Arms recovered as 80 militants surrender to army in Cross River
The Nigerian Army has recovered a cache of arms and ammunition after no fewer than 80 militants surrendered under the Cross River State Government’s amnesty programme in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state. The militants voluntarily emerged from the creeks in the early hours of Friday, January 16, 2026, and presented themselves at Atimbo Rear Area, Operation OKWOK, within...
Tinubu’s Minister to marry off nine children in joint ceremony
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, is preparing for a large-scale wedding ceremony as nine of his children are set to get married on the same day. Matawalle, a former governor of Zamfara State and husband to four wives — Aisha, Balkisu, Fatima and Dadiya — will host the joint wedding on February 6, 2026. The ceremony is...
Burna Boy to headline AFCON fan zone grand finale in Morocco
Grammy Award-winning Nigerian artiste Burna Boy will headline the grand finale of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Fan Zone concerts in Rabat, Morocco, bringing the curtain down on the tournament’s music and fan experience. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed the performance in a post on X, announcing that Burna Boy will perform alongside British rapper Stormzy,...
Naira closes week at N1,417/$
The naira closed the week stronger on Friday, January 16, 2026, appreciating against the United States dollar at the official market to trade at N1,417.94. Data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira gained N1.33. This represents a 0.09 per cent gain when compared to Thursday, when it traded at N1,419.28 to a dollar. The local currency...
Anthony Joshua resumes training weeks after fatal car crash
Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has returned to the gym weeks after surviving a fatal car crash that claimed the lives of two of his close friends. The accident occurred on December 29, 2025, in the Makun area along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Joshua was reportedly involved in the crash, which left the boxing star grieving the loss of his...
Severe flooding forces closure of Kruger National Park
South Africa’s renowned Kruger National Park has been closed to visitors after severe flooding caused by weeks of intense rainfall left at least 19 people dead across Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. Park authorities announced the closure on Thursday as a safety measure, warning that floodwaters continue to rise and that further heavy rain is expected over the next 48 hours. Earlier,...
Father seeks justice after nine-month-old twins die following immunisation
A Lagos-based father, Samuel Alozie, popularly known on TikTok as Promise Samuel, has raised alarm over the death of his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, who reportedly died about 24 hours after receiving routine immunisation at a primary health care centre in the state. The incident drew widespread attention on Wednesday after Alozie shared a video on TikTok...
Paternity dispute: Mother responds to daughter’s claims involving Davido
Ayo Labinjoh, the woman at the centre of a renewed paternity controversy involving Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has spoken publicly in response to allegations made by her daughter. The issue resurfaced on Thursday after a 12-year-old girl, Mitchelle Anuoluwapo, publicly called for a DNA test to determine whether Davido is her biological father. The singer has...
X suffers global outage
X (formerly Twitter) suffered a global outage on Friday, January 16, 2026, as the social media platform was down for tens of thousands of users worldwide. Outage tracking website Downdetector.com. confirmed the development. There were more than 41,000 reports of issues with X as of 10:35 a.m. ET in the United States, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status...
Court stops Rivers CJ from acting on Assembly’s impeachment move
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, from receiving or acting on any communication from the Rivers State House of Assembly connected to the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu. The order was issued by the High Court of...
