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BAILMONEY:
SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT 🤔

Mirasteel:
That Cat already predicted that Nigeria will win and I believe the cat 100%

Happy 106th birthday to World War II veteran, Regimental Sergeant Major Wesley Tafida of Jalingo.

His birthday falls fittingly within the buildup to the Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day, on January 15.

RSM Wesley Tafida is also the father of Major General Henry Tafida Wesley aka Wesley Snipes, recently retired Commander, Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps.

I can never recommend the way I got married to someone else

I never saw this man face to face until he was coming to pay my bride price.

We knew each other for 6 months only talked seriously like 2 months out of that time.

And this man used speed to fly down to ask my parents for my hand

I can’t recommend it for anyone. Not even my siblings. Because humanly speaking that Time frame is too short.

Because what are the odds that the man you stumbled on on instagram Is the man you’ve prayed for all your life?

But it worked for us. We both knew and believed so much in our hearts that this was God bringing us together. And we’ve never had cause to regret.

This post is not about marriage per se but I need you to stay with me

I looked at the Bible closely and I saw that if Moses has used David’s stone it wouldn’t have worked

And there was no way Moses’s rod would have helped David kill Goliath

Infact do you remember Brother Samson? He only used the jaw bone of an ass once and threw it away.

If it were you and I today, after the kind of victory that the jawbone gave him, we would have put it inside our bag and protected it with our lives because you’ll think that’s where the victory lies.

But it wasn’t about the stone or the rod or the jawbone.

It was about God present with them

It was about God giving them victory.

And as long as God was there, that victory would continue

I’m sharing all these because as believers we are quick to look at others to copy what they are doing

When someone is experiencing victory we want to copy their prayer point word for word.

If a sister tells you that she found her husband when she was singing in the choir, the next Sunday you want to register in the choir unit when God specifically told you that you should be in the prayer band.

Because we don’t see the God behind the strategy. We think the victory is in the strategy.

If it’s not God that commanded you to use that rod, it will just be an ordinary stick.

Please read with understanding.

Selah.

madridguy:
We sincerely needs leaders that prioritize the well being of their people. We need to send this people back to their region so they can do whatever they like.

Kidney problem is now like malaria courtesy their fake drinks and adulterated food items.

Kemetian:
IS PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS GOD?

DO YOU KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WRONG MANY TIMES IN THEIR SO-CALLED PREDICTIONS??

And have been called out for their inaccuracies and even fraudulent auditing?

Oyinbo worshipper.

Any rubbish they say it's like God spoke it in your head.

Kemetian:
If it's not Peter Obi the Brewery Builder, it must be ''bad leaders'', abi?

Nonsense.

Abeg commot for here....

Richtaiwo:
So, if Muslims are also falling victim to banditry and insurgency, one is compelled to ask, where exactly did this dramatic tale of a “Christian genocide” originate from? Or is it one of those conspiracy theories manufactured somewhere between WhatsApp broadcasts and late-night imagination?

And now to the handle-mops, having exhausted local theatrics, they appear to be pinning their hopes on Trump, expecting him to swoop in and somehow replace Tinubu with pitobi under the banner of “Christian genocide.” One has to admire the creativity.

When that fantasy collapses, as it surely will, what’s the next move? A heartfelt appeal to Netanyahu? At this rate, the campaign strategy seems less like politics and more like an international prayer chain, desperately searching for a miracle sponsor.

A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a student on University of Toronto's Scarborough campus (UTSC) last month, police say.

Babatunde Afuwape, a 28-year-old Toronto man, is accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Shivank Avasthi on a popular campus trail on Dec. 23, Det.-Sgt. Stacey McCabe said at a news conference Wednesday.

Around 3:30 p.m. that day, officers were called to the area of Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road for unknown trouble, Toronto police said last month.

Police arrived to find Avasthi with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting was Toronto's 41st homicide of 2025.

Avasthi was a third-year University of Toronto student from India, McCabe said.

"He was young, bright, and had his whole life ahead of him. Our thoughts remain with his family, friends and classmates," she said. "This was a deeply tragic case."

The university's cheerleading and powerlifting clubs both posted tributes to Avasthi on social media in the days following the shooting, both saying he had a way of lifting others up with his positivity.

Attack may have been random, police say

Investigators are still working to determine a motive, as police believe Afuwape and Avasthi were not known to each other, McCabe said Wednesday. She said police believe the shooting may have been random.

"He was there to kill somebody, is our belief. I'm not sure how he chose Avasthi," she said.

Afuwape had been on the campus for about an hour before the shooting, McCabe said. She said police don't know his employment status, but they don't believe he was a student.

