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  American YouTube personality, Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, has retained his position as the world’s highest-earning digital creator on the 2026 Forbes Top Creators list. The annual ranking, released by Forbes, reveals that the world’s top 50 digital influencers generated a combined gross revenue of $1.02 billion over the past year. This represents a 20 percent increase from the $853 million recorded in 2025 and an 80 percent rise since the list’s inception in 2022. According to the publication, the creator economy has matured into a mainstream entertainment industry that increasingly competes with traditional Hollywood studios. MrBeast led the global ranking with estimated annual earnings of $300 million, supported by a combined social media following of 873 million across multiple platforms. His media and consumer business operations include Feastables, Lunchly, Viewstats, and a reality competition partnership with Amazon Prime. Dhar Mann ranked second on the ind...

  Nigerian music promoter and socialite, Samson Erinfolami Balogun, popularly known as Sam Larry, has reportedly been hospitalised after being involved in a ghastly car crash. Sam Larry’s car reportedly rammed into a trailer in the earlier hours of Saturday morning along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road in Lagos. The accident reportedly claimed the life of his bouncer who died on the spot. It was gathered that the viral videos and pictures  from the scene of the incident showed Sam Larry’s car damaged  While soliciting prayer for Sam Larry in an Instagram post on Saturday evening, Nigerian comedian and MC, Mario Wazobia wrote “PRAY FOR SAMMYLARRY.” Sharing pictures, he said; “More photos from the early morning accident involving socialite Sam Larry and his bouncer. Reports indicate the bouncer tragically lost his life at the scene while Sam Larry has been rushed to the hospital in critical condition.”

  Emeritus Professor Martin Aghaji, a medical expert who issued an independent report on the health condition of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has reportedly been arrested in Enugu. A H uman Rights lawyer, Barrister Maxwell Okpara, raised the alarm over Aghaji’s arrest in a statement on Saturday. Okpara said the medical expert was picked up at his Independence Layout residence in Enugu on Friday. The  lawyer urged the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), and civil society organizations to intervene in the matter. Although no reason has been given for Aghaji’s arrest, Okpara noted that the medical report he tendered on Kanu’s health countered the official version presented by the Department of State Services (DSS). O kpara said in the statement, “Information has reached me that Emeritus Professor Martin Aghaji, the medical expert who reportedly issued independent medical reports on the health condition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu...

  The United States Government has withdrawn most of the troops it deployed to Nigeria for a recent counterterrorism mission after a joint operation with Nigerian forces targeting fighters of the Islamic State group in the North-East region. Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin Anderson, disclosed this during a digital press briefing on Thursday following the 2026 African Chiefs of Defence Conference held in Luanda, Angola. According to General Anderson, the operation was carried out in close partnership with the Nigerian military to jointly prosecute the number two leader within the ISIS/Daesh network, who was responsible for the group’s global operations, media, and recruitment activities. He explained that the United States contributed specialized intelligence and operational capabilities, while Nigerian forces led the effort on the ground, adding that the deployment was temporary and that most U.S. personnel involved in the mission had since left Niger...

  The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has formally received 18 Benin artefacts returned from Switzerland after spending more than 125 years outside their homeland. He  described the cultural treasures as symbols of governance, spirituality, and the artistic heritage of the Edo people. The artefacts, which include an ancestral head of a Benin monarch, were among the objects looted during the 1897 British punitive expedition against the Benin Kingdom in present-day Edo State. Speaking while receiving a Swiss delegation led by the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Olugbile Holloway, at his palace in Benin City on Thursday, the monarch expressed gratitude to the Government of Switzerland; President Bola Tinubu; Governor Monday Okpebholo; the NCMM; and other stakeholders whose efforts facilitated the restitution of the priceless cultural objects. Oba Ewuare II emphasized that the Benin Bronzes are far more t...

  A  Rivers State man, Gospel Kinanee, has been reunited with his family 18 years after disappearing as a teenager. According to his family, as reported by a television interview, Gospel was 14 years old when he left home one night in 2007 and never returned. They said they carried out an extensive search for him, including visits to police stations and other institutions, but were unable to locate him. His brother reportedly disclosed that the correctional facility where Gospel was eventually found had actually been visited twice during the family's earlier search efforts. Gospel was among 21 inmates released from the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre during a state jail delivery exercise led by Justice Simeon Amadi. His family says he never had a formal trial and was denied access to legal representation throughout his detention. They also discovered that while they had always known him as Gospel Kinanee, correctional centre records identified him under a different name, Bar...