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Security experts and residents have expressed serious concern following revelations that the Katsina State Government plans to release at least 70 suspected bandits from custody as part of a peace agreement with armed groups operating in the state. Critics warn that the move could worsen the already fragile security situation in neighbouring Kano State, where bandit attacks have escalated in recent months. Armed groups are said to be crossing from border communities in Katsina into Kano’s Tsanyawa, Shanono and Gwarzo local government areas, carrying out attacks before retreating back across the state boundaries. The controversy followed the emergence of a…

Adeosun Ayomide Oluwaseun, an ND2 student in the department of Mass Communication at the Ogun State Institute of Technology, OGITECH, Igbesa was a bubbling young man before the unusual happened. The 20-year-old young talented musician, who combined academics with playing talking drum, lost his right eye in an unusual manner on Sunday, November 20, 2016. And that was the end to his dream of becoming a soldier. Oluwaseun, in an exclusive interview with Gift Oba narrates how he combines his talent, creativity and instinct in navigating the world, despite being visually impaired. How it started  Just like every other lively Sunday,…

Manchester United legend, Gary Neville has named the three top choices for the next permanent manager at Old Trafford. He also said one more coach is close behind them. Former Red Devils midfielder Michael Carrick has been named interim manager for the rest of the season, taking over from caretaker manager Darren Fletcher. Darren Fletcher was appointed after Ruben Amorim was sacked. Carrick takes charge of the club, which is currently in seventh place in the Premier League and just three points behind the top four teams. His job is to get the team into the Champions League, but Neville…

David Solomon, CEO of banking giant Goldman Sachs, has weighed in on the pending digital asset market structure legislation, action on which was recently postponed by the US Senate Banking Committee.In a Thursday earnings call discussing the company’s fourth quarter results for 2025, Solomon said many people at Goldman Sachs were “extremely focused” on issues including the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act in the US Congress due to its potential impact on tokenization and stablecoins.A markup of the bill scheduled for Thursday was postponed after Coinbase said it would no longer support the legislation as written. In a markup…

If John Mellencamp had his way, daughter Teddi Mellencamp would be closer to home during her stage 4 cancer battle. “I’m going to go out and see her [in Los Angeles],” John, 74, shared on the Friday, January 16, episode of the Today show. “I’ve tried to talk her into moving back home. I said, ‘Move back to Indiana, bring the kids and just come back and live in Indiana,’ but she won’t do it.” Teddi, 44 — who shares Slate, 12, Cruz, 11, and Dove, 5, with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave — was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma…

The Muslim Public Affairs Centre ,MPAC, Nigeria, has called on religious leaders, educators, media organisations, and policymakers to uphold and promote Imam Abdullahi Abubakar’ legacy as a model of peaceful coexistence and nation-building. The late Imam, was Plateau State cleric who was widely celebrated for saving more than 300 lives during the 2018 communal violence in Barkin Ladi local government council of Plateau state. He also gained national and international recognition after he sheltered hundreds of Christians fleeing deadly attacks at the height of the crisis. At great personal risk, he was said to have  opened his mosque and private residence…

A political strategist, Baba Yusuf, has accused the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, of doing everything to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and enthrone his loyalist. Yusuf made this allegation on Friday during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ monitored by DAILY POST. He said: “Wike has taken this recalcitrant position despite several interventions by President Bola Tinubu even in his favour. “It got to the point where Mr President has to take tough decisions of suspending the democratic institution in Rivers for six months. Obviously, it’s a fight to finish. “If you look at the entire game…

Fire outbreak at a residential building on Bola Street in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State has resulted in the death of a 103-year-old woman and the destruction of several properties. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who said the agency received a distress call at about noon on Friday. According to him, emergency responders arrived at the scene at 12:13 p.m. and discovered that a bungalow with two shops attached had been completely engulfed by fire. “Upon the arrival of the LRT at the incident…

Chelsea are looking to add to their squad this January window following the arrival of Liam Rosenior as their new head coach. The Blues want to bring in an elite centre-back, following the ACL injury suffered by Levi Colwill. However, Daily Mail reports the club was already scouting such targets long before Colwill picked up the injury. Chelsea were confident of landing Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth, but the 20-year-old opted to move to Real Madrid last summer. Jeremy Jacquet of Rennes and Jacobo Ramon of Como are two of the names on their shortlist. Although their priority is signing a…

The Ethereum ecosystem’s core values of decentralization, privacy and self-sovereignty have been sacrificed in pursuit of mainstream adoption and that trend must stop now, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said.“2026 is the year that we take back lost ground in terms of self-sovereignty and trustlessness,” Buterin posted to X on Friday:“In 2026, no longer. Every compromise of values that Ethereum has made up to this point – every moment where you might have been thinking, is it really worth diluting ourselves so much in the name of mainstream adoption – we are making that compromise no longer.”To reverse that trend, Buterin…