Afuwape was arrested on Dec. 28 for breach of parole, which was issued for firearm offences, McCabe said. He was scheduled to appear in court earlier this week, police said in a news release Wednesday.

'He would do anything for the people he cared about'

Caitlin Whittier, a friend of Avasthi, said she met him through the University of Toronto cheerleading team. She said he was an active member of the team, and after the cheerleading season ended, the two stayed friends. She said she spent his last birthday with him.

"He was absolutely supportive. He was such a wonderful person. He cared so much about his friends. He was so caring and just a wonderful soul," she said.

"We would study together and he would walk me back to my car at late hours of the night to make sure I got home safe. Any problems that I had, he would give me the most wonderful advice. He would listen to everything, all of my concerns," she added.

"He would do anything for the people he cared about and it was just the love and friendship that I valued most about him."

The night Whittier found out it was Avasthi who was fatally shot, she wrote a letter to him about all the things she would have wanted him to hear in a final conversation. She gave the letter to his parents at his funeral.

"What I think Shivank would say to us if he was here, he would want us to live our lives to the fullest and he will be watching over us, cheering us on and he'll be waiting for us one day when we see him again," she said.

Whittier said in their last conversation she did tell him that he was hard working and driven and that she believed in him.

She said she has two framed photos of him in her room.

"One picture was of us at our February cheerleading competition and the other photo was me and him at the beach on his birthday and he has the most bright and wonderful smile in both of those photos.

"And that's how I want to remember him."

Till date, my law firm is the only that has been thanked with a basket of tomato by a pro bono client; after we did her case.

True widows mite!

Shalom

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the receipt and subsequent release of six vigilante members who were earlier arrested by personnel of the Nigerian Army in Edo State.

The command, in a statement on Tuesday by its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the vigilantes, who were arrested along the Auchi–Ikpeshi Road in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State in early December 2025, were handed over to the command on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

According to the statement, the suspects were travelling in a vehicle belonging to the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State when they were intercepted by soldiers.

The police said the six vigilante members were formally handed over to the Kwara State Police Command by the Brigade Commander, 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi Barracks, Ilorin, Brigadier General N. N. Rume, for investigation and profiling.

“Following a thorough investigation, it was established that the individuals are legitimate members of a vigilante group operating in collaboration with recognised security agencies in the ongoing efforts to combat banditry and other forms of criminality,” the statement said.

It added that the vigilantes were exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing and were subsequently released to their respective leaders.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ojo Adekimi, reiterated the command’s commitment to inter-agency collaboration and synergy with community-based security outfits while urging vigilante groups to always operate within the confines of the law.

The police assured residents of the state of their continued resolve to ensure the safety and security of lives and property across Kwara State.

PUNCH Metro had earlier reported, on December 14, 2025, a 36-second viral video showing soldiers interrogating a group of suspected bandits allegedly found patrolling with AK-47 rifles in a local security patrol vehicle bearing the inscription of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

In the video, the suspects were seen lying face down with their hands tied as soldiers questioned them about their activities and the source of the weapons recovered.

One of the suspects, speaking in Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin, claimed that the patrol vehicle and rifles were provided by the “Ilorin government,” alleging that they had been operating under the guise of a security patrol.

“We have been here for quite a while. We are using the vehicle for patrol. Wallahi, na the truth I dey tell you. The Ilorin government na him give us this motor and the weapons. They were the ones that gave us the rifles,” the suspect said.

PUNCH Metro also reported that the Kwara State Government dismissed reports that it had armed the suspects.

In a statement issued on Sunday night by the Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bolanle Olukoju, the state said no security agency, including the Nigerian Army, carried out any arrest of armed bandits in Ifelodun or any part of Kwara State.

“The Nigerian Army did not arrest any armed bandits in any part of Ifelodun. No security agency ever reported such arrests in Kwara,” Olukoju said.

She also debunked insinuations that the state government armed the suspects, stressing that no state government has the power to issue or distribute AK-47 rifles.

LeeSmart:
What's this social media bill for self? Trolls like this are supposed to be cooling somewhere in kuje or kirikiri.

Richtaiwo:
13.2 million terabytes of data is no small feat, yet the regional breakdown reads like a league table where some zones are clearly chasing promotion while one is stuck at the bottom checking its shoelaces.

The SW sits comfortably at the top with a commanding 42%, followed by the SS at 25%. The NC holds its own with 15%, while the NW and NE trail behind at 7.6% and 6% respectively.

Kastonkastroll:
It should be more than this because only me have used about 1million terabytes just last year

Nigeria’s data traffic in 2025 skyrocketed by 35 per cent to a projected full-year total exceeding 13.2 million terabytes (TB), driven by surging internet usage across mobile and broadband networks, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Data made available to LEADERSHIP show this momentum building steadily since the NCC began tracking monthly usage in January 2023.

