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Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Even Katie Holmes is bored with plain white sneakers. The actress strolled through Brooklyn rocking a sleek black sneaker style that quickly caught our eye — which is saying a lot, given that her jeans were purple. We’re starting to think we should ditch our white ones, too, especially since Holmes’ look is on sale for just $37. Comprised of a simple black cardigan, rustic purple jeans and a leather tote slung over her shoulder, Holmes’ outfit screamed ‘cool mom.’…
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial killer, Akaniyene Eretus, following the discovery of multiple shallow graves containing human remains in a forest community of Odukpani Local Government Area of the state.The command’s spokesperson, SP Sunday Akata, confirmed the arrest, saying the suspect was apprehended at a secluded hideout in Creek Town Forest after security operatives acted on intelligence linking him to the disappearance and murder of a recent victim. Eretus, said to be an indigene of Obot Akara, was tracked to an isolated hut he allegedly built within the Abanyama area of Ukim Ita Community,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says no one can get any elective position in Rivers State if he is not in the Rainbow Coalition. Wike made the assertion in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at a luncheon for candidates of the coalition. He expressed gratitude to the 2023 All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Tonye Cole, for withdrawing from the Rivers APC governorship race and joining his camp. The minister said, “If you want to be relevant in the politics of Rivers state, come and join the rainbow coalition. “If you’re not…
Nigeria’s Flamingos thrashed Guinea 6-0 in the second leg of their 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture in Ikenne on Sunday. Akeem Busari’s side won the contest 11-0 on aggregate. Oluwakemi Adegbuyi opened the scoring for Flamingos in the ninth minute. The hosts continued their dominance with captain Harmony Chidi, who scored a hat-trick in the first leg, doubling the advantage in the 21st minute. Two minutes later, Queen Joseph increased the lead, while Adegbuyi scored her second of the game two minutes before the half hour mark. Chidi bagged her brace in the 34th minute following an assist…
Swedish club AIK have announced that they have initiated negotiations for the sale of Nigeria’s rising star, Zadok Yohanna and are eyeing a profit of over 130,000 kSEK (about €12,000), after just over a year at the club, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 18-year-old joined AIK last summer from Ikon Allah FC of Kaduna on a four-and-a-half-year deal and has impressed since breaking into the first team this season, registering two goals and two assists in seven appearances. Recent reports have linked the player with a major summer move to top clubs in Europe, and the club has now confirmed…
No fewer than 100 residents of Uvwie Kingdom in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State received free medical care on Saturday as the Nigerian Navy Ship Delta took healthcare services directly to the community as part of activities marking the Nigerian Navy’s 70th anniversary. The outreach, which targeted underserved residents, provided free medical consultations, laboratory tests, eye and dental examinations, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, deworming for children, and free medications. Speaking at the exercise, Commander of NNS Delta, Commodore Shehu Tasiu, said the initiative underscored the Navy’s commitment to improving the welfare of host communities beyond…
On Friday, 29 May 2026, Nigeria’s Fourth Republic turned twenty-seven. But what happened a couple of months back still gnaws at my conscience. In the fluorescent-drenched jungle of electoral sloganeering and sesquipedalian grandstanding, where democracy is served piping hot in branded polythene bags, one man stood defiant. Clad in a faded T-shirt that had survived three changes of guard and fuelled by a spirit of pious fatigue, he raised his voice. It was not a call to the barricades, but a liturgical confession: “I want to die for Nigeria!” This was neither the dark ideation of the clinically depressed nor…
Bad loans in Nigeria’s banking sector rose to 8.03 per cent in January 2026, seven months after the Central Bank of Nigeria moved to end regulatory forbearance granted to banks on some credit exposures and single obligor limit breaches. The figure, contained in the CBN’s January 2026 Economic Report, showed that the industry’s non-performing loans ratio rose by 0.52 percentage point from 7.51 per cent in December 2025. It also remained above the CBN’s prudential threshold of five per cent, indicating a further deterioration in asset quality across the banking industry despite the apex bank’s insistence that the sector remained…
Super Falcons players are expected to start arriving in camp in Ikenne, Ogun State, ahead of their upcoming pre-WAFCON double-header friendlies against Senegal, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. On Sunday, the Nigeria Football Federation announced head coach Justine Madugu’s 23-player squad for the matches which come after the 10-time African champions missed other windows to prepare for the 2026 WAFCON. Madugu’s list includes captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and veteran forward Asisat Oshoala. Midfielder Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene also retained her place in the squad after returning during the recent friendlies against Cameroon following a three-year absence, while forwards Francisca Ordega and…
Authorities are crediting a “group of private citizens” for ultimately recovering the body of Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown. “On Saturday, May 30, 2026, a group of private citizens conducting a search along the Okanogan River located a deceased individual in the river,” a Sunday, May 31, updated press release shared by Washington state’s Okanogan County Sheriff Office’s official Facebook account read in part. “The individual was recovered and brought to shore, where he was positively identified as Matthew Brown.” The press release, signed by Sheriff Jodie Barcus, continued, “Matthew Brown has been transferred into the custody and care…
