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The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 1,868 24-litre and 30-litre Jerry cans and one 220-litre drum of contraband petrol. The command, at a press briefing on Tuesday, said it also seized 10 bales and two sacks of secondhand clothes. The seizures, made mostly along Adamawa Taraba international border lines, were effected within the last one month. The items are estimated to have duty paid value of N58,117,550, according to the controller of the command, Comptroller Mohammed Tako. Addressing newsmen at the area command headquarters in Yola, the controller said the seizures are efforts of his…

Wasiu Alalade is poised to make a return to the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL. The midfielder is reportedly close to joining five-time NPFL champions Shooting Stars. Alalade is currently on the books of Angolan side, GD Interclube. He featured for the Oluyole Warriors during the 2021/22 season. Alalade won the 2025 President Federation Cup with Kwara United. The 26-year-old midfielder had also played for Gombe United, Lobi Stars and Enyimba. He netted 26 goals in 128 appearances in the NPFL.

Manchester United have announced the appointment of Michael Carrick as head coach of the men’s first team until the end of the 2025/26 season. This is detailed in a statement released by the club’s Communications Department on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. The club said: “Manchester United is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Carrick as head coach of the men’s first team until the end of the 2025/26 season.” Carrick, a former midfielder, made 464 appearances for the club and enjoyed an extensive trophy haul. According to the statement, he won, “five Premier League titles, the FA Cup, two…

The Police Command in Gombe State says its operatives have foiled an attempted armed bandits’ attack on the Guda Lamido Village, Kashere, in Akko Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement in Gombe on Tuesday. Abdullahi explained that the police received a distress call of the attempted attack on the community in the early hours of Tuesday at about 4 am. He said that on receiving the call, a joint patrol team comprising personnel from the command, local vigilante groups, and hunters swiftly mobilised and responded to the distress. ”The…

The New Nigeria People’s Party has denied reports that its national leader, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, endorsed the rumoured defection of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, to the All Progressives Congress, describing the claim as false and misleading. The party was reacting to a report by Premium Times which suggested that Kwankwaso had advised his supporters to cooperate with a political movement linked to the APC amid speculations that Governor Yusuf may be preparing to defect from the NNPP. In a statement issued late Tuesday in Abuja, the NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, described the report as “a wicked lie”…

Nikolas Nartey nabbed a late winner and Deniz Undav continued his hot form as Stuttgart beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 at home on Tuesday to climb to third in the Bundesliga.   A dipping header from Rasmus Kristensen gave Frankfurt an early lead but Ermedin Demirovic pounced on a goalkeeping error and Undav’s deflected effort helped Stuttgart wrestle back control of the match before half-time. Bundesliga debutant Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab brought Frankfurt level but Nartey’s 87th-minute strike, his first Bundesliga goal, put the hosts back in front. The victory took the German Cup holders to third, a point behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund,…

You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it can take away from the slick design. But using a case relieves me of the worry that the console will accumulate tons of little scratches, or worse. I’ve tested several types of cases on the Nintendo Switch 2 since it launched in June, including flimsy shells that snap or slide onto the Switch 2 to provide a simple, aesthetically pleasing barrier from scratches to the console and its Joy-Cons. I’ve also tested carrying cases that protect the…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he does not own cryptocurrency and has no plans to invest in digital assets, distancing himself from crypto-related initiatives promoted by his predecessor.Speaking to the press at Samson Stages, Mamdani responded “no” when asked whether he held any cryptocurrency, adding that he also had no interest in buying the NYC Token launched earlier this week by former mayor Eric Adams. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressing the press on Monday. Source: DRM NewsAdams launched a new memecoin, the NYC Token, on Monday in his first major public move since leaving…

Police have confirmed that they’ve recovered the body of Chicago special education teacher Linda Brown, pulling her remains from Lake Michigan on Monday, January 12. The Chicago Police Department’s marine unit found Brown’s body just before noon, according to a statement from police. Brown, 53, was last seen on January 3, leaving her Chicago home for a weekly acupuncture appointment her husband said she never showed up for. Police found her car abandoned days later, and video surveillance showed the women walking alone not far from the lake’s shoreline. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has already positively identified Brown’s…

The trial of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), over the alleged diversion of N33.2 billion intended for arms procurement, continued on January 13, 2026, before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja. At the resumed hearing, the first prosecution witness (PW1), Dr Michael Adariku, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), gave detailed testimony on how hundreds of millions of naira were allegedly transferred from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to private individuals and companies. Led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN,…