Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the appointment of Benibo Anabraba as the new Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG).
Anabraba, a former Minority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly who represented Akuku-Toru Constituency II, replaces Tammy Danagogo.
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Danagogo had served in the position from the second term of former Governor Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to the first two years of the Fubara administration before the declaration of emergency rule.
With Helen Flanagan’s new warts-and-all book months away from for the shelves, she has taken a poke at her ex Scott Sinclair – but that could be the least of his problems
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Helen Flanagan has taken aim at former partner Scott Sinclair(Image: Getty Images)
Scott Sinclair is bracing for Helen Flanagan’s new book after she gave him a little taste of what might be ahead.
The former Coronation Street star has announced she’s writing a no-holds-barred tell-all – and vowed to reveal all, with no “airbrushing” of what really happened in her life. That puts footballer Scott firmly in the firing line, especially after she offered a fresh poke this weekend.
Scott and Helen, who share three children Matilda, 10, Delilah, seven, and Charlie, appeared to be keeping things friendly. The pair separated in 2022 after 13 years together and had been co-parenting under the same roof earlier this year – despite the actress previously claiming they “don’t like each other”.
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She made a fresh dig on Sunday when she shared a post from @pettycoparenting101 which read: “You can’t just go around calling your kids’ dad a b*****” – it was paired with a meme of rap star Usher putting a knowing face. It left fans wondering if the pair had fallen out again.
Last year, it was revealed Scott was dating an old family friend, Lauren Davies, 34, and had been for “several months”. During a rocky few years, Scott even blocked Helen’s number – but the pair managed to put their differences aside in March, when they came together to celebrate son Charlie’s fourth birthday.
“Don’t get me wrong, sometimes we still end up telling each other to f**k off. But we’ve managed to keep things quite nice and we’ve been fair to each other,” Helen said in April. “It’s helped that our families get on and I have a good relationship with his mum.”
Helen’s new book was announced last week and will hit shelves in January. It’s available to pre-order now. She says it’s vital for her to show the person she really is – not the one we first saw on our screens as the 10-year-old face of Weatherfield’s Rosie Webster.
“I’ve made mistakes, I’ve been hurt and I’ve had to rebuild from rock bottom, but I’ve also learned, grown and come out the other side a better, stronger person,” she said. “Telling my truth meant no hiding – no glossing over or airbrushing.” The actress joined Corrie as Rosie in 2000 and stayed for 12 years, before going on to become a lads’ mag favourite in the early 2010s and has never left the limelight since.
Now diagnosed with ADHD, Helen, who lives in Bolton, has also faced money troubles and, earlier this year, was banned from driving for six months after twice failing to disclose the identity of the person behind the wheel of her car when it was caught speeding.
The book is one of the latest releases from Mirror Books, following the likes of Amanda Barrie’s I’m Still Here and EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison’s Behind the Scenes, which were both released last month. Helen will detail the highs and lows of her life in the spotlight – and it’s put her exs on red alert.
Mirror Books Commissioning Editor Clare Fitzsimons says: “Helen Flanagan has grown up in the public eye, having played Rosie in Corrie for 12 years, and documents her life to her million-plus followers on Instagram.
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“But for the first time, Helen will share her full, unedited story, from truly difficult struggles to fighting back for her beautiful family. We’re thrilled to be releasing Helen’s powerful, frank and moving memoir.”
US President Donald Trump wrote of a ‘new beginning’ as he signed a visitor book at Israel’s parliament, ahead of a speech there on the Gaza peace deal and the freeing of Israeli captives.
Prince Harry’s potential reconciliation with his estranged father, King Charles, after their long-awaited meeting last month, could be at risk following a move by the Duke of Sussex
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King Charles with estranged son Prince Harry (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Prince Harry’s latest move concerning his UK security risks derailing any reconciliation with King Charles as it “complicates things”, according to a source.
An insider close to the Duke of Sussex said that he wrote to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment to the role and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), overseen by the Home Office. It comes after Harry lost an appeal in May challenging the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office over the decision of Ravec that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country.
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He is not automatically entitled to police protection since he quit his royal role and currently receives ‘bespoke’ protection on a case-by-case basis.
But now a source has told The Sunday Times that his letter to Ms Mahmood, will make the King ‘wary’ of speaking to his younger son, saying: “It’s not going to help matters. We’re back to where we were.”
Last month, Harry and Charles had their first face-to-face meeting in almost 20 months when father and son had tea together at Clarence House during Harry’s trip to the UK.
Sources close to Harry had previously suggested that the King could have intervened in the case, but palace sources have shut this down.
