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The Federal Government on Sunday inaugurated the N40 billion Closed-Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Centre of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CCTV centre was built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Inaugurating the centre, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, said that the current administration met a ‘very terrible Third Mainland Bridge’. ‎”When we came on board in 2023, we met a very terrible Third Mainland Bridge, Carter Bridge and Iddo Bridge, both on the pavement, surface, infrastructure above the water and even infrastructure below the water. ‎”The…

Former lawmaker who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District, Ishaku Abbo, has been cleared of an alleged rape of a minor. Clearing him on Sunday, the Nigeria Police said investigations found no credible evidence to support the claim. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the police authorities said Abbo was exonerated after a thorough investigation ordered by the Inspector-General of Police, following a petition submitted in 2025. Recall that Abbo was accused through a petition written by Mrs Zainab Mohammed and addressed to the IGP in September 2025 of allegedly raping Khadija Mohammed at his Katampe Extension residence in Abuja…

Alade Balogun is nearing a move to Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, side Shooting Stars. Balogun is reported to have accepted personal terms with the Oluyole Warriors. He featured for Ikorodu City during the first stanza of the season Balogun is expected to reunite with coach Nurudeen Aweroro at Shooting Stars. Aweroro joined Shooting Stars at the start of the 2025-26 NPFL season. Balogun previously played for nine-time NPFL champions Enyimba.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, has empowered 300 residents of the Alimosho Federal Constituency with cash and food items. The beneficiaries of the initiative included business owners, indigent students and other vulnerable residents. Ajigbotafe said the initiative was a personal commitment to prioritising the development and well-being of residents of Alimosho. Speaking at the event, held on Saturday at the Alimosho Local Government Secretariat, the commissioner described the gesture as a way of giving back to the people and forging unity among residents. About 60 indigent students received financial support to ease their return…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 37-year-old businessman, Ani Romans, and recovered large quantities of tramadol concealed inside mannequins he was transporting for his clothing business. Romans was intercepted by NDLEA officers on patrol along the Oron–Ibaka Road in the Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Friday, January 9, while travelling with full-body mannequins allegedly meant for onward movement to Cameroon. A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said a search of the items revealed that the mannequins had been stuffed with tramadol pills weighing a total of 5.3…

The second coming of Donald Trump as President of the United States has been anything but a gentle reprise of Washington’s old routines. It has not restored the presidency of the world’s most powerful nation, so much as it reinvented it. What pundits politely term “Trumpism” is less ideology than improvisation: a governing style that treats policy as theatre and diplomacy as pantomime. The property developer turned reality television star has carried his showmanship into the Oval Office, reshaping it into a stage where immigration bans, sudden military strikes, and headline pardons serve as props in a drama of power. For…

Charles Godfred produced a standout sprint performance as the University of Minnesota track and field team dominated the Minnesota Open with 16 event victories on Saturday, which signals a strong start to their 2026 indoor season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Godfred, a two-time Nigeria national long jump champion, won the men’s 60m after clocking lifetime-best times of 6.65s in the heats and 6.62s in the final, improving on his previous personal best of 6.70s. The mark places him among the top two sprinters nationally this season behind only Farooque Aman’s 6.58s at the Aspire Dome, Doha and underlined his growing…

Rising memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand are set to push up Android smartphone prices in 2026, while low- and mid-range brands face the greatest margin pressure, and global shipments are expected to decline, JUSTICE OKAMGBA reports Smartphone prices are expected to rise in 2026 as device manufacturers, especially Android brands, face sharply higher costs for critical components, industry analysts warn. The surge is being driven by a tightening of memory chip supplies, a key ingredient in smartphones, as production shifts to support high-demand AI data centres. According to research from the International Data Corporation, demand for…

Bachelor Nation star Kaity Biggar might be ready to part with her breast implants. “For those who don’t know, the girls, they aren’t real,” Biggar, 31, said in a TikTok video shared on Friday, January 9, revealing that she was en route to a consultation to potentially have her implants removed. “We’re gonna think about getting them taken out, so an explant.” She continued, “We’re gonna see what the process is going to be like getting them taken out and how much that would potentially cost.” Biggar previously underwent a breast augmentation, a process she had started researching when she…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has replied to people calling for his sack, saying it is within the right of President Bola Tinubu to do so if he so wishes. Mr Wike stated this on Sunday, during a “thank you” visit to his Local Government Area, Obio-Akpor, in Rivers, stressing that since 1999, the people had not disappointed him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some politicians and other interest groups have been calling on Mr Tinubu to sack Mr Wike over the protracted political crisis in Rivers. According to him, there is no…