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Iran’s military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests. “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the Iranian nation a threat and will not tolerate its continuation without responding,” General Amir Hatami said, according to the Fars news agency. Hatami, commander of the Iranian army but not Iran’s most senior officer, warned that “if the enemy makes a mistake” Iran’s response would be more robust than during last June’s 12-day war with Israel. In…

The three Omatu brothers who died in the inferno that gutted the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Lagos Island, Lagos State, will be buried on January 14. PUNCH Metro reported that the fire started on the fourth floor and spread to the sixth floor of the plaza before engulfing the remaining floors and adjoining structures. A detached section of the plaza, estimated to be about seven floors high, collapsed during the inferno, trapping some traders and market assistants. One of the families worst hit by the incident was the Omatu family, which lost three brothers identified as Steve, 40;…

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has announced plans to buy back a 49.9 per cent stake in its U.S. metal container plants for approximately $3 bn, according to Reuters. The deal covers seven plants across six U.S. states, previously sold in 2020 to a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management. AB InBev retained operational control and entered into a long-term supply agreement to meet its packaging needs at the time. Under the repurchase arrangement, AB InBev will fund the transaction with cash, with the company expecting to close the deal in the first quarter of 2026. The…

Former Shooting Stars, Enyimba and Rangers International coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, has resumed duties as the new head coach of Plateau United ahead of the second stanza of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ogunbote, who handled Shooting Stars until July 2025, replaces Shola Ayegun, who has parted ways with the club following a run of poor results. However, the club’s management is still considering retaining the services of Ayegun as an assistant coach to Ogunbote while the new gaffer is also said to be coming with two assistants. The Oracle, as Ogunbote is fondly called,…

Color-changing lights are a lot of fun, but it can be hard to figure out how to best use them in your home. Most smart lighting companies offer pre-designed scenes to help you light your space, but the lights don’t know where they are physically in your home, and the effect can get diluted. Philips Hue has a solution to this problem: SpatialAware.SpatialAware knows your room’s layout and the placement of your Hue lights, so it can determine the best way to distribute the scene’s colors and effects across them.1/4Some of the newly remastered Hue lighting scenes designed to work…

Gold and silver briefly reclaimed their spot as the two biggest assets by market capitalization as the new year rolled in with uncertainty. According to data from analytics platform CompaniesMarketCap, gold currently has a market cap of $31.1 trillion, sitting at the top spot. Silver, which has been trading places with Nvidia for second place since December, flipped Nvidia briefly, only to be overtaken again at the time of publication. Silver and Nvidia are almost neck and neck. Source: CompaniesMarketCapNvidia is seeing a gold rush of its own amid strong demand for computing resources to support artificial intelligence. There has been a flight…

Justin Baldoni once claimed that Blake Lively was trying to set him “up for a trap” while filming 2024’s It Ends With Us by not using a body double, according to new unsealed text messages. In legal documents filed by Lively’s management company, WME, on Monday, January 5, and obtained by Us Weekly, a text exchange between Baldoni, 41, and his former WME agent Danny Greenberg, detailed his on-set worries on December 30, 2023. “Hey man, had a really really bad week,” Baldoni, who directed and starred opposite Lively, 38, in It Ends With Us, began before recapping the pair’s…

As the Africa Cup of Nations narrows into its most unforgiving phase, Algeria head coach Vladimir Petkovic has made it clear: Nigeria are not a team to dodge, they are a challenge to embrace. The Desert Foxes booked their place in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night after grinding out a tense 1–0 victory over DR Congo, a result that immediately set the stage for one of AFCON 2025’s most anticipated clashes; Algeria vs Nigeria. For a tournament already rich in subplots, this is one layered with history, pedigree, and unfinished business. A clash of momentum and authority Nigeria arrive at…

Ogun State Police Command has received officers of Regular Course 7, who were recently posted following their Passing Out Parade and Presidential commissioning into the Nigeria Police Force. The officers, who completed five years of training at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano state, were on Tuesday, formally welcomed and enrolled in an orientation programme to familiarize them with the command’s operations, structure, and policing expectations. Addressing the officers, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, reminded them to maintain the greatest levels of ethics, discipline, and professionalism. Ogunlowo exhorted them to uphold human rights and the rule of law throughout…

The Peoples Democratic Party chairmen across the 27 Local Government Areas of Jigawa State have passed a vote of confidence and support in the leadership of the state chairman, Babandi Gumel, and former governor Sule Lamido. Following ongoing leadership rifts within the party at the national level, with factions jostling for control and calling for changes in the party’s leadership, the chairmen of the party made their declaration and their position known. Recall that the PDP Board of Trustees had on Friday announced the suspension of Lamido over allegations of anti-party activities and inflammatory statements during recent internal crises in…