The Sunday Times reports that the King and his advisers had hoped the Court of Appeal ruling would draw a line under the issue – and help get his relationship with Harry back on track. But following this latest move, a source added: “The King cannot and will not lobby, that’s inappropriate. His representatives cannot advocate for policy outcomes, particularly in relation to his own family.
“The royal household representative on the Royal and VIP executive committee [Ravec], overseen by the Home Office, is not there to advocate a position for a member of the royal family. They are purely there as a liaison to the household.
“If you put yourself in the mind of a father who is repeatedly told he should and could intervene, that is not very helpful, complicates matters and shows a lack of understanding about the reality of the situation.”
It comes after during Harry’s last visit to the UK in September, a “known stalker” came “within feet” of him on two occasions, it was reported. A source close to Harry said the duke’s letter to Ms Mahmood was sent prior to the two incidents during his September visit.
After losing the Court of Appeal challenge in May, Harry said in a TV interview he “can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK”.
The 41-year-old told the BBC he would ask then-home secretary Yvette Cooper to “look at this very, very carefully”, and warned that the royal family’s power over security means it “can be used to control” family members. He also said he would ask Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “step in”.
The legal challenge came after Harry and the Duchess of Sussex left the UK and first moved to Canada, and then California, after announcing they wanted to step back as senior royals.
In a summary of the ruling, judge Sir Geoffrey Vos said Ravec’s decision was “understandable and perhaps predictable”. The duke said the Court of Appeal decision meant it is now “impossible” for him to bring Meghan and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet back to the UK safely.
A Government spokesperson said: “The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”
Hamas has released all 20 of the living captives it had been holding in the Gaza Strip, with the release of about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners by Israel under way, as the two sides carry out the conditions of the ceasefire deal.
Cheers broke out in Israel early on Monday, as television channels announced that the first lot of seven captives had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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The Israeli military later confirmed that 13 more captives taken from Israel on October 7, 2023, who had been held in Gaza for more than two years, were also transferred.
Meanwhile, preparations for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails were progressing, with buses seen outside the Ofer military prison, in the occupied West Bank, where many of the Palestinian prisoners due to be released were held.
Palestinians gather around Red Cross vehicles transporting hostages, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, following their handover as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the central Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025 (Reuters)
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the prisoners would be released once Israel received confirmation that all the living captives were on Israeli territory.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a post on X, identified the captives released in the first group as Guy Gilboa Dalal, 24, Eitan Mor, 25, Matan Angrest, 22, Alon Ohel, 24, Gali and Ziv Berman, both 28, and Omri Miran, 48.
Families were reunited with their loved ones before the released captives were flown to hospitals for medical treatment.
Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said the released captives were “reported to be in reasonable condition, walking without needing medical assistance”.
Ohel’s parents told The Times of Israel that their son “looks amazing” and is “standing on his own two feet”, while Mor’s mother told Ynet News that her son “looks great, although thin and pale”.
Earlier, Netanyahu’s spokesperson had said Israel expected that all living captives would be released before the 09:00 GMT deadline, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement proposed by United States President Donald Trump.
However, Israel does not expect the repatriation of the bodies of the remaining 28 captives to be completed on Monday, despite a 72-hour deadline agreed under the deal, the spokesperson said.
‘The war is over’
While key questions remain over the future of Gaza and Hamas’s role in the territory, the exchange of captives and prisoners has raised hopes for ending the devastating war, which has ravaged the enclave, with at least 67,806 people killed and 170,066 wounded in the Palestinian enclave.
The ceasefire is also expected to allow for a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where famine has broken out amid Israel’s bombardment and blockade of the territory. Many of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are reported to be on the brink of starvation.
Amid the transfers, Trump, whose administration played a leading role in putting together the deal, arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, where he was welcomed by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Netanyahu.
Trump is set to address the Israeli Knesset later on Monday, after which he will fly to Egypt to co-chair a summit on the ceasefire agreement.
“The war is over,” Trump told reporters as he left for Israel on Sunday, adding he thought the ceasefire would hold.
Reporting from Khan Younis, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said a designated medical point had been set up at the Nasser Medical Complex to offer medical checks to the returning Palestinian prisoners before they are reunited with their families.
Thousands of Palestinians had gathered outside the hospital waiting to welcome the released detainees, she said.
Waiting in Khan Younis was Yasser Abu Azzoum, whose 23-year-old son Mohammed was set to be released under the deal.
He told Al Jazeera the feeling was “indescribable”.
“I’m not able to speak properly because I am overwhelmed with joy,” Abu Azzoum said.
Palestinian prisoners released from Israel have been greeted by huge crowds in the occupied West Bank, as a prisoner and captive exchange took place on Monday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
