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January 6, 2026 6:25 pm File photo: The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Kabiru Turaki The Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party is holding a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss party and national issues. Turaki, on Tuesday accompanied by the entire NWC and a few selected state chairmen, arrived at Jonathan’s office in Maitama, Abuja, around 5:45 pm in six SUV jeeps. Sources within the party stated that the PDP leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis within the party, their efforts to reposition it, and other key national issues.…

Morgan Gibbs-White’s late penalty fired Nottingham Forest to a crucial 2-1 win over West Ham that left their relegation rivals in deep trouble on Tuesday. Sean Dyche’s side fell behind to Murillo’s early own goal at the London Stadium. But West Ham had a second goal from Crysencio Summerville controversially ruled out by VAR for the tightest of offside decisions. Forest rubbed salt into West Ham’s wounds with a stirring fightback as Nicolas Dominguez equalised before Gibbs-White netted from the spot after another VAR call went the visitors’ way. Fourth-bottom Forest are now seven points clear of third-bottom West Ham…

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech, Big Government, and the big paradigm shifts that result from their collision. Not a subscriber yet? It’s a new year, so why not treat yourself?In 2022, Jake Sullivan, then national security adviser under President Joe Biden and a powerful figure in the White House’s foreign policy team, assembled an interagency planning exercise out of the Situation Room: What were all the possible circumstances and outcomes of an AI arms race between the US and China — from trade wars to real wars, possibly even the arrival of…

The Flow Foundation on Tuesday published a technical post-mortem detailing a protocol-level exploit that occurred on Dec. 27, when an attacker was able to counterfeit tokens on the network, resulting in about $3.9 million in confirmed losses before the exploit was contained.According to the report, the attacker exploited a flaw in Flow’s Cadence runtime that allowed certain assets to be duplicated rather than minted, bypassing supply controls without accessing or draining existing user balances. Validators coordinated a network halt within six hours of the first malicious transaction, while exchange partners froze most counterfeit assets before they could be sold.Flow said…

A royal expert is weighing in on what’s next for Prince Harry after the Duke of Sussex won his years-long U.K. security battle. “This is a huge victory for Harry, and opens the door fairly wide for his return to the U.K. sometime in the near future,” royal author Christopher Andersen, who wrote the book Brothers and Wives, told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, January 5. A recent report published by the Mail on Sunday claimed that Harry’s drawn-out battle for government-funded security in the U.K. had come to an end. After the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty…

The Tanimu Turaki-led National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC), met with former President Goodluck Jonathan behind closed doors in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Mr Turaki said the visit was to introduce the new party leadership to Mr Jonathan following their election at the national convention held in Ibadan in November 2025. He described Mr Jonathan’s response as “reassuring and very encouraging,” noting that the former president expressed a deep sense of obligation to the party. “We have solicited, as usual, for his support, for his…

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has raised the alarm that the existential threat of kidnapping has become a worrisome issue that has taken more than a devoted attention of his government. DAILY POST reports that Governor Okpebholo stated this on Tuesday in his condolence message to the family of late Abu Momoh Tapir, who was killed by kidnappers in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. Okpebholo, who described the abduction and the subsequent killing of the young medical doctor as unfortunate, painful and deeply regrettable, however, assured the public that the incident does not diminish the…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revealed the individuals who endorsed the peace agreement he and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, signed at the instance of President Bola Tinubu. Wike said the agreement was witnessed and signed by key national figures, including the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and former Rivers State governor, Peter Odili, among others. He made the disclosure while addressing supporters during a political engagement in Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State, where he spoke at length on the lingering political crisis in the state. According to the former Rivers governor, all parties…

Activities at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure were brought to a halt on Tuesday as sports stakeholders staged a protest against the appointment of Mrs Evelyn Lebi as Acting General Manager of the Ondo State Sports Council. The protesters, made up of sports union officials, coaches and athletes, expressed concerns that the appointment would not translate into meaningful growth for sports in the state. Speaking during the protest, Coach Fisayo Bello, Coordinating Chairman of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, said the state’s sports sector was already in a poor…

Former England star, Paul Merson, has predicted that Arsenal will beat Liverpool comfortably, when the two Premier League giants face off on Thursday night. Merson, writing in his SportsKeeda column, claimed the win will knock out Arne Slot’s men “completely out of the title race”. The Gunners are eyeing their fifth consecutive victory when they host the champions. However, Liverpool were stunned by a late Fulham goal last weekend, as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage. “If you’re Arsenal, it’s a brilliant time to be playing Liverpool,” Merson said, predicting a 3-1 win for Arsenal. “Should…