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A 40-year-old woman has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly poisoning a three-year-old boy, Abdulrasheed, in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, identified as Nafisat Lateef, who is the landlady of the victim’s mother, allegedly forced a liquid substance suspected to be poisonous into the mouth of the toddler. According to the Police Police Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, Nafisat committed the criminal act on February 5, 2026, following a dispute between her and the victim’s mother, Rofiyat, at their residence in Omifon community of the local government.…

Anas Yusuf has expressed gratitude to Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, side, Nasarawa United, for the opportunity to play for the club. Yusuf spent four years with the Solid Miners before his move abroad. The forward left Nasarawa United to join Algerian top-flight side, JS Saoura, last week. Yusuf is adamant that Nasarawa United will succeed with the calibre of players in the team. “Without the platform given to me by Nasarawa United, I wouldn’t be here. I am grateful for the support I have received from every member of the club,” Yusuf told Nasarawa United’s media. “Nobody is indispensable…

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

Eighteen Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco over “hooliganism” during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final have begun a hunger strike pending their trial, their lawyer told AFP on Friday. Lawyer Patrick Kabou said his clients told him they have been “waiting to learn the charges against them since January 18”, the day they were arrested after a heated AFCON final in which Senegal beat Morocco in Rabat. Kabou said the group complained that police officers had questioned them in French and Arabic, whereas they “only speak Wolof”, their native language. Minutes before the end of last month’s match,…

EU regulators have declared that TikTok’s “addictive design” may put it in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA), in the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the social media app. If those findings are confirmed, TikTok could face a major fine and be required to “change the basic design of its service” in order to comply with the law.The European Commission took particular issue with TikTok’s “infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalised recommender system,” arguing that TikTok failed to implement proper safeguards to ensure the “addictive” features don’t “harm the physical and mental wellbeing of…

Key takeawaysPrivacy coins are just a step in a broader laundering pipeline after hacks. They serve as a temporary black box to disrupt traceability.Hackers typically move funds through consolidation, obfuscation and chain hopping and only then introduce privacy layers before attempting to cash out.Privacy coins are most useful immediately after a hack because they reduce onchain visibility, delay blacklisting and help break attribution links.Enforcement actions against mixers and other laundering tools often shift illicit flows toward alternative routes, including privacy coins.After crypto hacks occur, scammers often move stolen funds through privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. While this has created a perception of hackers…

Milo Ventimiglia is getting candid about a massive year, which included losing his home in the L.A. fires, welcoming his first child with wife Jarah Mariano just two weeks later and now, expecting their second baby together. Appearing on the Thursday, February 5 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ventimiglia, 48, joked that he’d lost track of what day it was amid the chaos and that they “must be crazy” to go back to back with a second pregnancy. “Got a beautiful daughter, she’s wonderful. What day is it?”  Ventimiglia joked to host Kimmel, 58, as he shared details of how…

An audit conducted by the Auditor-General for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils has uncovered financial irregularities exceeding N100 billion across the six councils of the territory. Consequently, the House has summoned the leadership of the councils, namely Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali. The audit report, covering the financial year ended 31 December 2021 and submitted to the House Public Accounts Committee (PAC), details widespread breaches of financial regulations, including failure to remit statutory deductions, poor asset management and expenditure that could not be satisfactorily accounted for. According to the findings, the councils collectively carried outstanding…

South African lifestyle influencer and adult content creator Leshaan Dagama and Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North, are still trending. On Wednesday, a viral video showing a man resembling Mr Oshiomole massaging a woman’s feet aboard a private jet surfaced online. Ms Dagama would later be identified as the lady in the viral clip, while Mr Oshiomole dismissed it, saying it was AI-generated. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the former Edo State governor, in a statement signed by his media aide, Oseni Momodu, argued that the creation and circulation of such AI-generated content underscored the urgent need for stricter social…

An association of Igbo clergymen, Concerned Igbo Ministers’ Commission, has reacted to the recent killings in Kwara State, saying leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was jailed for warning against ‘Jihadist incursion’ into Nigeria’s southern territories. Over a hundred deaths have been recorded in the attacks on communities in Kwara, believed to have been carried out by Islamist extremists. In a statement on Friday, President of the Concerned Igbo Ministers’ Commission, Rev. Tony Uzor, expressed regrets that Kanu’s warning about the spread of extremism in the country, particularly into the South, was ignored. Uzor expressed disappointment…