National internet traffic from major providers like MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom, T2 and others climbed from 7.27 million TB in 2023 to 9.76 million TB in 2024, a 34.3 per cent year-on-year increase.

Between January and November 2025 alone, consumption hit 11.86 million TB, up 34.96 per cent, or 3.07 million TB, from the prior year, putting daily usage at over 41,000 TB and straining networks nationwide.

According to data on the NCC’s website, national internet traffic across MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom, T2 and other internet service providers has risen consistently since the Commission began tracking monthly usage in January 2023.

“In 2023, Nigeria recorded 7.27 million TB in total data usage. This climbed to 9.76 million TB in 2024, representing a 34.3 per cent year-on-year growth.

The momentum has intensified in 2025, with full-year consumption now projected to exceed 13.2 million TB, implying growth of about 35 per cent over 2024.

“Between January and November 2025 alone, Nigerians consumed 11.86 million TB, up from 8.79 million TB in the same period last year—an increase of 34.96 per cent, or 3.07 million TB in additional volume,” the report read.

At this pace, the country is now consuming just over 41,000 TB of data daily, placing sustained pressure on mobile and broadband networks nationwide.

A closer look at traffic patterns also reveals pronounced seasonality. December has consistently emerged as the peak month for data use.

In 2024, December traffic exceeded November by 94,502 TB, while in 2023 the jump was 67,794 TB. Month-on-month growth for December averaged 10–11 per cent in both years, driven largely by holiday travel, video streaming, social media activity and online shopping.

According to industry players, the growth is being fuelled by cheaper smartphones, wider mobile internet access, rising video content, expanding cloud services, remote-work tools and the steady digitalisation of businesses and public services.

Notably, broadband penetration crossed the 50 per cent threshold in November 2025 for the first time, a historic milestone, though still short of the 70 per cent target set under the National Broadband Plan (NBP), 2020–2025.

Speaking on the report, a telecom analyst, Osita Odafi, said Nigeria’s soaring appetite for internet services has pushed national data consumption to 11.86 million terabytes (TB) as of November 30, 2025, placing the country firmly on course to exceed 13 million TB by year-end.

Odafi noted that the surge reflects how streaming platforms, cloud computing, fintech services and widespread smartphone adoption are rapidly redefining how Nigerians live and work.

Analysts increasingly view data consumption as a reflection of broader economic activity, showing how Nigerians communicate, transact, learn and entertain themselves.

Also speaking, the chief executive officer of Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh, said rapid urbanisation was intensifying data demand.

“Cities like Lagos are growing at lightning speed with more people, more businesses, more devices.

“We recognise that data is the new oxygen. That is why we are investing heavily in 5G and fibre to build a smart, scalable network that can carry the weight of Nigeria’s digital future,” Balsingh said.

However, regulators have warned that infrastructure strain remains evident.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, said the quality of service still requires improvement despite recent gains.

“Quality of service today is not yet where we want it to be, but it is equally true that we are no longer where we used to be,” Maida said, adding that operators are being compelled to accelerate investment while improving customer experience.

For telecom operators and internet service providers, the figures signal both opportunity and urgency. Sustaining the current growth trajectory will demand aggressive expansion of network capacity, greater resilience and smarter infrastructure design.

From a policy standpoint, analysts insist that progress will depend on faster execution of the 90,000-kilometre national fibre rollout under Project BRIDGE, resolving right-of-way bottlenecks, tackling multiple taxation at sub-national levels and addressing security challenges that inflate operating costs and expose infrastructure to vandalism.

If these constraints are removed, Odafi believes Nigeria’s current data boom may represent not a peak, but merely the opening phase of a much larger digital transformation.

Sometime this year, I made the grievous mistake of rushing a dying young man who had collapsed on the road to the hospital at the instance of a doctor who I had earlier called for advice, even when everybody chose to walk pass.

Unfortunately, upon reaching the hospital, the young man gave up the ghost. Out of protocol, I requested that the police be informed since I never knew the person involved, i was just trying to be a good citizen.

I was taken to incident the case at GRA Police station in Asaba. To tell you how wicked some officers of the Nigerian Police Force could be, I was instead accused of murder with my statement taken under caution. CSP Christopher Odoh, the DPO, told me he must deal with me for acting like ‘Jesus’. Those were his exact words.

He bluntly told me that when he is through with me, if I see anybody dying again, I would walk pass, even after the deceased victims family had confirmed that their late son had an underlying condition.

I immediately understood why people make videos in such a situation and do not make an attempt to rescue the victim. It took the grace of God through a very very top government functionary for me to have escaped the murder charge that I was tagged with.

