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No fewer than 25 persons died while 14 others are still missing after a boat capsized along Yobe River in Garbi town, Nguru Local Government Area of the state. Dr Mohammad Goje, Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, YOSEMA, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Sunday. He said the incident occurred at about 7:48 pm on January 3, after the victims, who were mainly farmers and traders, boarded the boat in Adiyani town in neighbouring Jigawa. “The victims were reportedly returning from Adiyani town, where they were engaged in fishing, farming, and other local business activities, when…

RB Leipzig forward, Yan Diomande is on the radar of Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich. According to football transfer expert Ben Jacobs, Leipzig doesn’t want to sell the 19-year-old Ivory Coast in January and has a €100m valuation on the player. However, suitors feel €60m might get a deal done for Diomande, and a summer exit is more likely as it stands. Meanwhile, in another development,Chelsea on Sunday confirmed that forward Maika Hamano will spend the rest of the season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur. The 21-year-old  Japan international made her Chelsea debut in December 2023…

The Lagos State Police Command has invited the Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, to report at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, over allegations of multiple rape and other offences likely to cause a breach of public peace. The police said Okafor was served with an invitation letter and is expected to appear before the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the SCID by 10 am on Monday. In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Adebisi, said the Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, ordered a thorough…

A fatal accident occurred on Sunday in Yakasawa village, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, involving a Golf 3 wagon and a Sienna. The accident, which claimed seven lives and left 14 others injured, occurred in the afternoon as travellers and residents were moving through the area. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, with mangled vehicles and scattered bodies. An eyewitness, Haruna Aliyu, a resident of Yakasawa, told our correspondent the scene was horrific. “Vehicles were mangled, and bodies were scattered. I’ve never seen such a terrible accident in this area before; it’s really sad,” he said. Another eyewitness,…

Justice is meant to stand upright, spine straight, eyes blind, scales balanced. In Nigeria, justice has learned a new yoga pose: a permanent headstand. Few events capture this inversion more starkly than the prosecution of Nigeria’s former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. It is not merely the fall of a powerful man; it is the moral collapse of an office. The chief prosecutor of the federation, custodian of the law, arbiter of legality, gatekeeper of accountability, now stands accused of the very crimes he was once constitutionally empowered to prosecute. When the hunter becomes the hunted, society…

The All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State has commenced the electronic registration of its members, a process that will lead to the issuance of official membership cards required for participation in party activities and elections. The State Chairman of the party, Isa Acida, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing party members and journalists at the APC Secretariat in Sokoto. Acida explained that the registration exercise is mandatory, stressing that only members who complete the e-registration and obtain valid membership cards would be recognised as bona fide members of the party. “Without the APC membership card, you cannot claim to be…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has projected that the Nigerian capital market will remain bullish in 2026, driven largely by the ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise, rising investor confidence and supportive policy measures. This outlook is contained in the CBN’s “Macroeconomic Outlook for Nigeria, 2026: Consolidating Macroeconomic Stability Amid Global Uncertainty”, recently released by the apex bank. According to the report, the recapitalisation of banks is expected to strengthen balance sheets, enhance financial stability and deepen market activity, thereby supporting sustained growth in the capital market. “The capital market is expected to remain bullish in 2026, supported by the bank recapitalisation…

Goals either side of half-time by Junior Tchamadeu and Christian Kofane took Cameroon through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals at South Africa’s expense on Sunday as the Indomitable Lions edged their last-16 clash 2-1. Tchamadeu opened the scoring in the 34th minute at Al Medina Stadium in Rabat, and teenage Bayer Leverkusen forward Kofane headed in the crucial second goal two minutes after half-time. A late rally from South Africa saw Evidence Makgopa pull one back, but it is Cameroon who go through, and the five-time champions now play hosts Morocco in a heavyweight quarter-final on Friday. They…

As convenient as 3-in-1 chargers can be, the vast majority of them work with a variety of smartphones and wireless earbuds, but only support one wearable: the Apple Watch. That’s what sets the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock that Belkin just announced at CES 2026 apart. Its design can accommodate different smartwatches, but you’ll need to supply your own charging puck.Belkin expects the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock to launch in “select markets” sometime in Q1 2026 where it will sell for $64.99. That’s slightly cheaper than Kuxiu’s $80 X40 Turbo that folds up smaller for travel, but like many others, it’s…

Speculation that Bitcoin whales are engaged in a massive reaccumulation phase has been significantly overstated, suggesting the digital asset market structure has not materially changed, according to onchain data from CryptoQuant.The popular narrative that large holders are aggressively buying Bitcoin (BTC) is misleading, said Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant. Much of the publicly shared “whale accumulation” data is distorted by exchange-related activity rather than genuine investor behavior.Cryptocurrency exchanges routinely consolidate funds from many smaller wallets into fewer large ones for operational and regulatory reasons. This process artificially increases the number of wallets holding very large balances, leading onchain…