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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a woman, Nafisat Lateef, for allegedly poisoning a three-year-old boy at Omifon community in Odigbo Local Government Area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed the arrest in a statement on Friday, noting that the victim is the child of her tenant. According to Jimoh, the 40-year-old suspect allegedly committed the offence on Tuesday following an argument with the victim’s mother, identified as Rofiat. The suspect reportedly gave the child a liquid substance suspected to be poisonous. Jimoh said: “The incident occurred on Tuesday, 4th February 2026, at about 8:30…

Peoples Democratic Party loyal to the Tanimu Turaki-led faction has raised an alert over the potential occupation of its National Secretariat and other party properties by expelled members, warning that any such attempt would be illegal and met with strong legal action. In a Friday statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the PDP said it had been “notified of the intention of some expelled members of our party to either forcibly or in connivance with security forces gain access to and occupy our National Secretariat and other party property.” PDP National secretariat To prevent any unlawful…

The Championship is known for its fierce competitiveness, but it is also home to some of the highest-paid players outside the Premier League. From established internationals to expensive signings, clubs across the second tier are investing heavily in talent to chase promotion. With wages continuing to rise, the league’s top earners are now making headlines — and not always for their performances on the pitch. From a former England international earning £150,000 per week to multiple Leicester City stars among the highest-paid, the financial scale of the Championship is becoming increasingly significant. Here is a look at the top earners…

There are bold-faced tech names all over the Epstein files. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Reid Hoffman, Steven Sinofsky, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, on and on and on. These men (and they’re pretty much all men) had wildly varying degrees of interaction with Epstein, and the details matter a great deal. But so does the totality of it: you spend long enough in these files, and you start to get a sense of the way the world works for a particular kind of extremely rich and extremely powerful businessman. And it starts to…

Political action committees (PACs) representing the interests of the crypto industry have already secured millions of dollars in funding as the US heads toward its midterm elections.Super PACs are the uber-rich, no-limits, non-disclosure counterparts to crypto PACs. Last year, the industry spent at least $245 million in campaign contributions alone.The main super PAC funded by the cryptocurrency industry, Fairshake, raised some $133 million in 2025, bringing its total cash on hand up to over $190 million. Venture capital firm a16z contributed an initial $24 million, while Coinbase and Ripple each donated $25 million.This influx of cash has alarmed activist and…

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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has warned political actors with violent dispositions and vote buyers against such acts in the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election and the by-elections in Rivers and Kano states. Mr Ribadu gave the warning during the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Friday, ahead of the 21 February elections. He warned that any individual or group with such plan would be identified and reprimanded or restrained before, during, and after the elections. Mr Ribadu, who was represented by…

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master, Prophet Muhammad, the last of Prophets, on his family, and all his companions. Dear brothers and sisters! There are lots of Prophetic Hadiths about given out charity and Sadaqah in Ramadan that describe the virtues and significance of donations in Ramadan. Here, I have mentioned some of them: The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) was asked: “Which charity is best?” He (Peace be upon him) replied, “Charity of…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said his administration is ready to join hands with investors to develop the state and create jobs for citizens. Otti stated this at the Government House, Umuahia, during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the building of Aba Commercial Smart City, an initiative projected to create 125,000 jobs. The governor, represented by his Chief of Staff, Caleb Ajagba, said the project would on completion, launch Aba and the entire state into an industrial centre for sustainable economic development and job creation. Otti said his administration does not believe in giving handouts to…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the killing of about 170 people in Kwara State, saying the attack demonstrates a serious failure of security under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the massacre in Kaiama Local Government Area shows that government efforts to tackle insecurity are not working. The ADC questioned what had become of the president’s declaration of a state of emergency on security announced in November 2025, as well as his promise to recruit thousands of police officers. According to the party, the continued…