Even after the VVIP personally came to attest and ensure I was released, the Nigerian Police Force, through CSP Christopher Odoh of the Asaba GRA Division still emptied my account as bail money, I went home with only Two thousand Naira.

As the year comes to an end, I am using this opportunity to thank God for bringing me out of tha situation. Many people are still in prison for cases lesser than mine. My people, join me to thank God.

Another thing that made me know I married well happened immediately I landed in Canada

So a few days after I landed, my husband took me to the bank so I could open my own bank account.

When we got there, per usual I was asked to put in the four digit pin I wanted to use for my debit card.
My husband was standing beside me and as I was putting it in, he looked away.

I looked at him sharply wandering what that was about. I found it weird.

When we we got home, I asked him why he did that. “Why don’t you want to know my pin”? But I know your own” I asked him.

He said “you’re your own person. You know my pin because I told you” if you want me to know your own, tell me”

I told him but honestly I did not understand fully what he was trying to do till a few months into marriage.

That’s when I understood that my husband did not want me to become consumed. Even God gives mankind free will. And this is what my husband was modeling.

Because many times , Marriage consumes women. And sometimes, some Christian men wield this as a weapon mercilessly. And I know this because I used to be in a relationship where it was all about him.

His vision. His plans. His calling. What God wanted to do with him. And it was now like “What about me? God does not want to use me for anything?”

You become consumed in the man that you lose your sense of self. Your dreams, your thoughts, your ideas out the window.

You hear people saying that your husband’s purpose becomes your purpose when you marry him.

So you won’t stand before the throne of God on your own to give account of the life He gave you? And mind you your husband will not be there to help you explain.

He wanted me to be his wife but still feel like my own person. First he led by example by letting me know all his pins and then allowing me share mine. Which I gladly did

My husband did not insist I change my name on socials because that’s the name people have known. And he said “let’s not confuse anybody. You’re my Wife and you carry my name where it matters most”

It was in all these subtle ways that he helped me be me and that’s why God has helped me to still have a voice and be useful to my generation.

And for that, I bless God for him everyday.

The Bible says that “two shall become one”

But the Bible also says that “each one stood before God to give account”

Not two standing before God o. Each person will stand before God by themselves. And that tells you that even in the two, God still sees each one.

Selah.

PS: I am not attacking men. Resist the urge to drop that contrary comment that is in your mind. I am not attacking men. I am sharing my experience which I think can help the young girls who look up to me.

Blessings.

Jerkbaba:
And they'll be calling themselves men of God. Why do they always reck of low ig and look stupid. They really get on my nerves. Ignorance just shows all over their faces. Very irritating if you ask me.

A die-hard fan recently spent more than $3,000 for something unusual: a social media follow from Mike Tyson.

According to Darren Rovell, founder of Cllct Media, Goldin Auctions included the one-of-a-kind prize in its final auction of 2025.

At the height of his career, Tyson earned millions per fight, but financial troubles later pushed him into bankruptcy. Through exhibition bouts and smarter business moves, he rebuilt his fortune and now earns income from multiple ventures, including autographs, memorabilia, and collectibles. Still, being paid for an Instagram follow is a new chapter.

Six bids were placed, with one fan ultimately paying $3,304 to secure Tyson’s follow on Instagram. The auction also featured an original fight contract from Tyson’s September 1996 bout against Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas—a first-round knockout win. The document carried signatures from Tyson, Don King, Rory Holloway, and John Horne, and the fight is historically notable for taking place the same night Tupac Shakur was fatally shot after leaving the venue.

The winner has not been publicly identified, but they would become the 300th account Tyson follows, joining names like Joe Rogan, Dana White, and Tyson Fury. Whether an Instagram follow is worth over $3,000 is up for debate, and it’s unclear how much of the proceeds Tyson personally receives.

The 59-year-old boxing legend is also preparing for an exhibition bout with Floyd Mayweather, potentially set for Africa in March 2026. Beyond that, Tyson has expressed interest in a rematch with Jake Paul, who recently suffered his first knockout loss when Anthony Joshua broke his jaw.

Reflecting on his previous loss to Paul in 2024, Tyson admitted he trained too hard and peaked too early. Now, he believes experience has made him better prepared for another run.

On January 10, 2025, the Biden-Harris administration put a $25 million bounty on Nicolás Maduro for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Public safety is not a political game.

You do not label someone a narco-dictator one year and then pretend he is no longer a threat the next simply because a different president is in office. That is cynical and irresponsible.

Maduro’s drugs have killed thousands of Americans and continue to endanger our children. Imagine being the parents of 2-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici, who died from fentanyl poisoning in a Bronx daycare, and watching this political theater.

America is safer today because Maduro is no longer in power.

Welcome to New York, Nicolás.