadily expanding its popularity across the country. Within the past two years, the Nigeria Fencing Federation has hosted two international events: the Junior Épée World Cup in December 2024 — the first fencing World Cup held in Sub-Saharan Africa — and the African Fencing Championships in June 2025. Alongside these milestones,…

ChatGPT’s age prediction model works by examining behavioral and account-level signals, including a user’s stated age, how old the account is, when the user is active, and usage patterns over time. Additional protections will then be applied to persons that ChatGPT estimates are under the age of 18, restricting exposure to sensitive content, such as:Adult users who are incorrectly placed in the under-18 experience can restore their unrestricted access by verifying their age with a selfie. Age prediction is rolling out globally, except in the EU, where OpenAI says it will “roll out in the coming weeks to account for…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Private equity giant Thoma Bravo is seeking to capitalise on the recent sell-off in software stocks, preparing what could be a wave of large takeovers.The plunge in software valuations, driven by fear of an existential threat from artificial intelligence, is creating a “huge buying opportunity,” Orlando Bravo, the firm’s co-founder, told the FT in an interview at the kick-off for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He said the recent correction in the sector is an overreaction by investors worried…

Bitcoin (BTC) looked for cues near $90,000 on Wednesday as BTC price action hit a key target for a rebound.Key points:Bitcoin price action drops to fill a CME futures gap created at the yearly open.A modest bounce is not enough to convince traders that the worst is over.Gold continues to hit record highs while Bitcoin gives up January gains.BTC price “not looking strong” after gap-fillData from TradingView showed Bitcoin up 1.1% on the day after a trip to $87,800. BTC/USD four-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingVIewThat move marked the lowest levels since the start of January, with BTC/USD erasing more than $10,000…