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Mandy Moore reunited with former This Is Us cast mates in her first public appearance following the “toxic” mom drama sparked by Ashley Tisdale French’s essay. Moore, 41, attended a “That Was Us” event at Los Angeles, California’s The Wiltern on Saturday, January 17, that saw her join former cast mates Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan record a live episode of their “That Was Us” podcast. In addition to Moore, Brown, 49, and Sullivan, 45, recording a show for fans, Moore also performed a musical number, per social media footage from the event shared via Instagram one day later.…

A fuel tanker laden with petroleum motor spirit, popularly known as PMS has overturned at Tincan Liverpool Bridge, Apapa, Lagos. Channels Television posted the video of the incident on Monday morning, showing Nigerians scooping contents of the tanker from underneath the bridge. “Happening now at Tincan Liverpool Bridge, Apapa: A tanker overturned, with people scooping its contents from underneath the bridge,” Channels TV repored. DAILY POST reports that Tanker explosions are a recurring tragedy in Nigeria, despite repeated warnings about the dangers of collecting spilled fuel. Details to follow… VIDEO

A controversy has emerged in Enugu State following allegations that the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Jude Asogwa, ordered council workers to compulsorily register with the All Progressives Congress, APC. The allegation was made on Monday by a social media influencer, Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, in a Facebook post, where he described the development as a violation of workers’ rights and freedom of conscience. According to Ugwuanyi, teaching and non-teaching staff in Nsukka LGA were allegedly directed to report to Adada Hall for APC electronic registration, with instructions to present their National Identification Number, NIN, voter cards and bank account details.…

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested six persons over the alleged sale of an eight-year-old boy for N3 million. The arrests followed intelligence reports indicating that a missing child was being held by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Abia State Police Command. The development was disclosed in a post shared on X on Monday by security analyst Zagazola Makama. According to the post, the information was received on January 14 after the boy, identified as Jeremiah Bikwo, was found in protective custody in Abia State. During questioning, the child told police officers that he was from…

Reality star, Josephine Ijioma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has denied saying she hasn’t received her N100 million grand prize for winning the Big Brother Naija Reality Show in 2022. DAILY POST recalls that Phyna called out the organisers in 2023, claiming that she was yet to receive all the prizes she won on the show. After series of statements from both Phyna’s team and BBN organisers, the matter left the public space, making fans to believe it has been resolved. However, recently a video, wherein Phyna allegedly said she was yet to receive her prize money, started trending again. Addressing…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will receive $15,000 for finishing third at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. The bonus was initially meant for the semi-final where they lost 4-2 on penalities to hosts Atlas Lions of Morocco. The players have received all their win-bonus except for the third- place match, according to SCORENigeria. Wealthy businessman Abdul Samad Rabiu has also  redeemed his pledge of $500,000 to the team. The players have already dispersed to their respective clubs. They failed to attend the medal presentation ceremony on Sunday.

President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of renowned businessman and Kano-based trade union leader, Bature Abdulaziz, who died over the weekend. In a Monday statement released by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President described Abdulaziz’s death as a loss “felt beyond the Kano business community but across many parts of Nigeria in view of the deceased’s influence on commerce.” The late Abdulaziz, who was the National President of the Harmonised Traders Association of Nigeria and held leadership positions in other commerce-related unions, was widely respected for his contributions to business growth and…

Agbeyewa Industries Limited, a subsidiary of Cavista Holdings, has acquired Matna Foods Company Limited, founded in 1998 by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Dr Joseph Sanusi, further strengthening its position in the Nigerian agribusiness sector. According to the firm in a statement issued on Sunday, the acquisition marks a significant strategic milestone for Agbeyewa as part of its broader vision to integrate agricultural production, processing, and industrial utilisation within Nigeria’s cassava value chain, linking large-scale cassava cultivation in Ekiti State with industrial processing capacity in Ondo State. Sanusi said: “For some time, we have been deliberate about finding the…

Football’s lawmakers are set to review proposals that could expand the circumstances in which a player can receive a red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity. As reported by BBC Sport on Monday, the IFAB will discuss potential changes at its annual meeting in London on Tuesday. Currently, a defender can only be sent off for denying an “obvious goalscoring opportunity” (Dogso) if the fouled player is through on goal. “Under the proposed changes, the rules could be widened to include situations where a player could have passed to a teammate who had a clear scoring chance, such as during…

US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders are seeking to remove crypto developer protections from the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, arguing the provisions would weaken unlicensed money transmitting laws.Senate Judiciary chair Charles Grassley and the committee’s top Democrat, Richard Durbin, told Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott and top Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday that the crypto bill as drafted would “create a significant enforcement gap for decentralized digital asset platforms.”“Such a gap risks attracting illicit actors — like cartels and other sophisticated criminal organizations — to decentralized platforms,” Grassley and Durbin said in a letter Politico first reported on Friday. “Criminals…