Meta has announced plans to test paid subscription services across its platforms, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, offering users access to exclusive features while keeping core services free. According to TechCrunch, the technology giant said the subscriptions would introduce premium tools and give users “more control over how they share and connect” on its platforms.…
A Gauteng woman has obtained a court order barring her soon-to-be ex-husband from receiving 50% of their joint estate, despite their marriage being in community of property, after the court found that he subjected her to prolonged physical and financial abuse. Handing down judgment at the Pretoria High Court, Judge Noluntu Bam ruled that the…
Popular American YouTuber IShowSpeed is set to receive a Ghanaian passport following his recent visit to the country during his Africa tour. The 21-year-old content creator, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr, made Ghana one of the final stops on his live-streamed tour across 20 African countries. The tour, tagged “Speed Does Africa,” officially ended…
England winger, Raheem Sterling has officially left Chelsea by mutual agreement with his £325,000-per-week contract ripped up to end his exile at Stamford Bridge. Sterling is now free to sign for any club as a free agent after mutually agreeing on the terms of his exit despite his deal having 18 months to run. The…
British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury is set to come out of retirement to face Russian powerhouse Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. The blockbuster bout will take place in the United Kingdom and will be streamed live worldwide on Netflix, marking the streaming giant’s first-ever live sports broadcast from the UK. Fury, who has not fought…
A prominent bandit leader and key enforcer of a fragile peace arrangement in Jibia, Katsina State, Abdullahi Lantai-popularly known as “Lantai Officer”—has been killed in a deadly ambush allegedly carried out by a rival gang. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that Lantai was killed on January 27, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m. by gunmen believed…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the temporary use of expired National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) licences by importers for import documentation purposes. In a circular dated January 26, 2026, issued by the apex bank’s Trade and Exchange Department and published on its website on Tuesday, the CBN…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested the principal of Government Secondary School Shargalle in Dutsi Local Government Area of Katsina State over alleged theft of school property. It was gathered that the case, transferred to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, relates to an incident on 19 January 2026, when unknown persons broke into the…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have uncovered an illegal arms manufacturing facility in Nasarawa State and arrested a suspect. The discovery was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, January 26, 2026, by Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer at the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Whirl Stroke.…
The Director General of Nigeria’s National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, has dismissed reports linking Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle with a possible move away from Nigeria amid alleged interest from Tunisia, Gabon and Angola. Chelle has come under the spotlight following Nigeria’s third-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.…
