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Super Eagles defender Igoh Ogbu faces up to three months on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on a torn Achilles tendon sustained during Nigeria’s June international break, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Slavia Prague confirmed in a press release that the 24-year-old centre-back had the procedure at the Central Military Hospital in Střešovice, with the operation reported to have gone successfully. The club said Ogbu would now embark on an intensive rehabilitation programme before returning to action. The injury is a bitter blow for the Nigerian, who had cemented himself as a key figure in Eric Chelle’s defensive setup. Since the…

Nigeria’s influence on global music has increasingly found expression at the FIFA World Cup, which is unarguably football’s biggest stage. TOFARATI IGE takes a look at Nigerian entertainers who have performed at the international football fiesta Femi Kuti One of the earliest Nigerian musicians to perform at a FIFA World Cup event was Femi Kuti. The afrobeat star was among the artistes selected to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The ceremony, held at Soccer City in Johannesburg, featured a strong African cultural theme and included performances by several renowned African musicians.…

Prime Video’s Every Year After hinges on a shocking twist — but is the big secret actually related to another love triangle with two brothers? Based on Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Every Year After follows Percy (Sadie Soverall), who grew up vacationing in Barry’s Bay and spending all her time with the Florek brothers: Sam (Matt Cornett) and Charlie (Michael Bradway). Warning: Spoilers below for season 1 of Every Year After. Years after a heartbreaking split from Sam, the pair reunite, but something is holding Percy back from reconciling their relationship: she had sex with Charlie during a…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arrest a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over certificate forgery.  The court gave the ruling on Thursday following an ex parte motion by the ICPC in suit number marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1160/2026. The latest development followed a painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES in October last year which revealed that Mr Nnaji forged his UNN degree and NYSC certificates which he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation in 2023. The suit…

The Lagos State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Femi Olaniyi, has said the party remains committed to what he described as the “unfinished business” of the June 12, 1993, presidential election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, calling for renewed commitment to credible elections, people-centred governance and national unity. In a Democracy Day statement issued on Friday and titled “Completing Abiola’s Unfinished Business”, Olaniyi said June 12 remains a defining moment in Nigeria’s democratic history, when Nigerians, under the SDP platform, voted overwhelmingly for what he described as hope, justice and a better life. He recalled that the…

The United States launched their home World Cup in emphatic fashion Friday, thrashing Paraguay 4-1 with a perfectly scripted opening performance to delight a star-studded home crowd in Los Angeles. Folarin Balogun scored twice while relentless US pressure led to an early Paraguay own goal from Damian Bobadilla before substitute Gio Reyna added a late fourth to cap a dream start for Mauricio Pochettino’s side at the SoFi Stadium in Group D. The US entered the tournament amid a swirl of uncertainty after a series of defeats and unconvincing performances in pre-World Cup friendlies. But any doubts about their ability…

Social media personality and self-acclaimed financial expert, Ojaigho Prosper, popularly known as GehGeh, has said that women who criticise him online often behave differently when they meet him in real life, stating that he receives more attention from women offline than men. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, GehGeh reflected on his rise to social media fame, stating that his journey began with a desire to share real-life financial lessons rather than chase online popularity. He said, “I was simply coming from a place where I wanted to share my experiences because I felt I had enough knowledge and…

Crypto trading platforms Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns as SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq on Friday. SpaceX’s IPO, which was reportedly more than four times oversubscribed, raised $75 billion as it became a publicly traded company. SpaceX shares opened for trading at $150 on Friday, up from its IPO price of $135. It closed the day at $161.11, valuing the company at over $2 trillion. However, major crypto platforms offering tokenized access to the IPO were unable to fulfill demand for SpaceX allocations, with several blaming Kraken-owned xStocks’ inability to deliver the underlying assets. The…

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Suspected members of a transnational fraud syndicate arrested by personnel of the Ogun State Police Command have claimed that their activities in Nigeria were coordinated by a Malaysian national who operated entirely online. They claimed that all members of the network worked under the directive of the Malaysian national, whom none of them had met physically. The spokesperson for the command, Oluseyi Babaseyi, had in a statement on Monday stated that the suspects, arrested in the Agbado area of Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, were allegedly involved in a networking scheme known as “Ignite,” through which foreign nationals…