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The Nigerian government has said the country recorded 1,148 confirmed cases and 215 deaths of Lassa fever across 22 states from epidemiological week one to week 52 of 2025. This was revealed in the latest Lassa Fever Situation Report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The report shows a decline in the number of confirmed cases recorded in 2025 when compared with 1,309 cases reported during the same period in 2024. However, fatalities increased, with the case fatality rate (CFR) rising to 18.7 per cent in 2025, higher than the 16.3 per cent recorded in…

The Ekiti State Government, has placed the Elepe of Epe Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government, Oba Williams Adesoye on probation and watch list over consistent agitations by his community that he should be deposed following alleged unruly behaviour and high-handedness. The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye, on Friday led a team of stakeholders who took the critical decisions at the palace of Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole, while interfacing in the lingering disagreement between the monarch and his subjects. Oba Adesoye has been involved in a running battle with the elites of his community, culminating in…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the violence that disrupted its party activities in Borno State as unacceptable, insisting that the inauguration of its committees in the state was lawful and properly authorised. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Friday, the party said the inauguration of the Borno State Transitional Committee and the Membership Registration Committees was carried out with the approval of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The ADC stressed that the exercise, which has Mallam Kashim Imam as chairman, followed established party guidelines and should not have been obstructed.…

No fewer than seven unsuspecting residents of Kyara village, a remote border community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been killed by bandits terrorizing the area. A security expert Zagazola Makama, who disclosed this in a post on X, said the sad incident occurred early hours of Thursday. The attack, according to report, happened in a village close to the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic Makama said the bandits, who were said to be in large numbers and armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the community, shooting sporadically and causing panic among residents. During the attack,…

Nigerian singer Harrison Okiri, aka Harrysong, has revealed that his rift with his former record label boss Kcee affected his career, especially his creativity. DAILY POST recalls that Harrysong and Kcee/5ive Star Music fell out in 2017 after the Delta-born singer accused the record label of withholding royalty, unfair treatment, and creative restrictions. Harrysong also claimed he wrote a lot of hit songs for Kcee during his stint at the label, which prompted series of replies from Kcee and further escalated the dispute. Speaking in a recent interview with Jusmen 105.7 FM, Harrysong disclosed that the beef with Kcee sometimes…

Enyimba have recalled defender Obichere Wisdom from his loan spell with Kun Khalifat FC, DAILY POST reports. Wisdom joined the Owerri-based club at the start of the 2025-26 NPFL season. He made nine appearances for Kun Khalifat FC. Enyimba failed to give any reason for their decision to recall the player. He is expected to push for a starting role with the nine-time NPFL champions. Enyimba have endured a disappointing campaign so far this season.

Several people are gathered around a bleach blond man in a bright pink suit suspended in a clear plastic tube. With a microphone in front of him and a giant sign reading TALK TO ME placed above, “Mike” waits, hands clasped patiently in front of his body, to take questions from his public. “Mike” is a hologram, powered by ChatGPT and created by a company called Hypervsn.The responses “Mike” gives to audience comments and questions are on a three-ish second delay, but the stunted flow of conversation might not matter much — an attendant at the Hypervsn booth tells me…

Bitcoin market research warned that BTC faced another bear market in 2026 if it was unable to reclaim its yearly moving average.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls risk a reality check as BTC price action mimics the 2022 “bear market rally.”Key points:Bitcoin “appears” to be at the start of another bear market as price remains below its yearly moving average.The latest rebound makes clearing the trendline at $101,000 all the more important.Exchange inflows show sellers exiting in advance throughout this week.Bitcoin bear market risk remains below $101,000New research from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant warns that 2026 remains similar to Bitcoin’s previous bear market…

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Social media platform, X, owned by United States tech billionaire Elon Musk, is back after users experienced a brief downtime on Friday. DAILY POST reports that X experienced a down time for users in Nigeria around 3pm on Friday before it was restored. According to monitoring data from Down detector, report numbers spiked dramatically, with over 45,000 users flagging issues as of 8:38pm on January 16, 2026, a staggering increase from the baseline of just 18 reports.During the downtime X users had encountered Cloudflare’s dreaded “Connection timed out” error code and failed loading. Meanwhile, X has not officially made a…