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Portugal coach Roberto Martinez has spoken highly of the Super Eagles and their coach, Eric Chelle, ahead of their friendly match at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria on Wednesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigeria friendly will serve as Portugal’s final tune-up game before they depart for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, while the Super Eagles will use the match as a yardstick to assess their progress under Chelle. Unlike Portugal, Nigeria will not be playing at this year’s World Cup, having missed out on a second consecutive edition. The last…

Logitech finally announced its new ultraportable travel mouse following leaked marketing images that spoiled the surprise last month. As the name implies, the Mobi Fold is a compact mouse that can fold in half using a hinge that can pivot about 130 degrees. At $79.99 in graphite, off-white, lilac, and sand color options, the Mobi Fold isn’t Logitech’s lightest or cheapest mouse, but it’s definitely one of its smallest and a well-featured alternative to your laptop’s trackpad if you can get used to some unconventional ergonomics.The arch-shaped Mobi Fold looks similar to other folding devices, like the Surface Arc mouse.…

Blockchain security firm Chainalysis is strengthening its collaboration with South Korea’s national police to crack down on crypto crimes, including those involving North Korea.Chainalysis said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), aimed at building investigative capability within South Korea’s law enforcement. Chainalysis said one of the driving factors behind the agreement is to better combat North Korea-linked crypto attacks, with South Korea’s police “at the forefront” of tackling these threats. However, Chainalysis’s country director Ryan Kwon said agreement aims to tackle all threats. “While North Korean-driven attacks are understandably a national security…

Sydney Sweeney is looking back on Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline and her now-controversial Euphoria season 3 nude scenes. “From the very beginning, you can see that Cassie has this need to be loved. “She has a need to be validated by other people,” the actress, 28, said of her character’s obsession with being OnlyFans famous in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Tuesday, June 9. “She doesn’t know how to love herself unless someone else loves her. So I understand how Kaitlin Simpson Sam [Levinson] got her to where she was in season three. I think she was more excited…

A commercial driver was killed in a motor crash along the Lagos-Apapa Expressway on Tuesday, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has said. In a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, the crash involved a commercial minibus and a Toyota Tundra, with the minibus driver dying from injuries sustained in the collision. “Preliminary investigations conducted by security personnel at the scene revealed that the driver of the commercial minibus sustained grievous injuries and died instantly due to the devastating impact of the collision,” Mr Taofiq said. He said LASTMA officials, who were on routine patrol in the area,…

West Africa’s oceans, especially off the coasts of Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire, are among the most productive in the world. They provide more than 100 million people with food, jobs, and a deep sense of cultural identity. In Ghana, for example, fish account for around 60% of the population’s protein intake. But this vital resource is under growing threat. West Africa has become a global hot spot for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Weak oversight and poor enforcement have turned parts of our waters into what some have dubbed a “poachers’ paradise,” where foreign industrial fleets…

Troops of 1 Brigade Operation FANSAN YANMA, have repelled a terrorist attack and neutralised one suspect during a follow-up operation in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama said the troops responded swiftly to the attack at about 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday after receiving reports of terrorist activities in Kanoma District. He disclosed that the troops moved to the scene and made contact with the assailants at Kanoma Hill, leading to a fierce exchange of gunfire. According to him,…

The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, needs to expand his reach across Northern Nigeria to succeed. Amadi said this on Tuesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. He was speaking on next year’s general elections, stating that Obi-Kwankwaso joint ticket will be very difficult for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. “The strategic choice of Rabi’u Kwankwaso as running mate is a recognition that Obi’s most urgent need is to expand his electoral map…

Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have apprehended a suspected kidnapping and armed robbery kingpin believed to be linked to a string of criminal incidents in Gboko Local Government Area. According to security sources, the suspect was arrested around 1:00 p.m. on June 8 after intelligence reports indicated he had been spotted in the Abagu area of Gboko. Acting swiftly on the tip-off, police operatives stormed the location and successfully took the suspect into custody without resistance. Items recovered from him during the operation included a locally made short gun, five live cartridges, and various charms, sources revealed. Trouble,…

Portugal’s head coach, Roberto Martínez has announced that Porto’s goalkeeper, Diogo Costa will play the entire 90 minutes in their friendly match against the Super Eagles on Wednesday evening. With 42 international appearances and having played every minute during Portugal’s World Cup qualifying matches, Costa is the team’s undisputed first-choice goalkeeper. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old has not participated in Portugal’s last three fixtures, missing the games against Mexico and the United States due to an adductor injury, and he was an unused substitute in the match against Chile on Sunday, June 6. Martínez emphasized that while Portugal plans to rotate several players during…