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Some suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Christmas Eve broke into the Tabernacle Ministry International Church, located at Tomato, GRA, Gboko, and made away with church items worth millions of naira. A member of the church, who simply identified himself as Jack, told our correspondent on Thursday that the suspected robbers gained entry into the church in the early hours of Wednesday. When contacted, the General Overseer of the Ministry, Pastor Gloria Mwuese Akade, told our correspondent on Thursday via telephone that the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday. Pastor Akade said, “We had a carol…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers and cattle rustlers during intelligence-led operations in the Kiru and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas of the state. The arrests were carried out on December 14, 2025, by operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad and other tactical units, following credible intelligence reports. According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, on Thursday, four suspects were arrested at Rahma Round in Kiru LGA after police operatives cordoned off the area. “One of the suspects, Shafiu Ibrahim, 25, of Auchanawa Village in the Ikara Local Government Area…
The new Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, left the swearing-in ceremony at the State House and immediately told reporters that “Nigerians should sleep with their eyes closed” regarding insecurity. Although he said this was a reference to what the President had earlier said, Musa might well have enthusiastically promised what I think the system cannot deliver at this time. One, there’s not enough in the current security architecture, as well as the security ecosystem, that I can place this kind of confidence on, not until needed changes are effected. Or, does Musa believe there’s a magic wand that one…
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao proposed additional security measures to “eradicate” address poisoning, including wallet warnings and blacklists of suspicious accounts.”All wallets should simply check if a receiving address is a ‘poison address,’ and block the user. This is a blockchain query,” Zhao wrote in a Wednesday blog post.Address poisoning is a form of phishing in which scammers trick victims into sending crypto to illicit wallets by first sending them small transactions. Unsuspecting users often copy and paste the attacker’s address from their wallet history.Phishing scams cost 6,344 victims over $7.7 million in November, according to Scam Sniffer data. That number…
Netflix is ringing out 2025 the only way it knows how — by streaming more great movies than you have time to watch. It’s a good problem to have. Fortunately, Watch With Us has compiled a list of the best Netflix movies to watch this December. Noteworthy additions this month include Rian Johnson’s entertaining Knives Out mystery Wake Up Dead Man, starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close, the whistleblower thriller Relay with Riz Ahmed and the intriguing documentary Breakdown: 1975. Need more recommendations? Then check out the Must-Watch New Movies on Netflix, HBO and Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime,…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has described as barbaric the Christmas Eve mosque attack in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident which happened during prayers, left several worshippers dead and others injured. The Speaker, in a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, stated that the attack represents the height of wickedness and a direct assault on the soul of the nation. The lawmaker hailed security agencies for their sacrifices in protecting lives and property, expressing confidence that the security situation would continue to improve with the Federal Government’s…
A lottery player in the United States has won a $1.8bn Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery prize ever recorded in the country, according to the game’s organisers on Thursday. The winning ticket was sold in the US state of Arkansas, with the jackpot won on Christmas Eve. According to DailyMail, Powerball officials said the winning numbers were white balls 4, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the red Powerball being 19. The odds of winning the jackpot were put at one in 292.2 million, with tickets costing $2. The $1.8bn prize carries a cash option of $834.9m, according to a…
In a tragic turn of events on Thursday, Christmas Day, 11 people lost their lives while 9 others, including the driver, sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal motor accident in Beguwa village along Sankara Road, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. PUNCH Online gathered that the accident occurred around midday as Christian faithful were celebrating Christmas at different places in the state. Eyewitnesses say the driver was speeding recklessly when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle, resulting in the horrific crash. One of the eyewitnesses, Malam Sani, who spoke to PUNCH correspondent via telephone, said, “The…
Prediction markets have emerged as one of the cryptocurrency sector’s most consequential, if not contested, frontiers. Once the domain of niche platforms, they are now attracting serious attention from major exchanges, venture capital and even traditional financial institutions. As prediction markets move closer to the core of crypto’s business model, Crypto.com has sparked questions around fairness and market structure after seeking to hire a quantitative trader for an in-house market-making unit that would buy and sell contracts alongside other traders.Meanwhile, Coinbase has signaled a longer-term bet on regulated prediction markets with its acquisition of The Clearing Company, an onchain prediction market…
Brooklyn Beckham made it clear how important his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, is to him after allegedly blocking parents David and Victoria Beckham on Instagram. Brooklyn, 26, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 24, to share a photo of him holding Nicola’s hand, writing, “My everything x.” The picture showed a tattoo on Brooklyn’s hand that read “beautiful girl Nicola.” The sweet social media post came after Brooklyn’s brother Cruz Beckham accused him of blocking their parents. Eagle-eyed social media users noticed on Saturday, December 20, that David, 50, and Victoria, 51, were no longer following Brooklyn or Nicola, 30.…
